How do you get in your veggies?

Charlie · Jul 8th, 2008, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by amanda

stir fry seems to be the best way for me, and i've been experimenting with it over the past couple of days. veggies retain their nutrient value best if they stay crisp, and i'm southern (which means i come from a culture that cooks their veggies until they're hardly recognizable), so it's been a struggle for me to include them in healthful ways.

I read that somewhere too, now I make sure my veggies are crispy when I steam them.

exotikittenx · Jul 8th, 2008, 07:50 PM

Soup is a great way, also salad.

lovinalotofbags · Jul 8th, 2008, 08:09 PM

I do not like vegetables but only a few, broccoli, cauliflower even with these I have to spice them up to enjoy them. I like salads with chicken breast. Sometimes collards.

lv-lover · Jul 8th, 2008, 10:42 PM

I was watching Oprah today, and Jessica Sienfeld was on. She wrote a cookbook called Deceptively Delicious about disguising vegtables, you can puree them and put them in anything: chicken nuggets, cakes etc.

I prefer my vegtables raw, steamed, or stir fryed.

soshesaid · Jul 9th, 2008, 02:16 AM

Raw dipped in hummus, steamed sprinkled with fresh herbs, stir fry, soups in the winter, salads in the summer, kabobs roasted on the grill, roasted in a le creuset. My favorite recently is steamed green beans, tossed with fresh lemon juice, a little bit of olive oil, salt, pepper, and fresh thyme.

paula2329 · Jul 9th, 2008, 02:26 AM

I buy frozen bags from Whole Foods and microwave them for 3 minutes and eat them with dinner every night.
Also, you can spread them on a baking sheet, brush with olive oil and put some chopped garlic on them. Bake at 400 for 30 min. DELICIOUS!

MaLu2004 · Jul 12th, 2008, 06:31 AM

Aside from the previous suggestions I also like to incorporate them when I cook Italian (all non-fat): vegi lasagna (no cream or cheese), add them on pizza (easy to make your own with fresh sliced tomato & zucchini, peppers, mushrooms and add basil leafs or add on a pre-made) and also with pasta (current favorite is sliced zucchini, mushroom, garlic and cherry tomatoes with herbs and some feta cubes).

twin53 · Jul 13th, 2008, 10:26 PM

lightly steamed. stir fried or raw

Ladybug09 · Jul 14th, 2008, 04:28 PM

Straight up! I like em raw, cooked, stemed, stewed, what ever. I LOVE veggies!!!!!!

Jul 8th, 2008, 07:50 PM	#17
exotikittenx Ooh la la! Location: The City of Plain 'n Proper	Soup is a great way, also salad. __________________ Please check out my collection! Click here.

Jul 8th, 2008, 08:09 PM	#18
lovinalotofbags In for the long haul Location: South Carolina	I do not like vegetables but only a few, broccoli, cauliflower even with these I have to spice them up to enjoy them. I like salads with chicken breast. Sometimes collards. __________________ Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Jul 8th, 2008, 10:42 PM	#19
lv-lover Member	I was watching Oprah today, and Jessica Sienfeld was on. She wrote a cookbook called Deceptively Delicious about disguising vegtables, you can puree them and put them in anything: chicken nuggets, cakes etc. I prefer my vegtables raw, steamed, or stir fryed. __________________ "On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux"

Jul 9th, 2008, 02:16 AM	#20
soshesaid Member Location: Los Angeles, CA	Raw dipped in hummus, steamed sprinkled with fresh herbs, stir fry, soups in the winter, salads in the summer, kabobs roasted on the grill, roasted in a le creuset. My favorite recently is steamed green beans, tossed with fresh lemon juice, a little bit of olive oil, salt, pepper, and fresh thyme. __________________ As long as you know men are like children, you know everything. - Coco Chanel

Jul 12th, 2008, 06:31 AM	#22
MaLu2004 Member	Aside from the previous suggestions I also like to incorporate them when I cook Italian (all non-fat): vegi lasagna (no cream or cheese), add them on pizza (easy to make your own with fresh sliced tomato & zucchini, peppers, mushrooms and add basil leafs or add on a pre-made) and also with pasta (current favorite is sliced zucchini, mushroom, garlic and cherry tomatoes with herbs and some feta cubes). Last edited by MaLu2004; Jul 12th, 2008 at 06:43 AM.

Jul 9th, 2008, 02:26 AM	#21
paula2329 Member	I buy frozen bags from Whole Foods and microwave them for 3 minutes and eat them with dinner every night. Also, you can spread them on a baking sheet, brush with olive oil and put some chopped garlic on them. Bake at 400 for 30 min. DELICIOUS!

Jul 13th, 2008, 10:26 PM	#23
twin53 Member Location: Georgia	lightly steamed. stir fried or raw

Jul 14th, 2008, 04:28 PM	#24
Ladybug09 So Sweet! Location: Born in the USA	Straight up! I like em raw, cooked, stemed, stewed, what ever. I LOVE veggies!!!!!! __________________ Ladybug