Continuing today with our tour of vegetables on the Internet toward our goal of introducing healthier foods into our daily diets, we can add a few more worthwhile web sites.

There are thirteen very interesting looking vegetable recipes at a site labeled Recipes for Real People where the links to the other pages are all vegetarian. These are said to be simple and economical dishes and it appears to have much to offer. Check out the following link:

http://www.simple-vegetarian-recipes.com/vegetables-home.html

Still on a vegetarian theme EatingWell.com offers a list of very appealing vegetarian recipes which might call for a bit more investment in time and ingredients but surely worth the added expenditure. Find the page at: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/collections/healthy_vegetarian_recipes.html

If instead of vegetarian a hearty vegetable beef soup or even a chili vegetable soup or cheese vegetable soup sounds more to your taste you might check out the assortment of vegetable soup recipes at CD Kitchen. These may take a little more time to simmer, but there's nothing that will build a healthy appetite like smelling a pot of homemade soup cooking. Check them out at the following address:

http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/2090/Chili-Vegetable-Soup102265.shtml

At RecipeZaar.com you'll find a multitude of vegetable, salad (and many other recipes). Take a look at:

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes/healthy,vegetables

You can find forty-one steamed vegetable recipes at Cooks.com at the following link:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,steamed_vegetables,FF.html

You can find even more than the mind can comprehend at InMamasKitchen.com where the first-rate list of recipes makes it one of the truly valuable finds on the web. See the vegetable page, which includes everything from the basic to the gourmet at:

http://www.inmamaskitchen.com/RECIPES/RECIPES/fruits_and_veggies.html/wilted_dandelion.html

Another great vegetable recipe collection may be found at iChef.com, another site with a great variety of offerings:

http://www.ichef.com/recipe.cfm/category/Vegetable%20Recipes/task/categorysearch/recipecategoryid/66

We're promised "vegetable inspiration from asparagus to zucchini" at Weight Watchers A Veggie Venture web site, where a multitude of recipes would indeed make it easy to watch your "points," while getting your phytonutrients. See the page at:

http://aveggieventuresrecipebox.blogspot.com/2005/03/stay-fit-healthy-with-weight-watchers.html

Of course, some prefer to drink their veggies, which is much more easily done if you visit the FlowerCarole.com web site for some advice. There are, by the way, many fruit smoothies recipes free for the viewing there also. See them at:

http://www.flowercarole.com/vegetable_smoothie_recipes.htm

Recipes For Vegetables.com offers an appealing and interesting array of healthy vegetable delights at:

http://www.recipeforvegetables.com/

The Colorful Plate offers more ideas, which they describe as "easy everyday recipes" at:

http://www.webartntech.com/colorfulplate/

And don't forget the beetroot and coconut and other fine Indian vegetable recipes at BestIndianCuisines.com where you'll surely find something different if American home cooking has limited your imagination. Take a look at:

http://www.bestindiancuisines.com/best-vegetable-recipes.shtml

That should be enough to get anyone who's interested started on the path to health and longevity through the power of the often neglected but much needed vegetable kingdom.

All comments, suggestions, and criticism is always most welcome.