How to dress up vegetables (the healthy way)

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Okay... I'm about to blow your mind. Are you ready?!

When you make bacon, filter and save the grease in a mason jar. Then, next time you steam/grill/boil veggies, just add a spoon full of that instead of butter or olive oil. It makes all of your vegetables taste like bacon...

I usually don't use as much bacon fat as I would butter, so it doesn't cost you any more calories. Much MUCH MUCH more flavorful though. So far I've tried it with squash, zucchini, and spinach/mustard greens, but I bet it would be good on a lot of other stuff, too.

It's also super easy. I eat veggies all the time now. :laugh:

kikityme

Do they have this where you are? Seriously, this is the best. I put that *kitten* on everything.

msbunnie68

Steamed veges get a really nice flavour boost if you chop up some fresh herbs like parsley and garlic chives and mix them thru once the veges are cooked with a little drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and a sprinkle of salt.


A yummy potato side dish - thinly slice some potatoes with skin on (about 5-6 medium potatoes). Place in a bowl, add a packet of old el paso taco seasoning mix and mix well. Place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup grated cheese and bake in oven until potatoes are cooked.

Serve with a small dollop of light sour cream or natural greek yogurt and chopped green onions (spring onions).

Calories per serve totally depends on the amount of potatoes used and cheese.

EDIT: you can also do this with dicing the potatoes into 1-2cm cubes instead of slices....and I have used this as a nachos base instead of corn chips so my children eat more veges on my slack cooking Fridays.,