vegetables
Recipes with green vegetables, garden vegetables and mushrooms.
All vegetable tarts
These novel individual all vegetable tarts are easy on the cook. Simply choose any colorful vegetable blend you like to fill the peppers, pour on an egg-and-milk custard and bake.
Colcannon
Traditionally made with potatoes and kale, or cabbage, Colcannon has been a staple in Irish homes for hundreds of years. This classic dish combines the two vegetables along with a few other ingredients to create a warm, creamy delight.
Grill baked potatoes
If you’re already barbecuing, why run in and out of the house tending to all the side dishes. You can bake your potatoes right on the grill.
Why the Irish are right about cabbage
It may not be the main staple of the Irish diet, but it is still an important vegetable featured in many traditional dishes. Whether it’s a hearty meal of Irish bacon and cabbage or colcannon, a dish made with potatoes and cabbage, many Irish recipes call for this nutrient-rich vegetable.
Fat hen
For a vegetable that looks like, and is often considered, a weed, fat hen is a worthwhile crop to seek out for its nutritional value.
Cucumber
Not only is a cucumber a refreshing snack on a hot day, it is also very versatile. You will find cucumbers in a soothing facial masque and a jar of pickles.
Kitchen garden
Vegetable gardening has all kinds of positives. It's fun, it's good exercise in fresh air, and it provides a tasty and healthy food. But nothing comes free. It does require effort.
Organic and inorganic methods
Organic gardening is in fashion and we fully support it. However, some inorganic methods, if used properly, are that bad.
Fertilization and irrigation
Two obvious things are needed to produce the right kind of soil for a kitchen garden, good fertilizer and the right amount of water.
Plant disease control tips
To grow disease free vegetables the best practice is not relying in a single method to control disease in your vegetable garden.