NOTE: When a recipe calls for 2 vegetables above and 2 vegetables below that means that the below vegetables will be chosen from the ROOT VEGETABLES, while to ABOVE VEGETABLES are chosen from the round vegetables and leafy greens (those that produce vegetable above ground).

- Organically grown vegetables are preferable if available
- If vegetables are chemically sprayed and/or waxed, please peel off skin.
- When cooking vegetables, pressure-cooking is usually not recommended.
- Use fresh vegetables as much as possible, rather than frozen or canned vegetables.