Making Veggies Taste Good???

Roast them. Everything is better roasted.

Saute them (in 0 cal spray oil) with hot sauce. It makes EVERYTHING taste good. Burn them if you like, that's what I do.

Saute veggies with rice in a stirfry adding some soy sauce and sprinkling some protein on top before serving OR simmer in a little bouillon OR shred into a tomato sauce with lots of herbs and serve over a little pasta OR shred into a lasagna layer and bake.
Can you tell that I cook with veggies to give colour and flavour and eat lots fresh by themselves?

Yep - roasted or grilled makes a huge difference. Now that summer is rolling around, I love grilling zucchini, sweet onions, mushrooms, bell peppers (red or orange are my faves), tomatoes - whatever you have around. Toss them in olive oil & balsamic vinegar & sprinkle with some herbs (fresh or dried, I like herbs de provence), then spoon them into a grill basket/wok/bowl made for the grill. Be careful about dumping the whole thing in though, because the oil will cause the grill to flare up. I cook them along side whatever else I'm grilling and they come out great.

Roast them with a little olive oil and kosher salt. So simple and the roasting carmelizes the sugars...the flavors are sweeter and so much better!

Lots of veggies roast up very well. Sweet potatoes, onions, fennel, Brussel sprouts (yes...they CAN be good!), asparagus, kale, cauliflower...all of it and more tastes sooo good when you roast them!

tonight I diced up one onion, red pepper, yellow squash and some carrots. Diced really small one jalapeno too. sauteed them in a pan with some olive oil pam. I love to get the onions to caramelize a little too. I throw the veggies in as I dice them up starting with the onion. You could add some minced garlic if you like garlic. I use salt, pepper and some oregano or thyme. Then I added them to 1 or 2 cups of quinoa. I would rough chop the veggies more if I wasn't going to add them to quinoa.

Oven Roasted Broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, etc. Squeeze a little lemon juice on them or add some spice. Spray them with PAM, sprinkle S&P, a little garlic powder or cayenne pepper. If you have montreal seasoning... that's good on them but don't use anymore salt if you use that. There are lots of spice blends out there and Mrs Dash makes some great low sodium ones.

Try combining veggies together vs by themselves. Personally I love onions with anything. But squash and peppers cooked up together or add some diced tomatoes in with whatever you are cooking. Greek green beans are green beans cooked with tomatoes, garlic, oregano, etc. I use to hate green beans until I went to a Greek festival and had them.

Try spaghetti squash with some diced tomatoes, Italian seasonings. Many use this like they would pasta noodles.

I love steaming veggies so they still have a little crunch. Then I use the low cal spray butter, some S&P. If you are using a steamer or steaming bags.... add a garlic clove to season it.

Veggie stirfry with soy sauce, minced garlic, minced ginger and a little honey....... eat it with or without rice/quinoa. I use onions, peppers, squash, broccoli, bean sprouts, celery, snow peas, etc. I love it with some whole wheat pasta noodles but it just depends on if I'm eating carbs or not. I have just thrown in extra bean sprouts to act like noodles for me.

Roasted or sauteed with garlic!

Trader Joe's 21 Seasoning Salute is good on most veggies. I saute in olive oil and spray on a little margarine at the end if needed. Blanch your vegetables in hot water for like 2 minutes and then saute them. It preserves the flavor and texture.