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DMC6282
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I don't really eat enough veggies. Any suggestions? I normally eat green beans, broccoli, bell peppers or salad. I'm thinking if trying Brussels sprouts. How do they taste? I also love cabbage.
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Try mashed cauliflower! Tastes kinda like mashed potatoes.
I also recently tried kale & love it!0 -
Try asparagus but steam it. Don't boil.0
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There is a whole variety of vegetables that you could try. As a vegetarian, I am a queen of vegetables.
Collard greens - southern style/cooked forever with onions and garlic, or crisp stir fry with just garlic, olive oil, and salt (my favorite)
Green beans/French beans - blanched
Brussel sprouts - tastes terrific roasted - halve or quarter, throw some olive oil or peanut oil, salt, and pepper, and roast it in low temperature. Yummy! Crispy on the outside and soft and moist on the inside.
Squash - great for soups. I am not a fan of gooey/creamy soups. So I put butternut squash chunks in my soups with pinto beans
Swiss chard - tastes terrific in lentil soups with garlic. Sprinkle some feta cheese on top and enjoy!
Kale - again tastes great as stir fry or in soups
Beet greens - in salad
Beets - sliced, boiled/steamed
Spinach - sautee with sesame oil, and soy sauce (avoid if you don't want more sodium)
Spinach/Strawberry/Cranberry/Walnut/Toasted Almonds salad
Carrots - raw is not the only way to go. Carmelize with just a bit of oil or butter and throw them in salads
Okra - saute with onions, tomoatoes, salt, and cayenne pepper, they can also be roasted
Mushrooms - raw, toasted, stuffed, stir fry etc.
Zucchini and other types of squash - great with pasta/tomato sauce, roast or stirfy before adding to tomato sauce
Broccoli stalks - julienne with carrots and make cole slaw with spicy dressing
Avocado - make into guacamole, or use as sandwich filling, salad dressing etc.
Eggplant - saute with tomatoes, onions, garlic etc. to make a great dish with rice; saute with tomatoes and basil - great side dish or sauce for pasta
Cucumber - for salads, sandwiches, chop up and put it in plain yogurt and season with roasted cumin seeds for a great snack or side.
If you are truly adventurous, go to a nearby international food store and you can get a lot more like okra, chinese okra, bok choy, baby corn, water chestnuts etc. Experiment. Vegetables offer so much variety...0 -
Just a tip---roasting ( or grilling) tends to turn any ordinary veggie in to a extraordinary veggie.0
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Beans:
Chickpeas
Kidney Beans
Black Beans
Navy Beans
Northern Beans
Black-eyed Peas
French lentils
Red lentils
Yellow split peas
Green split peas
Pinto beans
Roman beans
Butter Beans
Just to name a few. Soak them overnight and boil them the next day until soft/ Add to pasta. rice, salads, or eat them in a soup! Beans are a must try vegetable that everyone should eat lots of! There are so many varieties out there, try them all.0 -
Just a tip---roasting ( or grilling) tends to turn any ordinary veggie in to a extraordinary veggie.
Roasted brussel sprouts, carrots, onion, potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, asparagus, you name it, it's awesome roasted!0 -
Beans:
Chickpeas
Kidney Beans
Black Beans
Navy Beans
Northern Beans
Black-eyed Peas
French lentils
Red lentils
Yellow split peas
Green split peas
Pinto beans
Roman beans
Butter Beans
Just to name a few. Soak them overnight and boil them the next day until soft/ Add to pasta. rice, salads, or eat them in a soup! Beans are a must try vegetable that everyone should eat lots of! There are so many varieties out there, try them all.
Beans are not vegetables, they are legumes............0 -
Last I checked legumes are vegetables. You may be confused and considering vegetables 'garden vegetables'.0
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Beans:
Chickpeas
Kidney Beans
Black Beans
Navy Beans
Northern Beans
Black-eyed Peas
French lentils
Red lentils
Yellow split peas
Green split peas
Pinto beans
Roman beans
Butter Beans
Just to name a few. Soak them overnight and boil them the next day until soft/ Add to pasta. rice, salads, or eat them in a soup! Beans are a must try vegetable that everyone should eat lots of! There are so many varieties out there, try them all.
Beans are not vegetables, they are legumes............
@naturemade: This should help you in the future.
Definition of LEGUME
1a : the fruit or seed of plants of the legume family (as peas or beans) used for food
b : a vegetable used for food
Definition of VEGETABLE
1a : of, relating to, constituting, or growing like plants b : consisting of plants : vegetational
2: made from, obtained from, or containing plants or plant products <vegetable soup> <vegetable fat>
3: resembling or suggesting a plant (as in inertness or passivity)0 -
One of my favorite recipes is to take broccoli, cauliflower, red potatoes wedged, asparagus and organic baby carrots. Toss them in your favorite spices and some olive oil, place them in a foil cooking bag and grill them. Its awesome and a nice change from steamed or raw veggies. Depending on my sodium for the day sometimes I put a little teriyaki sauce on them too. Hope this helps.0
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Asparagus, avocado, sweet potato, spinach are my favorites.0
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Cauliflower, artichokes, spinach all delicious. Artichoke high in fiber too.0
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Bok Choy and brussel sprouts. Have you checked out the recipe section of MFP?0
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There is a whole variety of vegetables that you could try. As a vegetarian, I am a queen of vegetables.
Collard greens - southern style/cooked forever with onions and garlic, or crisp stir fry with just garlic, olive oil, and salt (my favorite)
Green beans/French beans - blanched
Brussel sprouts - tastes terrific roasted - halve or quarter, throw some olive oil or peanut oil, salt, and pepper, and roast it in low temperature. Yummy! Crispy on the outside and soft and moist on the inside.
Squash - great for soups. I am not a fan of gooey/creamy soups. So I put butternut squash chunks in my soups with pinto beans
Swiss chard - tastes terrific in lentil soups with garlic. Sprinkle some feta cheese on top and enjoy!
Kale - again tastes great as stir fry or in soups
Beet greens - in saladu
Beets - sliced, boiled/steamed
Spinach - sautee with sesame oil, and soy sauce (avoid if you don't want more sodium)
Spinach/Strawberry/Cranberry/Walnut/Toasted Almonds salad
Carrots - raw is not the only way to go. Carmelize with just a bit of oil or butter and throw them in salads
Okra - saute with onions, tomoatoes, salt, and cayenne pepper, they can also be roasted
Mushrooms - raw, toasted, stuffed, stir fry etc.
Zucchini and other types of squash - great with pasta/tomato sauce, roast or stirfy before adding to tomato sauce
Broccoli stalks - julienne with carrots and make cole slaw with spicy dressing
Avocado - make into guacamole, or use as sandwich filling, salad dressing etc.
Eggplant - saute with tomatoes, onions, garlic etc. to make a great dish with rice; saute with tomatoes and basil - great side dish or sauce for pasta
Cucumber - for salads, sandwiches, chop up and put it in plain yogurt and season with roasted cumin seeds for a great snack or side.
If you are truly adventurous, go to a nearby international food store and you can get a lot more like okra, chinese okra, bok choy, baby corn, water chestnuts etc. Experiment. Vegetables offer so much variety...
Great list!!0 -
I second the suggestion to roast veggies - they get all caramelised and delicious!
Try roasting cherry tomatoes and toss with fine pasta and add some chicken or tuna for a quick and yummy dinner.
Or chop up some sweet potato and red ohion and roast it in a hot oven - either just as it is or add a spray of oil, some salt and pepper and a bit of fresh rosemary and garlic if you have some. When the potato is starting to get soft and the onion is collapsed, add in some chopped up mushroom and capsicum - add a splash of wine or cider if you like.
Yum!
Snow peas are delicious steamed or raw.
Broad beans are a yummy snack - I buy them frozen and then cook them in the microwave.
Fennel is delicious sliced really finely in a salad - add some baby spinach, fresh orange segments, slivered almonds and a light olive oil dressing.
Stir fry is a great way to use little bits of different veggies - carrot, capsicum, zucchini, brussel sprouts, mushrooms... you name it, toss it in!0 -
bok choy, asian greens are the best thing in my life.0
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BUTTERNUT SQUASH!!! roasted with a little salt and pepper, dash of olive oil. low calories, high vitamins, high yumminess!!
and avocados. SO good.0 -
oh and if you love cabbage, try chopping them up, like you're making coleslaw, but no mayo!! put in sunflower seeds, dried cranberries, lemon juice, apple vinaegar...many a teensy bit of salt. soo good.0
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Bok Choy! I love it!0
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Oooh yeah bok choi is awesome... especially if you cook it in a little sesame oil... good with a hint of chilli in there too
I personally love broccoli, courgettes (zucchini), aubergine (eggplant), avocado, spinach & the baby leaf spinach, fresh beetroot, cabbage of any description and well... basically everything and anything!
The only things I'm not fond of is kumara, yams and sweet potato, oh and parsnips. I really don't have a sweet tooth haha, but these are good if you do 0
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