Making frozen microwaveable steamed vegetables not boring

victoriavoodoo

Hello all, I have these 1lb bags of frozen vegetables(like green beans carrots um yellow green beans yellow carrots broccoli i think red bell peppers too) and after you microwave it its very boring to eat.

So far my go to is to dip it in balsamic but I'm wondering if theres something fairly simple I can do on the stove with it? To make it have some flavor? Maybe something stir fry-like but healthy?

Ughhh help me stay out of the drive throughs y'all. I don't know how to cook any of the healthy s**t I've filled my kitchen with.

Charlottesometimes23

Add a little bit of melted butter and lemon or lime juice.

Make up a packet sauce mix eg. Cheese or white. Even better, make your own

Add to the meat sauce for lasagne

Use in stir fries. I use fresh veg as well as sometimes frozen doesn't have the crunchy texture I like

Interested to hear other suggestions

KJoubert1966

Bacon bits and Parmesian Cheese. You're welcome.

I usually don't buy the microwaveable packs. Get fresh or frozen and sautee in olive oil, coconut oil, or bacon and garlic, or if you don't like bacon (wtf?) then I like to take broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and mushrooms... toss it in olive oil and crushed garlic, and roast in the oven until it starts to get tender. Brussel sprouts work in any of these methods too.

j6o4

Worcestershire sauce, it's only 15 calories for a tablespoon.

earth_echo

Well, you could try putting frozen veggies in chicken or beef stock to make an easy soup. I do this often. I dump a can of chicken stock in a bowl, add some frozen veggies and nuke it. Wha-la. Soup!

Laura732

spaghetti sauce

victoriavoodoo

All intriguing! Thanks all =]

I forgot to say pescetarian but thats my bad, I think ill try the soup idea some time with a tomato soup base. And try to resist the urge to make grilled cheese or garlic bread to dip in it...maybe no soup.

Also excited about the roasting idea that sounds pretty hard to mess up and I have no earthly idea what worcestershire sauce looks or tastes like but ill try anything once =]

sauce mix sounds easy and awesome too

brightsideofpink

If you want something super simple and quick, experiment with various seasonings and seasoning blends. I stumbled across one blend after my mother's health turned her to a low-sodium diet, called Its a Dilly. Its a yummy blend. It is sodium free, but I still like it. If I'm in a rush, I'll toss the frozen veggies in a ziplock and sprinkle on the seasoning and shake. Pretty good and no added calories. I've also added in some grated parmesan. I also really like Old Bay seasoning on far more than just seafood.

Chaotic_Weevil

Melt a laughing cow cheese over the top.

Garlic powder, onion powder or morrocan spice are all nice sprinkled on top.

Mix a tablespoon of Greek yoghurt with a little lower calorie sweet chilli sauce or sririacha. Dip veggies in it.

AngryViking1970

Brown a little butter, add balsamic and soy. It's heavenly.

Sometimes I toss the steamed veg with about 2 TB of red pepper hummus. That's surprisingly good.

coueswhitetail

I stir fried some veggies in a sauce made of 2 TBS tahini and 2 TBS of soy/teriakyi sauce...it was quite good! If you aren't familiar with tahini, it's ground sesame seeds and tastes a bit like peanut butter. When you add something like soy sauce to it, it's got a nice salty taste and the teriaki sauce sweetens it up. Tahini, like all ground seeds/nuts, is a bit high calorie though, so go easy. If you don't want to use tahini, you could substitue hummus.

trisH_7183

Barely cook the veggies. Put in a blender along with 1/2 C broth,blend.put in a pan,add broth till you have a soup that looks good. Don't forget the seasonings....your choice.

Need2Exerc1se

I was going to suggest stir fry. Why isn't stir fry healthy?

JoRocka

I toss butter on my steamables- and then add S/P- i'm boring like that.

LifeInTheBikeLane

If I have bagged and frozen veggies, weather they be steamable or not, I like to put them on my grittle and cook them fast so they don't get soggy. Teryaki sauce, garlic, or lemon pepper all make it so much better. Mostly though I add huge bags of veggies to my eggs or rice regardless so I never have them boring.

mizzzc

All I do is buy bag of frozen green beans and measure out however much I want, then pan fry on high for 1 min each side. once they're nice and crispy I turn the heat down all the way and add a clove of crushed garlic and tbls of low sodium soya sauce or kraft oregano and feta dressing. So good!!!

AsaThorsWoman

For a blend with broccoli and cauliflower I LOVE to add Tamari and Nutritional Yeast. So savory and Nutritional Yeast is always a good idea for all the B vitamins.

JoRocka

mizzzc wrote: »

All I do is buy bag of frozen green beans and measure out however much I want, then pan fry on high for 1 min each side. once they're nice and crispy I turn the heat down all the way and add a clove of crushed garlic and tbls of low sodium soya sauce or kraft oregano and feta dressing. So good!!!

wait- the bag isn't one serving size?

SnuggleSmacks

Feta cheese, herbs and spices, flavored vinegars, or little butter or oil.

I do feta, olive oil and minced garlic often. Herbes de Provence is a good herb mix to add. Depending on the type of veggies, I might mix in some more exotic spice mixtures like garam masala or piri piri. For a southwest taste, red pepper flakes and cumin.

Francl27

I just sprinkle them with random Mrs Dash seasoning.

jbee27

Parmesan cheese (20 cal/tbsp.), and some seasoning blend (I love Trader Joe's 21 seasoning salute).