How do you eat your veggies?

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  • ljmorgi
    ljmorgi Posts: 264 Member
    I love a nice fresh crunchy salad.
  • jayne6485
    jayne6485 Posts: 18 Member
    I’m currently on a Hidden Valley Ranch Dip kick. I make it with lite sour cream and dip cauliflower, baby carrots or broccoli in it. I limit my self to two tablespoons for a snack. It’s satisfying.
  • Khovde07
    Khovde07 Posts: 508 Member
    I agree with all the suggestions for roasting! That has been helping me as I'm very picky with veggies. But on top of that, I've been experimenting with new spices and it can totally change the flavor profile of what you're eating. For example, curry powder on diced sweet potato and then roasted is absolutely delicious! Garlic/Parmesan broccoli, chickpeas with soy sauce then roasted, Mrs Dash on everything... you get the idea.

    Good luck!
  • bisky
    bisky Posts: 1,090 Member
    estherdragonbat wrote: »
    Stir-fried. In a fritatta. In recipes. Tonight, I'm having a quinoa pilaf with zucchini, for example.

    I just had a quinoa fritta with vegetables that was delicious for brunch this weekend. How do you make yours? Why does the sound of a fritta intimidate me. I have never made one.


    I am tired this morning so cooking up Trader joes frozen harvest vegetables, going to add 1/4 cup of weighed wild rice and an egg for breakfast.
  • gloriadw41
    gloriadw41 Posts: 7 Member
    I would like the zucchini corn soup recipe! :)
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    edited January 2018
    If I’m having a vegetable on the side I’ll usually sauté green beans in butter or bacon fat with salt pepper and onion powder. Better to have e sautéed onions and bits of bacon but I’m usually too lazy for that. Broccoli is steamed and sautéed in butter with salt pepper and garlic powder. Most other vegetables that I eat are just in other things. (Like In my pot pie, pasta,chili, stir fry whatever)

    I also like to make a pasta salad with lots of veggies to have as a side dish. (Bell peppers, carrots, jalapeños, onions)
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    For some reason every time I’ve tried roasting vegetables I hate them. It just makes them taste and smell weird??
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    bisky wrote: »
    estherdragonbat wrote: »
    Stir-fried. In a fritatta. In recipes. Tonight, I'm having a quinoa pilaf with zucchini, for example.

    I just had a quinoa fritta with vegetables that was delicious for brunch this weekend. How do you make yours? Why does the sound of a fritta intimidate me. I have never made one.


    I am tired this morning so cooking up Trader joes frozen harvest vegetables, going to add 1/4 cup of weighed wild rice and an egg for breakfast.

    Do you mean a fritter or a frittata? (I make my frittata in the oven - perhaps cheaty, but easy!)
  • Sambo_fitness
    Sambo_fitness Posts: 137 Member
    I throw spinach in EVERYTHING! Pancakes, shakes, with my proteins, carbs... Easiest way to make "liquid spinach" is 1/4 cup of water and a cup of spinach. I then add that to baking goods, rice, etc.
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    I just ate some spinach by hand. Salted it first but that's it.

    I really like vegetables.
  • rainbow198
    rainbow198 Posts: 2,245 Member
    I started off only eating salads to get my veggies in. I wasn't used to eating them, now I love them!

    Omelettes and pizza are a great way to add in veggies.

    I have a few smoothie recipes using mostly veggies that's pretty tasty.

    Roasting, grilling or sautéing veggies and eating them as a side dish.

    I love making veggie frittatas.

    Casseroles are an easy way to sneak in more veggies.

    Making veggie based sandwiches, subs, quesadilla and I make my own veggie burgers.

    I create sauces and purée bases out of them.

    I'm sure there are more ways that are not on the top of my mind, but I have a lot of diverse ways of getting my veggie intake in everyday.

  • saragd012
    saragd012 Posts: 693 Member
    I mostly roast my vegetables, unless I'm doing some kind of stir-fry. I never steam them. Also I hide extra vegetables in everything. My SO is a little picky about vegetables so I usually dice about half of the vegetables really small or blend them into a sauce in some way to up the vegetable quantity undetected.
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