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A snack food made from ingredients that include vegetables (such as tomatoes and spinach), seed oils, grain starches, and flours made from vegetables and grains.

A commercial cooking spray that dispenses a very fine mist of vegetable oil and lecithin to coat unheated pans when preparing them for grilling, sautéing, broiling, roasting or baking.

An oil that is extracted from the seeds or nuts of vegetable plants, such as corn, soybeans, peanuts, safflower seeds, sunflower seeds, and rape seeds (used for canola oil), that is turned into a spreadable form of margarine to be used as a replacement for butter.

A combination of fresh vegetables that are sliced and then sautéed together to allow the flavors of each vegetable to enhance the others.

A traditional Asian cooking vessel shaped like a large low bowl with two handles. Modern woks are usually made from steel or aluminum.

A kitchen tool used to remove the layers of flesh from vegetables and firm fruits, such as apples, by peeling off thin narrow shavings.

Mildly seasoned and filled with a variety of beans and vegetables, this type of soup is a combination of many ingredients often found in Mexican or southwestern U.S.

Any parts of any plant that are edible but do not develop from a flower. The edible parts of a plant could include seeds, nuts, fruit, roots, tubers, bulbs, leaves, or stems.

A bladed speciality knife for removing the cores and seeds of eggplant, melons, potatoes, or zucchini.

A liquid cooking oil that is extracted from the fruit, seeds, or nuts of a vegetable plant, such as corn, soybeans, peanuts, safflower seeds, sunflower seeds, and rapeseeds (used for canola oil).

A high covered roasting pans that is oval shaped with deep sides and a large domed cover. It generally has a flat rack included on the bottom of the pan.

A soup consisting of mainly vegetables and a base of water or broth. It may include other ingredients, such as meat, noodles, rice and legumes.

A cooking fat, which is basically flavorless, that is produced from vegetable oils. Through a manufacturing procedure known as hydrogenation, shortening is produced from oil and chemically transformed into a solid.

A by-product of soybean oil, this high protein food substitute is produced from a dough containing soy flour that has been processed to remove the fats contained in the soy substance.

A type of food consisting of small chunks of meat, poultry, or fish combined with vegetables which are placed onto skewers or grilling baskets and then grilled or broiled.

A type of dried bean soup that provides an earthy and somewhat savory flavor through the use of cooked lentils.

An Greek food dish traditionally made with a head of garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, chopped almonds, and pureed or mashed potatoes.

Small chunks of meat or fish that have been seasoned and/or marinated, put on a skewer or into a grilling basket and then grilled or broiled.

A popular Spanish sauce served most often with grilled meats, fish or vegetables. The traditional version of this sauce includes saffron, an emulsion of garlic and oil, eggs (to stabilize the sauce), mustard, olive oil, lemon juice, tomato paste, and seasonings.

A food that is made from a combination of hearty ingredients that are mixed together in a savory broth.