Favorite ways to season cooked vegetables

shining_light
shining_light Posts: 384 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I'm always looking for good seasonings to combine with different vegetables. My favorites are as follows:

Broccoli and Cauliflower: no salt added Montreal steak spice

Carrots: Ginger; dill; curry powder

Salsa and/or crushed red pepper are staples on my vegetables/salads as well.

How about everybody else?

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  • BreytonJay
    BreytonJay Posts: 86 Member
    garlic powder
    paprika
    white cheddar popcorn sprinkle- all on any and all vegetables!
  • MyJourney1960
    MyJourney1960 Posts: 1,133 Member
    fresh lemon juice, garlic, a spritz of olive oil, salt/black pepper, crushed dried herbs (i dry a lot on my own)- i try different combos of herbs, like thyme, mint, savory etc.

    depending on the veg and the meal, i may add cumin, crushed sweet or hot peppers.
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,945 Member
    I eat a lot of frozen veg in my packed lunch. Sambas (chilli paste), pesto, garlic powder, black sesame seeds.
  • annakow
    annakow Posts: 385 Member
    no salt, no herbs, no seasoning :)
  • poedunk65
    poedunk65 Posts: 1,336 Member
    broiled asparagus with some olive oil and lemon pepper, same with baked kale.

    Some garlic and a chopped onion with my green beans:drinker:
  • jen_zz
    jen_zz Posts: 1,011 Member
    garlic and ginger!
  • outtamebiscuit
    outtamebiscuit Posts: 8 Member
    I put garlic with almost everything, but depends what sort of flavours you are going for! Basil, oregano, thyme, parsley are all relatively mild but distinctive so would add one depending on what I'm cooking. If you want spicy try cumin, chilli powder, cayenne pepper, paprika. I'm not very creative with seasoning myself, I tend to follow recipes but would always at least have fresh garlic with my vegetables. Depends what you're cooking and how you are cooking it as well though :)
  • ngyoung
    ngyoung Posts: 311 Member
    Broccoli and asperagis I like with real grass fed butter and salt or garlic and parmesan.
  • 6spdeg
    6spdeg Posts: 394 Member
    spaghetti sauce (healthy) goes along way, taco seasoning also, to mask all the veggies I hate to eat.
  • mazdauk
    mazdauk Posts: 1,380 Member
    I find cheese sauce works a treat :wink:
  • d2footballJRC
    d2footballJRC Posts: 2,684 Member
    I put olive oil in a spritzer and I mix olive oil and lemon pepper.
  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    I love garlic powder, and I'm a huge salt person (I know!). I also have a cabinet full of Mrs. Dash in different flavors along with some other brands of different seasonings so I have a ton to choose from depending on my mood.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    Goya Salad and Vegetable Seasoning
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  • gaboudreau
    gaboudreau Posts: 12 Member
    I like all the popcorn seasonings, ranch, white cheddar and even use the caramel one on apples or fruit sometimes for a change of pace. they are mostly zero or very low calories! green beans are great with some sautéd onions or adding some seasoning salt for me.
  • IAteBethDitto
    IAteBethDitto Posts: 98 Member
    Nowadays I never have veg as a side dish and most of my meals are stewy or soupy. I tend to add veg instead of some of the normal quantity of meat or starch in a recipe. So for example my 'biryani' is made with only a third of the usual amount of rice and includes lots of types of veg.

    For example I've just had fusilli (small portion) and tuna (full portion) with a tiny amount of pesto and then wilted spinach and sun dried tomatoes mixed in.

    The short answer: if I have veg as a side dish they never seem as appealing, no matter what I season them with.

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