Veggies, Anyone?

A friend asked about “tasty veggie recipes”, so I thought I’d put together a quickie on how we get vegetables into our diet every day.

  • Number one is The Amazing Soup – but I modify the recipe heavily:
    • way less carrots – they’re starchy and high carb
    • at least a dozen garlic cloves. I have never found an upper limit.
    • no chicken broth (canned broth – yuck)
    • greens – kale, Swiss chard, collard greens, baby bok choy (my favorite) instead of cabbage
    • we make big batches that become the basis for several other dishes.
    • It freezes well, so you can always have some around.
  • I try to add multiple vegetables to every morning scramble or frittata – onions, garlic, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage – whatever’s laying around in the house.
  • We eat a lot of steamed cruciferous veggies:
    • Brussels sprouts
    • Cauliflower
    • Broccoli
  • Whole beets – roasted, steamed
  • Beet greens – blanched
  • Squashes – roasted or baked

Steamed / roasted veggies we eat either with salt / pepper and a drizzle of olive or with a little mayonnaise.

If I’m feeling up to it, I’ll stir fry veggies with olive oil and garlic or sesame oil, ginger and garlic.

That’s about it for “daily veggies”. I’m always watching for something else appealing.