Need some ideas for veggies

Hi Tina you can rub a little olive oil on them and sprinkle some dry herbs and a dash of himalayam salt (if you have it) on them and preheat you oven at 400 and then pop the veggies in the oven on a cookie tray for about 10 mins and you will have some awesome roasted veggies. Here is a tip you can line the tray with some foil first to make it easier to clean. I hope that helped.

How about wrapped in parchment? Grab a a large sheet of parchment paper and spray both sides with cooking spray and fold it in half and then unfold it and lay it on a cookie sheet. Slice, cube or however you like to prepare the vegetables and then place them on one side of the prepared parchment paper and season. I love to use lemon pepper. You could use onion or garlic powder, seasoned salt, even a sprinkle of sriracha sauce. If you have a piece of fish, lay it on top of the pile and season it. Spray the prepared vegetables with a little olive oil or butter flavored cooking spray.

Now fold the parchement paper (easy to do because you already have a fold) Now twist all the end all the way around so it seals. It is sort of a folding and then folding over the previous fold.. sort of like a little braid all the way around.

Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes. It cooks by steaming the food inside the parchment paper. You can use any types of vegetables/fish.

Enjoy:flowerforyou:

1. Use the cucumbers as "bread" for mini sandwiches. Really good with some tuna or egg salad. Use Greek yogurt to replace some or all of any mayo in the salad.

2. Steam the broccoli, peppers and carrots and serve as a side with a lean protein. Or mix with rice or pasta for a primavera.

3. Dice the broccoli, peppers and carrots. spread on a plate and microwave for 2-3 minutes to release some of the water. Fold into an omelet or use as a topping for a tortilla pizza. Mix into cream cheese and use as a spread. Pureee and add to spaghetti sauce

Add the carrots and spinach to a fruit smoothie to make it a Green Smoothie. I drink one every morning.

Frozen fruit
Banana
Spinach
4 baby carrots (if I have some)
Water

i roast mine in the oven with a little olive oil spray and pepper. or throw it all on the grill...or make salsa! or throw some together with a balsamic vinegar dressing. search for healthy veggie recipes

I am thinking first thing you might want to do is eliminate the Hidden Valley Dressing. Too many calories. I use nonfat yogurt mixed with Dijon mustard and horseradish. It is really zippy tasting and has low calories.

dip:
mayo and greek yogurt mixed together, with a bit or parsley
mayo and yogurt with curry
mayo and cream cheese with dill
hummus regular, roasted red pepper, caramelized onion, jalapenos
laughing cow cheese

cucumber sandwiches
roasted broccoli with cheese bake
stuffed peppers (cut the tops off, mix the other vegetables with rice and meat) bake for 40 minutes.

spinach with peppers and a fruit with poppy seed dressing and nuts.

Just a thought......some of the issues that we have around food and nutrition is around processed food both denaturing the nutrients contained within the food themselves. In addition the processing of foods often add fats, carbohydrates, salt and sugars radically changing the nutritional balance of the food.

When we cook and prepare food we process it, at home. The foodstuff that you mentioned are all really excellent raw. You might like to try getting used to the different texture and flavours of raw veggies. Eating raw is a different and rewarding experience.

It can take a while to get used to eating food without covering it with other flavourings or cooking it, but, as an example, if calories are an issue, compare eating raw broccoli with broccoli covered in any dressing, cheese, mayo etc.

ooh, and portabello mushrooms are VERY tasty on the grill! Marinate in something like fat free italian dressing for a few hours first.

Wow! Chiken adobo is big in philippines and your version is sounds o yummy Im going to try this one.