Eating from the Ground UP

Recipes for Simple, Perfect Vegetables

Plant-based eating is having a moment right now, and as a nation of eaters we’re integrating greater numbers of vegetables into our diet, for reasons of both health and sustainability. We hide sweet potatoes in baked goods, blend kale into smoothies and buy special gadgets to pass off zucchini as noodles. But the more I’ve searched for new ways to help people eat their vegetables, the less I’ve needed to hide them or dress them up in my cooking. As I discover the recipes that truly bring out the best in each root and leaf, I find myself craving the dishes that spotlight plants again and again. We don’t need to disguise our vegetables; we just need to prepare them well.

Eating from the Ground Up

Reprinted from Eating from the Ground Up: Recipes for Simple, Perfect Vegetables. Copyright © 2018 by Alana Chernila. Photographs copyright © 2017 by Johnny Autry. Published by Clarkson Potter/Publishers, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC.