Vegetable Asides

I’ve assembled these side dishes for the cook who can’t get away with serving one-pot meals every night of the week. After all, people who can’t stand to have different ingredients mushed together as they are in as people who don’t believe they’ve eaten a proper dinner unless they’ve had a piece of protein with a couple of separately cooked sides are entitled to their fair share of good recipes too.

Although I realize vegetables can be cooked in lots of different ways, for this book I selected one or two basic methods for each because they’re delicious yet easy and/or fast. I’ve also included, for almost each vegetable, those spices, herbs, and condiments that best complement it.