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Welcome to our vegetable section. Below are a selection of vegetables accompanied by video recipes. Over the coming months, Roadside Cottage Recipes will be adding some great recipes to this section so be sure to bookmark us and visit soon. Enjoy!

Bulb Vegetables

Bulb Vegetables	Description	Recipes/Recipe Videos
Chives	Smallest species of the onion family with mild onion flavour	Chive Recipes
Garlic	Bulbous herb with individual cloves, used widely, strong flavour	Garlic Recipes
Leeks	Large spring onion, tall and cylindrical in shape	Leek Recipes
Onions	A white bulb of the lily family	Onion Recipes
Scallions/Spring Onion	Large slender white bulb, known as a spring onion	Scallions Recipes
Shallots	Hard small onion with a tough brown skin	Shallot Recipes
Water Chestnuts	Cultivated for its edible root, crunchy taste. Used in Chinese food	Water Chestnut Recipes

Fruit Vegetables

Fruit Vegetables	Description	Recipes/Recipe Videos
Avocados	Pear-shaped tropical fruit with green, blackish skin with a rich yellowish flesh	Avocado Recipes
Chayote	Pale green,pear-shaped squash that has a bland taste	Chayote Recipes
Cucumbers	Long, green, cylinder-shaped member of the gourd family	Cucumber Recipes
Eggplant (Aubergine)	Vegetable with a shiny purple skin with creamy flesh	Eggplant Recipes
Okra	Vegetable with green pods, also known as ladyfinger	Okra Recipes
Olives	Small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree, yellow, green and black	Olives Recipes
Peppers	A shiny green, red or yellow orange vegetable. Used in a variety of ways	Peppers Recipes
Pumpkin	100′s of varieties of pumpkins, fleshy, great for soups	Pumpkin Recipes
Squash	Summer or winter squash vegetable.	Squash Recipes
Tomatoes	Red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable. Used widely in main meals	Tomato Recipes
Tomatillos	A small fruit, also called the Mexican tomato	Tomatillos Recipes

Inflorescent Vegetables

Inflorescent Vegetables	Description	Recipes/Recipe Videos
Artichokes	Thistle type plant cultivated for its edible flower heads	Artichoke Recipes
Broccoli	Part of cabbage family, with tight green florets	Broccoli Recipes
Broccoli rabe	Pungent edible leafy shoots with bitter dark green leaves	Broccoli Rabe Recipes
Cauliflower	Large edible head of crowded white flower florets	Cauliflower Recipes

Leaf Vegetables

Leaf Vegetables	Description	Recipes/Recipe Videos
Arugula (Rocket)	Flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, mustardy, also known as rocket	Arugula Recipes
Brussels sprouts	Small green, tightly packed leaf vegetable shaped in small balls	Brussel Sprouts Recipes
Cabbage	Leafy vegetable in different greens/ varieties. Large leaves	Cabbage Recipes
Chicory	Herb, used in salads, and dried for using as a coffee substitute	Chicory Recipes
Chinese cabbage	Broad stalked leaves resembling celery	Chinese Cabbage Recipes
Collards	Mediterranean variety of kale, coarse thick leaves	Collard Recipes
Cress (Garden) Cress (Water)	Cress (Garden)Small leaf shoots, chiefly cruciferous, used in salads Cress(Water) Semi aquatic plant with dark leaves and hollow stems	Cress Recipes
Dandelion nettles	Wild herb, grown widely, long green leaves with yellow heads. Used in salads, infused in teas.	Dandelion Nettle Recipes
Endive	Leaf vegetable belonging to the daisy family. Used in salads	Endive Recipes
Lamb’s lettuce	A field salad crop used in salads	Lambs Lettuce Recipes
Lettuce	A green leafed salad vegetable	Lettuce Recipes
Nasturtium	Yellow/orange flowers, which are used as an ingredient or garnish in salads.	Nasturtium Recipes
Purslane	Plant with a pinkish fleshy stem and small, round leaves. Used in salads and as a pot herb	Purslane Recipes
Radicchio	Chicory type vegetable having globe heads of red leaves. Slightly bitter taste	Radicchio Recipes
Savoy	Hardy cabbage with dense, green, crinkled leaves	Savoy Recipes
Sea kale	Member of the cabbage family with coarse green leaves	Kale Recipes
Sorrel	Perennial herb cultivated as a leaf vegetable	Sorrel Recipes
Spinach	Leaf vegetable with of a vivid green colour	Spinach Recipes

Root Vegetables

Root Vegetables	Description	Recipes/Recipe Videos
Beets	Round root vegetable with dark purple fresh.	Beets Recipes
Burdock	Hardy plant that grows wild in the UK, a dark root that’s great in soups and stews	Burdock Recipes
Carrots	A crisp, orange fleshed root vegetable.	Carrot Recipes
Celeriac	A tuberous brown skinned root with white flesh and a celery-like flavour.	Celeriac Recipes
Malanga	Hard root vegetable shaped like a yam, brown skin with white beige flesh	Malanga Recipes
Parsnips	Creamy white root vegetable with a shape similar to that of a carrot.	Parsnip Recipes
Radishes	Red skin and peppery white flesh. Used mainly in salads	Radish Recipes
Rutabaga/Swede	Root vegetable with yellow flesh	Rutabaga Recipes
Salsify	A root vegetable, also known as the vegetable oyster or oyster plant	Salsify Recipes
Turnips	Root vegetable with white flesh and a distinctive flavour	Turnip Recipes

Stalk Vegetables

Stalk Vegetables	Description	Recipes/Recipe Videos
Asparagus	Finger type succulent young shoots that are cooked and eaten as a vegetable	Asparagus Recipes
Bamboo	Edible young shoots of a tropical bamboo plant	Bamboo Recipes
Cardoon	Spiky leaves and purple flowers cultivated edible leafstalks and roots	Cardoon Recipes
Celery	Leafy vegetable with edible stalks and leaves	Celery Recipes
Chard	Various types including Swiss Chard, Silverbeet, Perpetual Spinach, Spinach Beet, Crab Beet, Seakale. Used for its edible leaves and roots	Chard Recipes
Fiddlehead	Ferns that are eaten as a cooked leaf vegetable, different varieties such as bracken and royal fern	Fiddlehead Recipes
Fennel	Short, bulbous plant with celery-like shoots	Fennel Recipes
Kohlrabi	Purple, greenish, round turnip-like shape with several stalks	Kohlrabi Recipes

Tuber Vegetables

Tuber Vegetables	Description	Recipes/Recipe Videos
Cassava	An edible, starchy root used in making bread or cakes	Cassava Recipes
Crosne (chorogi)	Spiral shaped tuber, similar to artichoke	Crosne Recipes
Jerusalem Artichoke	A pink or yellowish coloured knobbly tuber of the sunflower family.	Jerusalem Artichoke Recipes
Jicama	Edible root of the yam bean, also known as a Mexican turnip	Jicama Recipes
Potato	The thin-skinned tuber with white flesh, one of the most widely used vegetable	Potato Recipes
Sweet potato	Large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh	Sweet Potato Recipes
Taro	Starchy tuberous vegetable, used for its roots	Taro Recipes
Yam	Sweet potato type tuber with deep orange flesh. Several varieties	Yam Recipes