Listen up, health enthusiasts — it's time to get excited about what's literally growing beneath our feet. Root vegetables are ...

Root vegetables are grown underground at the base of a plant, but not all are exactly roots. Some are bulb-like growths that store nutrients for the plant during colder months. Onions, garlic ...

Kelly Rossiter is a food writer who has written more than 1,200 recipes for TreeHugger, Planet Green, and Parentables. She began writing for Treehugger in 2005. Pity the poor root vegetable.

Cool water is all you need to nix the grit and grime. Root vegetables spend their entire lives buried in the dirt, so they always seem to bear at least a trace of grit—if not a whole mess of sand.

Root vegetables appreciate a lighter soil free of ... spread the seeds and then bury them, toilet paper and all. Gently tamp the soil down and water. Vegetable seedlings can't compete with weeds ...

After months of only craving salads, all I want these days are tender, caramelized vegetables. This recipe for roasted root vegetables is as classic as it gets — and with so much room for ...