First-Rate Veggie Plate
These exceptional recipes dish up delicious flavor and some stylish twists.
Recipes:
- Crowder Pea Succotash
- Crowder Peas
- Squash Casserole
- Grilled Sweet Onions
- Fresh Herb Vinaigrette
- Green Beans With Caramelized Garlic
- Not Yo' Mama's Mac 'n' Cheese
Condiments We Love
Sweet and spicy condiments are great complements to vegetable meals. Hot sauce, chowchow, pepper sauce, and relishes all add a tangy bite to squash, succotash, butter beans, and other mild flavors. Greens, especially, are enhanced by peppery sauces or sweet relishes. Supermarkets and specialty stores carry a wide variety of products, but pepper sauce, the simplest of the bunch, is the hands-down favorite of restaurants and home cooks across the South. It reigns supreme at our tasting table as well, but we also like homemade chowchow and Wickles Hoagie & Sub Sandwich Relish for topping peas and greens.
Assemble your own ultimate veggie plate from this tasty selection of favorites. One from several categories will make a lovely seasonal meal.
Something Yellow
- Tee’s Corn Pudding
- Santa Fe Corn Pudding
- Buttermilk Fried Corn
- Creamy Fried Confetti Corn
- Summer Squash Casserole
- 2-Cheese Yellow Squash Casserole
- Yellow squash Casserole
Something Green
- Southern Turnip Greens and Ham Hocks
- Collards With Red Onions
- Uptown Collards
- Turnip Greens Stew
- Braised Kale With Bacon and Cider
- Green Bean Salad With Vidalia Onion and Mint
- Green Bean, Walnut, and Feta Salad
- Green Bean and Red Bell Pepper Toss
Something Fried
- Fried Pecan Okra
- Fried Okra and Potatoes
- Fried Green Tomatoes
- Garlicky “Fried” Vegetables
- Simple Stir-Fried Okra
Peas or Beans
- Peppery Peas of Plenty
- Easy Black-eyed Peas
- Succotash Salad
- A Mess of Peas
- Butterbeans and Bacon
- Summer Succotash
- Quick Summer Succotash
- Simple Garlicky Lima Beans
Something Tomato
- Sliced Tomatoes in season―it’s hard to improve on perfection
- Tomato Casserole
- Grilled Okra and Tomatoes
- Roasted Tomatoes with Shallots and Herbs
- Honey-Baked Tomatoes
- Tomato-Cucumber Salad
- Marinated Tomatoes With Basil and Balsamic Vinegar
Macaroni and Cheese
- Divine Macaroni and Cheese
- Caramelized Onion Macaroni and Cheese
- Mac and Texas Cheeses with Roasted Chiles
- Classic Baked Mac and Cheese
- Smokin’ Mac ‘n Cheese
- Creamy Mac ‘n cheese
- One Pot Macaroni and Cheese
Cornbread
"First-Rate Veggie Plate" is from the August 2008 issue of Southern Living.