Basics: Vegetables: Techniques, Tips, and 70+ Recipes to Confidently Cook with Vegetables

80 recipes for vegetarian staples, from appetizers, to quick and easy weeknight meals, reinvented classics, and even sweet treats.

Basics: Vegetables is the first in a series that will completely demystify cooking through step-by-step photography and clear instruction. It is a short but comprehensive photographic primer with recipes and techniques that showcase both classic vegetarian dishes and modern reinventions. Whether you’re having a vegetarian guest over for dinner, trying to make a weekday lifestyle shift, or years into a vegetarian diet, learn (or relearn) the basics with step-by-step photos and easy-to-follow instructions.  

From Hasselback Butternut Squash to Risotto Verde or Tomato Tatin, your next vegetarian meal—or dinner party—is only a few ingredients away. Make spinach-tinted green waffles with eggs on the weekend, or treat yourself to a hearty lentil shepherd’s pie, assembled in 15 minutes and perfect for weekday lunch leftovers. 

Basics: Vegetables has 80 recipes for vegetarian and vegetarian-aspiring cooks ready to grow their repertoire of delicious vegetable-forward meals. It is a must-have addition to any cookbook library. 

 

• | Author: Severine Auge
• | Publisher: Hardie Grant US
• | Publication Date: Aug 07, 2025
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781964786087
• | ISBN-10: 1964786088