How to incorporate more veggies??

Stir fry with meat of your choice, bok choy, snap or snow peas, onion, mushrooms, etc.

Quick sauté of baby spinach, baby kale, baby protein greens, etc

I'm a bit lazy and buy organic Caesar, slaw and chopped salad kits because they have a mix of greens in them and to buy all the different vegetables would be too much volume and they'd go bad before I'd have a chance to use them. The primary reason I get organic is the dressings tend to have less garbage in them than non-organic but if you don't mind that there are plenty of those to choose from.

Spiralize (or julienne) zucchini and use in place of pasta with a meat sauce.

Oven roasted Brussels sprouts are pretty good. Give them a light coat of olive oil and roast in the oven.

Vegetables can be boring so look for recipes where you add just one or two things. For example I might add a little lemon juice and slivered almonds to sautéed green beans or asparagus. Or cook Brussels sprouts with a piece or two of sliced up bacon. Dip raw vegetables (celery, cucumber, carrots, etc) in hummus or a yogurt dip.

Buy already shredded cabbage/carrot slaw mix and add a dressing of your choice. I like to Asian it up with sesame oil, cider vinegar and a little peanut butter. But you can just add mayo. I sometimes use Primal Kitchen chipotle lime avocado mayo. Makes it a little spicy but flavorful.

I used to make pasta and throw in baby spinach at the last minute of cooking and then drain the whole thing together adding a little grated parm (or feta) and tomatoes.

One of my tricks is my dehydrator.
Sliced thin and dehydrated? Tomatoes are great!
Dehydrated cucumber slices are good, too.
Others I have tried are string beans, spinach, even yellow onions are delicious when diced coarsely and dehydrated to a crunch.

Just be sure to have something to drink when you snack on them. Too much fiber and not enough water is an excellent cork where you really don’t want a cork.

I love dipping fresh veggies in hummus or lite ranch dressing. I'll add a variety of veggies to my omelets, such as spinach, onions, green peppers, mushrooms. I also will heat up a veggie burger and slather it with those same veggies, sometimes a little avocado. Minestrone soups are great for adding tons of veggies! Lately my breakfast has been a huge green salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and mushrooms(and whatever else I have on hand).
Sweet potato fries are good.
Lots of foods are great for sneaking veggies in to it, all kinds of casseroles and soups. If you like smoothies throw in spinach. My sister made a smoothie using a whole pack of fresh spinach and she said you'd never know it was in there. Just mix in with lots of fruits such as blueberries, banana, and strawberries.

LazyBlondeChef wrote: »

Buy already shredded cabbage/carrot slaw mix and add a dressing of your choice. I like to Asian it up with sesame oil, cider vinegar and a little peanut butter. But you can just add mayo. I sometimes use Primal Kitchen chipotle lime avocado mayo. Makes it a little spicy but flavorful.

I'd like to try the sesame oil, cider vinegar, peanut butter dressing. Can you please provide the ratios or recipe?

Add some to your smoothies. A handful of spinach makes no difference to the taste. And I love rhubarb in my smoothies.

TX_Bluebonnet wrote: »

LazyBlondeChef wrote: »

Buy already shredded cabbage/carrot slaw mix and add a dressing of your choice. I like to Asian it up with sesame oil, cider vinegar and a little peanut butter. But you can just add mayo. I sometimes use Primal Kitchen chipotle lime avocado mayo. Makes it a little spicy but flavorful.

I'd like to try the sesame oil, cider vinegar, peanut butter dressing. Can you please provide the ratios or recipe?

I tend to eyeball things but maybe 1/4 cup peanut butter and a tbsp each of sesame oil and vinegar. Then taste and adjust as you like.

This white miso dressing was quite delicious so if you have all the ingredients give it a try.
https://www.loveandlemons.com/asian-slaw/

You can have half baked soupy vegetables with some black pepper salt and salt to make it taste better. Half bakes veggies holds the nutrients intact that are crucial for our body.

Green smoothies are great. The trick is balancing the vegetables with something sweet and, for me, low carb. Ocean Spray makes a 5-calorie cranberry juice blend that I like. So I use five ounces of that, an ounce of greens (spinach, kale, anything darker than iceberg), and then whatever I have. I like to add half a jalapeño for a flavor boost. I've added any of these: mandarin orange, chopped onion, carrots, tomato, chia seed, avocado. I try for at least four vegetables. You either need a very good blender or a lot of patience. You will probably have to mash everything down a few times to get it going. It's kind of a project, but really tasty. It makes about two cups after you rinse out the blender with a little water and stir that in. Raw food is (usually) the best way to get the most nutrients out of your vegetables. If you don't add banana or a high carb fruit your overall carbohydrate count will be fairly low but solid on fiber.

Pro tip: rinse out your blender, fill it about half full of warm water and one or two drops of dish soap, then turn it back on for just a few seconds. Your blades will clean themselves and you just have to wipe down the sides and lid, and rinse.