At the Stove
Give your vegetables room in the pan
A pan full of vegetables is not always a pan ready to brown them.
Water clinging to washed vegetables changes the first few minutes in a pan.
The useful part of a pan sauce is the browned residue that will dissolve into liquid.
A sauce can coat a spoon, cling to noodles or pool beneath vegetables.
Seasoning early can shape a dish, but the final taste depends on everything added and removed afterward.