A meaty stir-fry brought together chunks of good steak and aromatic vegetables.

Here are a few suggestions: * Add 1 cup or more roughly chopped aromatic vegetables to the roasting pan along with the meat.

A few aromatic vegetables do help perk up their gentle flavor, but even here it's important to stick to basics.

More interesting was the black bean soup, with its thin vegetarian broth that held subtle heat from red pepper flakes among the aromatic vegetables.

I reach for salt, fresh herbs, aromatic vegetables, Mexican flavors and a luscious condiment.

Careful browning, long, slow cooking of the meat and an assortment of aromatic vegetables are important here.

Some rigorously modern cooks remove the aromatic vegetables when they are soft to avoid overcooking them.

Equally appealing if you have the time is to load the dish with a few aromatic vegetables like onion, carrot and celery.

The beans are cooked slowly with aromatic vegetables and herbs.

The aromatic vegetables simply overpowered the delicate fish.