Perhaps you just finished carving up a pumpkin for Halloween or just placed your delicious pumpkin pie right into the oven, and now you are staring at a pile of raw pumpkin seeds, wondering if you could eat them or if you have to throw them all away. It seems like such a waste to …
Suppose you are a vegetarian or just do not have sausage on hand but have a favorite recipe that calls for sausage. In that case, you may be left wondering what you could use instead. Do you need to use a vegetarian sausage package that you buy from the store, or can you use something …
Rhubarb (Rheum Rhabarbarum), one of the few perennial vegetables, is full of flavor and a great home garden choice. Today we have the opportunity to enjoy this attractive plant throughout the year. Like everything else, it comes with a price. With beautiful, deep green, textured leaves, this large plant is pretty easy to grow and …
Rutabagas are really a wonder of nature. An ancient mix between cabbage and turnip, rutabagas have baffled and delighted everyone’s taste buds for longer than we can remember. There’s a reason they’re not in the limelight like potatoes, broccoli, or salad. If cut wrong rutabagas can get pretty bitter. But what about their greens, has …
Rutabaga is a root vegetable, similar to cabbage and turnips. One of the most commonly asked questions is regarding rutabaga substitutes. While many love the taste of this mild and slightly bitter vegetable, others prefer something sweeter and more savory. So we’ve come up with a list of the best rutabaga substitutes out there. You …
If you absolutely enjoy debating definitions with your friends, this article is for you. This is one of the most interesting and hard to answer questions out there, we think. Are grains vegetables ? If yes, why ? If no, why not ? There are valid point for and against both. Today we’re tackling this …
Rutabagas and Jicama are both root vegetables, and that’s why they are often confused with each other. Coming from similar botanical backgrounds, they both are quite a reminiscent of cabbage. Actually, one is similar to potatoes while the other one is quite like radishes. Just like every other vegetable out there, they both serve different …
There are a lot of vegetables that have weird myths around them, and it is hard to say where most of them came from. While occasionally these myths are true, most of the time they are not. One of the weird myths surrounding the rutabaga is that it is dangerous or at least not good …
You may be quite confused if one of your friends absolutely loves rutabaga, and then you try it for the first time and feel like you are biting into pure bitterness. You might be wondering if it always tastes that bad or if you bought a bad one? Is there a way to make it …
Although we connect pumpkin with the cool weather and cozy fashion of Fall, it is not technically a cold weather plant! Pumpkins are harvested in the fall, which means they must be grown in the summer! So, if you want to make a dish featuring pumpkin at any other time of the year besides Fall, you may …
When the cold season rolls around everyone starts thinking of spices, golden leaves, pumpkins, pumpkin pies, Halloween, and all the cinnamon in the world. Pumpkin pie seems to be more and more popular, even outside of America in countries where it wasn’t usually a thing. So today we’re going to pay tribute to the main …
Pumpkin and butternut squash are a common sight once the cold season hits. They’re one of those sure signs that fall has arrived, and Santa is only a couple of months away ! So you set yourself to make some delicious pumpkin pie. But when you go out into the wilderness that is the produce …
Looking for the best combinations for rhubarb ? Maybe you want to switch up your rhubarb pie, or maybe you’d like to make some rhubarb sorbet, who knows ? In any case you should know from the get-go that rhubarb is very versatile. It’s a vegetable alright, but folks use it more like a fruit …
Rhubarb is a very versatile veggie, but most folks use it in sweet dishes. So when you’re out and about, looking for some fresh rhubarb, you’ll want to know how to pick the best stalks possible. There are a few signs you can look for when buying rhubarb, and we’re going to walk you through …
Wondering when you can get the best rhubarb ? When rhubarb is in season it’s fresh, tart, and oh so flavorful ! But when is rhubarb in season ? After all, you seem to notice it in stores most of the times, even it’s just a few stalks. It turns out rhubarb season can get …
Found yourself with a whole lot of rhubarb and don’t know what part is edible ? If it’s your first time eating this veggies-turned-fruit, then you may think the entire thing is edible. Well, as it turns out it’s not. One part of rhubarb is poisonous, the other is fine to eat. If you’re not …
The fruit-like-veggie rhubarb, with its brightly colored stalks, is getting increasingly popular. You can use it to work up some amazing desserts to bring out a unique tartness. The taste of rhubarb when paired with the right amount of sweetness makes the snacks a treat for the taste buds. Whether you make puddings, sauces, cakes, …
When you think of eating rhubarb, you probably think of pies, tarts, jams, and other delicious baked goods. But is it safe to eat rhubarb raw instead of cooked or baked and, if it is in fact safe, is it at all a palatable taste? Read on to see what we found out ! Can …
Rutabaga and beets are two vegetables that you often see in the produce section, but rarely touch. To be fair, they can be very confusing for folks. Especially if we’re talking about rutabaga, which baffles most people. You’re not going to eat what you don’t know, are you ? Fortunately there’s way to find out …
Just Another Reason for Pumpkin Season ! Yes, folks, it is that time of year again. Halloween is now over, Thanksgiving is almost here, your jack-o-lanterns have gone moldy, and you’ve got loads of pumpkins and other gourds lying around your house with no real purpose anymore. This may have got you wondering what in …