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    How to flavor some steamed veggies

    Posts: 578 Member
    edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    Planning on having some steamed veg with dinner tonight (carrots, broccoli, cauliflower), but don't know what to put on them for a little flavor.

    Please don't tell me to eat them plain, that just isn't going to fly in my family. We're taking babysteps.

    I would usually have put butter and salt :(

    Any yummy, non-fatty suggestions? :)

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    • Posts: 487 Member
      Parmasan cheese?
    • Posts: 85
      Lemon pepper, lemon juice, seasoned salt, Italian seasoning, light Italian salad dressing (really good on steamed green beans!), balsamic vinegar, a tiny bit of extra virgin olive oil...
    • Posts: 14 Member
      Soy sauce! :)
    • Posts: 2,344 Member
      Some salsa is a great addition to veggies, especially if you can find an all natural one. Cheese, low-fat of course. Herbs. Lemon juice.
    • Posts: 115 Member
      Soy sauce! :)

      My thoughts exactly!
    • Posts: 85
      Yes! I knew there was something obvious I was forgetting! ; )
    • Posts: 68 Member
      I love herbamare....yes its salt...but a tiny bit goes a long way

      or any herb is awesome
    • Posts: 11
      Lemon Pepper and Soy Sauce have sodium in them ...if you are trying to avoid that. Parmesan cheese is good
    • Posts: 108 Member
      sirachi!
    • Posts: 230 Member
      Mrs. Dash and lemon pepper are tasty.
    • Posts: 157
      I used to avoid butter or margerine until my doctor and my dietician informed me that your body needs a certain amount of fat intake. Believe it or not they suggested unsalted butter for flavor. The margerines and soft spread "butters" are higher in fat than plain ole butter. I would use unsalted butter with Mrs Dash and or lemon pepper..
    • Posts: 483 Member
      Laughing cow cheese wedges. I had some light creamy swiss on my broccoli last night. Yum!
    • Posts: 152 Member
      Get a spice blend - but watch your sodium intake. I like a Cajun spice blend or one of those Mrs Dash blends.

      Soy sauce and parmesan cheese are the other two good options others have posted here.
    • Posts: 292 Member
      What's wrong with butter, salt, and pepper? It doesn't take much butter to make your veggies taste better, and fat isn't bad for you. As long as it fits into your calorie budget, and it's real food, eat what you want.
    • Posts: 1,649 Member
      McCormick Perfect Pinch Mediterranean Herb. Has a little sea salt. 65mg of sodium for 1/4 tsp. Or, if you like something stronger like Parmesan or Romano cheese, try the Salad Supreme. I LOVE it on meat.
    • Posts: 1,422 Member
      Mrs.Dash table blend - it's salt free :-)
    • Posts: 558 Member
      I used to put garlic salt on everything so now I use garlic powder to flavor all my veggies and I like the taste better. I still use Land O Lakes Light Canola Butter for some veggies (it's 50 cal for a whole tablespoon and taste just like real butter). I also like lemon pepper on veggies.
    • Posts: 517 Member
      Soy sauce! :)
      be sure to get a low salt one - soy sauce is my fav, but is mega high in salt
    • Posts: 93 Member
      What's wrong with butter, salt, and pepper? It doesn't take much butter to make your veggies taste better, and fat isn't bad for you. As long as it fits into your calorie budget, and it's real food, eat what you want.

      this
    • Posts: 342 Member
      I usually cook them with a tad of olive oil, garlic powder, a splash of lemon juice and fresh cracked pepper.
    • Posts: 63 Member
      Soya sauce is great, I use it to 'fry' mushrooms too. Put a little water in the base of a frying pan and sprinkle soya sauce on the mushrooms. They taste like they've been fried!

      Put a Vegetable stock cube in the water if you are boiling the veg and it gives flavour to the veg, or after cooking put some fresh coriander or parsley/basil on the veg.
    • Posts: 136 Member
      I use butter buds or Molly McButter.
    • Posts: 63 Member
      Once you get used to eating veg without sauces and butter, they are quite tasty. I eat jacket potatoes on their own now wihout butter, salt or anything on them and they taste really nice. This time a few months ago, I would have thought the idea was gross! x
    • Posts: 154
      There's a seasoning called Jane's Krazy Mixed Up Salt that makes EVERYTHING taste awesome! I also love Onion Mrs. Dash. Either of these with a little of the I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray are really good.
    • Posts: 244 Member
      HIGHLY RECOMEND
      Gia Russo balsamic glaze.
      30 calories / TBS
      hard to find
      Taste great on salad, veggies, meat everything.
      Sweet, sticky, nutty.

      Make your own by slowly reducing balsamic vinegar to about 1/3 original volume.

      OR

      Lemon Juice

      ALSO

      Roasting for 10 minutes at 400 degrees is another alternative to steaming.
      Do it on aluminum foili and there is nothing to clean.
      Splurge and rub some Olive Oil on the veggies before roasting
    • Posts: 125
      I've been adding sea salt and pepper to my broccoli, and find I don't need the butter. If keeping within my fat goals wasn't an issue, I would use real butter, but I seem to be going over my fat goal provided by mfp.
    • Posts: 146 Member
      MRS> DASH! I LOVE IT!
      Carribean Citrus
      Chili lime
      lemon pepper
      italian medley

      ^^^^^ these are my favorites!
    • Posts: 16
      Keep it simple: fresh lemon juice makes all steamed veg sparkle and burst with deliciousness! Perhaps serve with a little feta cheese :)
    • Posts: 117
      I like to use Tone's Garlic and Herb seasoning. I got it in a giant container at Costco, add it to all kinds of foods. It doesn't have any salt, so you may want to add a bit if you like salt.
    • Posts: 27
      Planning on having some steamed veg with dinner tonight (carrots, broccoli, cauliflower), but don't know what to put on them for a little flavor.

      Please don't tell me to eat them plain, that just isn't going to fly in my family. We're taking babysteps.

      I would usually have put butter and salt :(

      Any yummy, non-fatty suggestions? :)

      Tablespoon of Smart Balance LIGHT butter w/ sea salt and/or Newman's Own Light Sesame Ginger Viniagrette are my favs. :)
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