Lunch ideas and recipes with vegetable puree needed

jhloves2knit

I don't like very many vegetables, so I'm going to puree some and sneak them into my lunch. Which vegetables puree well and are mild or sweet tasting? Do you need to cook them before you puree them? I'm looking for lunch ideas and recipes that I can add the pureed vegetables to.

jhloves2knit

Also, I'd like recipes and ideas that are simple and fast.

kennie2

soup?

crzycylr

how about veggies with humus instead? i like to chew my meal

MD1978

You can add it into pasta sauce or stew. I made skinny sloppy joes last night and the kids didn't even notice the veggies (chopped very fine) http://www.skinnytaste.com/2010/10/skinny-sloppy-joes.html

gmallan

Any sort of tomato based sauce with mince meat (beef, chicken, turkey) is easy to hide veggies in. Things like zucchini, eggplant, carrot or mushrooms would be okay. Then you can serve it with pasta or make it into a lasagne. I would cook the veggies before pureeing them, it will make it easier to blend them.

cwaters120

soup by way of a Bisque style would work well with onion/garlic/carrot/celery/butternut (or acorn) squash-just roast in the oven (with a tiny amount of olive oil) until golden, puree in a blender with chicken broth until smooth and creamy a pinch of sea salt, top with some low fat sour cream if you wish.

tomato sauce: you can add pureed carrot, onion, celery, mushrooms, parsnips and/ or egg plant - roast as above, puree with your favorite tomato sauce.

puree roasted onions, carrots, garlic, celery, and mushrooms, puree in a food processor as smooth as you can, add ingredients for your favorite meatloaf (I use ground turkey, an egg some thyme, sea salt, pepper, and bind with breadcrumbs or oats)



roasting veggies, for most of them, make them sweeter. Parsnips are like candy to my family.

Acg67

I don't like very many vegetables, so I'm going to puree some and sneak them into my lunch. Which vegetables puree well and are mild or sweet tasting? Do you need to cook them before you puree them? I'm looking for lunch ideas and recipes that I can add the pureed vegetables to.

Potatoes for pommes puree

DawnOBRN

I make an eggplant sauce I use over grilled chicken or quinoa.

One eggplant
One can diced fire-roasted tomatoes
1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
Italian seasonings (you can get creative here)

Cube eggplant. Boil until tender. Drain and cool. Place in food processor with tomatoes and cheese and seasonings. Viola!! Tasty sauce at about 50 cals per 1/2 cup

XxAngry_Pixi

I don't like veggies either, but last night I made up a bolognaise sauce that was only about 1/4 mince the rest was all grated celery, carrot, zucchini and of course lots of tomatoes. It was my best tasting sauce ever and I didn't notice the vege at all. Plus from there you can use the sauce with pasta, or use it to make lasagna, or homemade party pies. Add some cumin paprika cayenne and corriander to make it taste mexican and use it on salad wraps for healthy tacos, or add kidney beans and rice and bake for a mexican casserole. hope this helps some

Also quiche/crustless quiche. just grate the vegies

jhloves2knit

I don't like veggies either, but last night I made up a bolognaise sauce that was only about 1/4 mince the rest was all grated celery, carrot, zucchini and of course lots of tomatoes. It was my best tasting sauce ever and I didn't notice the vege at all. Plus from there you can use the sauce with pasta, or use it to make lasagna, or homemade party pies. Add some cumin paprika cayenne and corriander to make it taste mexican and use it on salad wraps for healthy tacos, or add kidney beans and rice and bake for a mexican casserole. hope this helps some

Also quiche/crustless quiche. just grate the vegies

What's the mince in the bolognaise sauce?

Thanks for all the helpful suggestions from everyone. I'm going to copy them into my recipe file.

littlebudgie

Pureed roasted red peppers make for a tasty sauce on scrambled eggs and chicken. Toss them in a wrap with a couple other toppings and you've got yourself lunch.

Also, it's not puree, but I never really cared for zucchini until the day I sliced some up with my cheese grater, pan-fried it, and then scrambled a couple eggs on top. It works with carrots and broccoli slaw too.

ereck44

bump for cooking ideas later.

nicoleisback

Make a quiche with veggies mixed in. Definitely soup as well. If you make soup and use a good flavoured meat and some quality stock, you won't even taste the veggies once it is pureed


You could also experiment with some vegetarian meat substitutes. Some veggie burgers are (so I have been told) made to taste just like meat, but you get a massive veggie hit

ecw3780

I freeze beats, spinach, strawberries, and half a banana and then make a smoothie. Freezing helps break down the cell walls so you don't have to cook them first. Kale, carrot, apple, banana is also good. You can puree broccoli and carrots and add it to marinara sauce, or make soup out of it. Spinach is pretty much undetectable in smoothies (even chocolate), so I cram tons in. YOu can puree cauliflower and had it instead of cream to potato soup. Or add it, tomatoes and carrots to some parmesan cheese over pasta sauce and call it "pasta ala vodka". Cauliflower is really great if you roast it, and then bake it with some cheddar cheese- tastes like mac and cheese!. You can also puree butternut squash and use it instead of cheese sauce for mac and cheese. Lastly, spaghetti squash is amazing- who needs real spaghetti!

carriepbm

Bump

Lots of great ideas, here.