how do you get your veggies?

In addition to my salads I will try to buy fresh veggies and try to make sure to include them every day. Hummus is a good dip for veggies. I like carrots, celery, broccoli (my fave veggie evah). I love cucumbers in vinegar water. avocados are awesome too, they go with everything! Salads, diced up & mixed with chicken, on sandwiches. Yum!

I add a lot of vegetables into my dinners so if I have a curry I will add that in. Roasted veg is nice you can put a huge range of veg drizzle with some olive oil some seasoning its yummy I use courgettes, tomatoes, onions, asparagus anything I can find Homemade pizza with veg galore on.

Soups with veg mmm yummy lol could go on! :laugh:

I seriously dislike vegetables. But I've found that V8 isn't bad. You get used to it after awhile. You can start with the slightly fruity ones then move on to the vegetable juice. If you don't like it like that, then make a low sodium soup with vegetables. Perhaps like a minestrone soup or something. Those are the only 2 ways I can stand vegetables so far.

ahhhhh...this post makes me smile as most people who eat their "veggies" actually named off fruits!
Don't forget, tomatoes, peppers, avacados, etc are all FRUITS! It they have self containing skin (not a pod), seeds on the inside that are generally not part of the food (avacado seeds, tomato seeds, pepper seeds), and grow on a vine they are FRUITS!!!!!

Veggies are things like spinach, carrots, beans, peas....

I buy them at the grocery store.

I am big on raw veggies and healthy dips. Right now my go to is carrots and hummus. I love it! I have that with at least 1 meal a day.

One more thought from me, have you anywhere you can grow some yourself?
My boyfriend's parents have a massive vegetable garden and grow pretty much everything themselves. I always eat SO well when I stay with them, because all the veg is so fresh and full of flavour, and I like going out to basically pick my own dinner!
Unfortunately, at home I live in a flat without even a window box, let alone a garden, but I'm going to have a bash at growing SOMETHING on my windowsills.

I've always enjoyed these veggies:

Carrots
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Spinach
Cabbage

We have a roast dinner about twice a week which consists of roast meat (I like the fat trimmed off it we are having pork, lamb or beef), but we have roast chicken once a week, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, mashed potato, yorkshire pudding and roast potato. I tend to not have the latter two because yorkshire puddings tend to be high in sodium and carbs, the roast potatoes are higher in fat and I've already got carbs in the meal, so...

I've also had tomatoes used in pasta sauces, but I have started having them on sandwiches every so often along with cucumber. I've also taken a liking to asparagus, it's just the smell afterwards which is the only downfall lol.


I also have a stir fry every once in a while which has mushrooms, beansprouts, cabbage, bell peppers, carrots and I usually add broccoli to that.

I've only ever had salad like lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, etc twice in my life. It's alright, but it's not something I go for lol.

Low sodium V8 is good for 2 servings, we roast a lot of broccoli, asparagus and sauté Brussels sprouts. To roast, lay the asparagus or broccoli on a baking sheet covered with foil. Drizzle a couple of tablespoons of olive oil and lemon juice and sprinkle with onion powder, garlic powder and mrs. Dash or other herb based spices (beware the high sodium ones). Then bake on 400 for 10-15 min.
Or, steam the Brussels sprouts for 5 min., cut in half, place 1-2 tbsp of olive oil in a frying pan and add a little soy sauce, and the same spices as listed above and sauté until browned.

If you like fruit smoothies, I will take the broccoli stems, and others say spinach or kale will work, and blend them in and you won't even taste them over the fruit and yogurt.

ahhhhh...this post makes me smile as most people who eat their "veggies" actually named off fruits!
Don't forget, tomatoes, peppers, avacados, etc are all FRUITS! It they have self containing skin (not a pod), seeds on the inside that are generally not part of the food (avacado seeds, tomato seeds, pepper seeds), and grow on a vine they are FRUITS!!!!!

Veggies are things like spinach, carrots, beans, peas....

ahhhhhhhhh... beans are scientifically and botanically fruits because they come from fertilized flowers and contain seeds within the plants...

Please don't mock people, at least they're eating healthy!

I try to make up a big veggie tray every other day or so, so that I can just grab and go, or add to my lunch and supper plates. I like several veggies so I can rotate so I'm not eating the same ones all the time. The veggies I choose from are: carrots, celery, brocolli, cauliflower, fresh mushrooms, cucumber, red or green peppers, fresh green beans, bean sprouts (sparingly) and snow peas
I also like to make wraps or subs (on 'thin' rolls) and add a ton of these veggies too.. lots of crunch, vitamins, and fibre.
If I'm running low on cut up veggies I'll often add wedges of a nice tomato to the side of my plate... great with some pepper or a teaspoon of light mayo/salad dressing. In terms of cooked veg, I prefer frozen ones. To use up fresh veg if they are losing their 'freshness' I will blenderize and add to chilis and soups.
I rarely eat a traditional salad.. I think lettuce is kind of a waste when it's all the other stuff that's soo good!

i'm tired of salads. i usually eat one a day so that i can get about 3 servings of veggies in. but there has to be another way! i LOVE spinach and always eat that with my dinner, and i eat baby carrots throughout the day to snack on, but i need more veggie variety. how do you guys get your veggies in everyday?

Roast with a bit of grass fed butter or coconut oil and season with fresh or dried herbs.

Steam with a bit of salt, pepper and then add grass fed butter.

ahhhhh...this post makes me smile as most people who eat their "veggies" actually named off fruits!
Don't forget, tomatoes, peppers, avacados, etc are all FRUITS! It they have self containing skin (not a pod), seeds on the inside that are generally not part of the food (avacado seeds, tomato seeds, pepper seeds), and grow on a vine they are FRUITS!!!!!

Veggies are things like spinach, carrots, beans, peas....

ahhhhhhhhh... beans are scientifically and botanically fruits because they come from fertilized flowers and contain seeds within the plants...

Please don't mock people, at least they're eating healthy!

amen

I buy mixed frozen veggies from the supermarket. I serve myself a large portion of these with my dinner so I get a variety of different veggies without loads of effort in preparation.
I alternate which mix I use each night so its not repetitive.

ahhhhh...this post makes me smile as most people who eat their "veggies" actually named off fruits!
Don't forget, tomatoes, peppers, avacados, etc are all FRUITS! It they have self containing skin (not a pod), seeds on the inside that are generally not part of the food (avacado seeds, tomato seeds, pepper seeds), and grow on a vine they are FRUITS!!!!!

Veggies are things like spinach, carrots, beans, peas....

Yes,... but no.

You see, the term "vegetable" when used in the culinary sense (as is is being used in this discussion) is loosely defined and arbitrary at best.

You are correct that all of the mentioned "fruit" in your post are indeed fruit. That is botanically correct. Just as stating that spinach is a leaf, potatoes are tubers, carrots are roots, peas are legumes, mushrooms are fungi, is also true.

However, none of that keeps them from being defined as vegetables. It's the use that defines them as vegetables.

You would never ask for a Fruit Salad and expect to get a bowl of peppers, tomatoes, avocado. Not that it wouldn't be tasty (hmmm). It would be technically correct, but it would miss the intended mark.

Hope this helps.

Ed.

So then explain to me what thought process or definition is used when the food pyramid (now my plate) uses when we are told how many fruits and how many veggies we should consume...