Need Vegetable ideas

I recently found this as "wonderfulness!" - Spaghetti squash (boiled or baked) - then take the "spaghetti" and fry it up in a frying pan (no oil or butter required) and add as much frozen "mixed veggies" as you'd like and get it all nicely heated up... throw some garlic powder on it while its warming up... then plate it and squeeze some deli, horseradish, wasabi, or any other Flavorful mustard next to it and dip it in the mustard! YUM!

My favorites are:

1) Carrots, yellow squash, and zucchini--cut into long pieces, tossed in a bit of oil and liquid fajita marinade (Claude's is awesome), then grilled or cooked in a cast iron skillet if unable to grill outside. Eat as a side or as a fajita (with or without meat) in a whole wheat tortilla. Great with a squeeze of lime.

2) Roasted root vegetable (usually carrots, beets, and sweet potato)--cut carrots and sweet potato into similar sizes, toss with oil, kosher salt, and pepper, roast in 400 oven (usually about 30 min). Put beets whole in a foil packet tossed with oil, roast at the same time (usually an hour). Peel and chop beets, season if desired. Great as a side mixed all together and I love it on a salad as well.

3) Fresh Brussel sprouts--trim, clean, slice length wise. Cook face down in a lightly oiled pan with chopped shallot or red onion. Add water or veg stock if they get too dry. Once they are browned a bit on the cut side, add veg stock to just cover bottom of pan, add minced garlic, lemon juice, and red pepper flakes if you like, then cover the pan and cook until tender. Don't add too much liquid, you don't want to boil them. You can always add more, you can't take away. Also good with dried cranberry added and a bit of chopped walnut, just go easy on the garlic if you go this route.

Mashed swede and potato, season with black pepper.
Mashed swede and carrot, season with black pepper.
Baked mushrooms.
Stir fried veg (almost anything) with soy sauce, served with a drizzle of chilli sauce.
Cooked beetroot tossed in balsamic vinegar.

I love veggies... mmm...

We roast most anything; asparagus, green beans, broccoli, kale, etc. A little olive oil, salt pepper and you're done. Easy and yummy.

This! I love roasting veggies. You can do it with just about anything. I even roast chunks of sweet potatoes or butternut squash and sprinkle cinnamon before baking. So good in the fall!

Another favorite recipe of mine is green beans sauteed with mushrooms and onions. I saute the onions and mushrooms in a pan(you could throw in some garlic too). I microwave one of those steamfresh bags of green beans, drain it well and add it to the pan. So quick and yummy.

I love grilled veggies.. Especially grilled portabella mushroom caps.. Take a lg.portabella cap and take the gills out.. marinade with a little bit of olive oil, garlic, and balsamic vinegar..Place on grill until desired doneness.. You can either eat them plain OR.. I add a reduced fat cheese slice, lettuce, and tomato and make a burger out of it.

Another good recipe is portabella pizza.. same thing..take gills out..broil in oven for a few minutes..place sauce and whatever toppings you want along with cheese..return to oven say 400 or so and bake until done.. Pizza without the guilt! Enjoy

just found out birds eye single steamer baby brussels sprouts are remarkably dull

i just added jerber's beans from bethro to data base. it's NOT dietary, but could be adjusted to be more so,, but damn they're yummy. 328 calories per half cup, but only 164 per quarter cup,... that's the serving size i usually eat when I'm craving baked beans and open a can.

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I like roasting asparagus on the grill in a foil pan with a little olive oil and salt!