Making Your Veggies Less Boring? Share Your Recipes!

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I just put green Tabasco sauce on everything. Zero calories and adds a ton of flavor. My favorite!

I find simple on veg to have some great flavor ..

Asparagus: I coat it with a little olive oil and balsamic, and usually have some grilling along side whichever meat I'm grilling. When it comes off the grill, I hit it with salt, pepper and a squeeze of lemon.

Green Beans: Steamed and then hit with Olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder and a squeeze of lemon ..

Any steamed veg can be elevated with oil, acid, and seasoning

With Asparagus, I put on a cookie sheet, drizzle with a little Olive oil, sea salt/or kosher salt, fresh cracked pepper. I love almost all veggies cooked like this. I don't use plain table salt/pepper at all. You can also add grated parm cheese and/or minced garlic or garlic powder. I cook in the oven at around 350-375 until the veggies aren't soft but not completely crunchy. We like them in the middle.

I cook almost all and any veggie this way. Our favorite is to cut up a yellow squash, zucchini, yellow or purple onion, Brussels sprouts, mushrooms, asparagus, even green beans along with turkey smoked sausage and season as above and roast in the oven. You can omit the sausage and just have the veggies and eat it with various meals, or add the sausage and eat with a bit of brown rice for a meal.

Carrots, onion, butternut squash is a good combo as well.

Last night I tried out broccoli, cauliflower, capers and lemon juice... turned out good! I also love artichokes, and baking lightly breaded zucchini chips!

How do you make your zucchini chips? I'd love to know!

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generally spices can do wonders.

i love to sautee spinach and mushrooms with olive oil garlic and oregano. toss and little ricotta cheese with it, maybe a spoonful of marinara sauce and delish.

zucchini is good cooked up with some either ground beef, turkey or meatless grounds. season with garlic oregano and onion powder, mix in marinara sauce and cheese and serve over pasta, couscous, quinoa, etc.

grilled vegetables are always good too

eggplant parm is awesome, you can bake the eggplant slices, then top with ricotta, marinara and shredded mozzarella bake again until cheese melts, can eat plain or on a sandwich/roll.

eggplant curry is good too, google a recipe. also eggplant diced with mushrooms and onions and sauteed, then tossed with pasta, parmesan cheese and spices and olive oil.

spaghetti squash is really good too, mix cheese and milk with it and make a gooey cheesy spaghetti squash bake, or can make a bake with spaghetti squash ricotta parmesan mozzarella and marinara sauce or with a different sauce like pesto or white sauce.

asparagus is good grilled, or in sushi bowls (cook rice, then add asparagus, edamame, salmon if you like, crumbled nori sheets, avocado, cucumber and drizzle with soy sauce or can make a ginger sauce for it).

Made a delicious salad last weekend with fall root vegetables!

Thinly slice (use mandolin if you have one) 8 tiny purple potatoes, 3 beets, 1 rutabaga, 1 large carrot into thin circles.
Spray with cooking spray or olive oil and sea salt, roast on 400 for about 25-20 minutes or until potatoes are crispy.

Meanwhile, roast whole head of garlic (chop off very top so you can see the cloves, pour 1 tbsp. of olive oil on it, wrap in tin foil, roast at about 375 for 30 minutes or until soft and sweetly fragrant. Puree garlic cloves in blender with 1/4 cup balsamic, 2 tsp sugar or stevia, 1/8 cup olive oil, salt, pepper, and 1 tbsp. lemon juice.

Let veggies cool, serve on top of favorite salad green.

Top with freshly shaved parmesan and roasted garlic dressing.

DELICIOUS!

I love mixing a variety together with a low sodium soy sauce and a lean protein to make a stir fry. It's delicious, quick, and it makes a whole meal instead of just a side dish.

You can't go wrong with steaming an artichoke and just a bit of spray butter. A great and filling snack! Just be sure you don't eat the hairs around the heart. Yuck!

Bacon

Chopped bacon with any vegetable
Cook them in bacon fat
Wrap them up in bacon

lol of course

YES TO BACON!

chop brussel sprouts in half, wrap in bacon, skewer with toothpick, bake at 375 for 10-15 minutes or until bacon is crispy and Brussels are full of bacon infused fattiness and den EAT EM!

Ah Bacon, the only fatty meat that can get away with being on a fitness website lol. I love it myself, I have to say you should watch for how much fat you use is all. Another super yum thing to do with your bacon is to use it to saute your veggies, works wonders on mushrooms as well!

Also this recipe: (taken from here: http://whiteonricecouple.com/recipes/sriracha-roasted-cauliflower/)

Sriracha Roasted Cauliflower
YIELD: SERVES 4TOTAL TIME: 30 MIN

ingredients:
1/3 cup (80ml) olive oil
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
2 tablespoons Sriracha sauce, homemade or regular
1 head cauliflower (about 2 pounds / 910g), cut into 3⁄4-inch (2-cm) florets
chopped cilantro, for garnish

directions:
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Lightly grease a sheet pan or line it with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, combine the oil, sesame oil, soy sauce, vinegar, and sriracha sauce. Whisk well.
Gently add the cauliflower to the bowl and coat with the marinade.
Arrange the cauliflower on a baking sheet and roast for 10 minutes. Turn the cauliflower over and roast for another 10 minutes, or until tender.
Garnish with the cilantro and serve.

RECIPE SOURCE: WHITEONRICECOUPLE.COM.

eatingwell.com is my favorite place to look for different ways to cook veg. I do a lot of soups, stews, tagines, curries-things like that.

I second this. Eating Well changed my cooking. I do a lot of Thai and Chinese style veggies - steamed and a little liquid aminos dashed on top, or stir fried until just barely cooked with some garlic and ginger. There's also nutritional yeast if you want a cheesy flavor without the calories.

I guess I'm boring steamed veggies w/ vinegar and butter makes me happy
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I'm even more boring...I like my veggies raw. Asparagus, zucchini, cauliflower, snap peas, almost any veg except I cook squash and brussel sprouts.

Great ideas thanks!