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Гречка осталась, и вечером я разогрела её и добавила овощи.

Гречка осталась, и вечером я разогрела её и добавила овощи.
There was buckwheat left, and in the evening I reheated it and added vegetables.

Breakdown of Гречка осталась, и вечером я разогрела её и добавила овощи.

я
I
и
and
вечером
in the evening
её
it
добавить
to add
гречка
buckwheat
остаться
to be left
разогреть
to reheat
овощ
vegetable
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Questions & Answers about Гречка осталась, и вечером я разогрела её и добавила овощи.

Why is гречка treated as feminine here (осталась, разогрела, добавила)?

Гречка is a feminine noun (ends in -а), so past-tense verbs agree with it or with a feminine speaker:

  • гречка осталась = the buckwheat remained/was left over (verb agrees with гречка)
  • я разогрела / я добавила = I reheated / added (verbs agree with the speaker; feminine form implies the speaker is female).
    If the speaker were male: я разогрел её и добавил овощи.
Does Гречка осталась mean “buckwheat stayed” or “there was buckwheat left over”?

In everyday Russian, (что-то) осталось commonly means “some amount was left over / remained (after eating, after an event).”
So Гречка осталась usually implies leftover cooked buckwheat (or prepared buckwheat dish), not that it “stayed” somewhere by choice.

Why is there a comma before и?

Because this is a compound sentence with two independent clauses: 1) Гречка осталась
2) (и) вечером я разогрела её и добавила овощи
Russian usually separates such clauses with a comma, even if the second begins with и.

Why is вечером used instead of в вечер / в вечером?

Вечером is the standard way to say “in the evening” for a specific time on that day. It’s the instrumental form used adverbially to indicate time.
Compare:

  • вечером = in the evening (that evening)
  • по вечерам = in the evenings (habitually)
  • в этот вечер = on that particular evening (more specific, slightly literary/pointing)
What does разогрела imply about the action (aspect)?

Разогрела is perfective past (completed action): “(I) reheated it (and it got reheated).”
If you wanted to focus on the process or an ongoing/repeated action, you’d use imperfective:

  • разогревала = was reheating / used to reheat
Why is её used, and what case is it?

Её is the 3rd-person singular pronoun “her/it” (for feminine nouns). It refers to гречка.
Here it’s the direct object of разогрела, so it functions as the accusative (“reheated what?”). For this pronoun, the accusative form is её (same spelling as genitive).

Could you omit её and just say я разогрела и добавила овощи?

You can, but it may sound slightly less clear, because разогрела strongly expects an object (“reheated what?”).
More natural options are:

  • …я разогрела её и добавила овощи (as given)
  • …я разогрела гречку и добавила овощи (repeat the noun for clarity)
Does и добавила овощи mean “added vegetables to the buckwheat,” or just “added vegetables (somewhere)”?

In context, it normally means “added vegetables (to it),” i.e., to the buckwheat. Russian often omits the “to it” part when it’s obvious.
If you want to be explicit:

  • …и добавила к ней овощи = and added vegetables to it
Why are there two и’s in the sentence?

They link two different things:

  • The first и links the two clauses: Гречка осталась, и вечером…
  • The second и links two actions with the same subject: я разогрела её и добавила овощи (“I reheated it and added vegetables”)
Is вечером я… the only word order? What changes if I move вечером?

Word order is flexible:

  • …и вечером я разогрела её… = neutral; sets the time early
  • …и я вечером разогрела её… = also fine; slightly more focus on я
  • …и я разогрела её вечером… = time information feels more like an afterthought/emphasis at the end
Why is овощи in this form—what case/number is it?

Овощи is plural nominative/accusative of овощ (“vegetable”). After добавить meaning “to add (something),” the added thing is typically in the accusative:

  • добавила (что?) овощи = added vegetables
Could а вечером be used instead of и вечером?

Yes, and it changes the feel:

  • и вечером = simple continuation (“and in the evening…”)
  • а вечером = mild contrast/shift (“and then in the evening / but in the evening…”) often used when moving to a new time or stage of the story.