Veggie Tales

[vanillafluffy]

One of my NYRs has been to consume some veggies every day. I'm keeping my definiton of "vegetables" broad---I imclude beans and V8 juice---and so far, I'm keeping up with it. (And for the record, Ruby Tuesday's grilled green beans are out of this world! They taste almost meaty; they definitely have more character than any green bean I've ever had

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[torn_eledhwen]

I quite often do casserole things with vegetables and sometimes some meat in there too - particularly good at this time of year. Get some carrots and parsnips (if you can get parsnips in your part of the world) and leeks and onions and maybe potatoes (which also count as veggies), and any other root vegetable around, chop them all up roughly. Fry the onions off in a big pan and brown any meat you want to use, chuck in the rest of the veggies, pour in some tinned chopped tomatoes and a bit of water, put a lid on and let it simmer for a while until the veggies are as soft as you want them. Eat. With crusty bread or something. And you can mess around with it and add lentils or chick peas or other pulses, different herbs and spices - it doesn't really matter. Very very healthy and very very yummy. Also, easy.

[vanillafluffy]

I don't think I've ever knowing met a parsnip, but they may be lurking on the produce aisle along with the daikon radishes. Hmm, yes, this probably would be a good time for me to bring out my slow cooker and stew something....

[torn_eledhwen]

More likely to be next to carrots. They're basically a white carrot, after all. But you know any root vegetable casseroles well. And you don't even need a slow cooker - I just have a deep stainless steel pan with a lid.

[vanillafluffy]

I've also got a stainless pot or two or three, and a bunch of ceramic casserole dishes. I'm just lazy about things like that. Bung it into the slow cooker and ignore it til it smells god, is my method of cooking.
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[ang5fam]

Growing up, we only had spinach out of a can- YUCK! Double YUCK! As an adult,I discovered fresh. We saute it in a pan with oil and fresh garlic. Taste is delish.
I also saw where frozen veggies with sauce are still low in calories so I bought broccoli in cheese sauce as well as cauliflower. Not a fan of the cauliflower so thought this might help it go down. I have been doing the V8 low sodium in place of one Diet Coke. Not every day- I have to be in the mood.
Good luck! I've promised myself the same thing. Made a big salad last night to eat with the baked spaghetti I made. Hated to waste the left-over spaghetti!

[vanillafluffy]

Cauiflower is SO bland, but there's not much a good cheese sauce can't cure. It even takes the burned rubber taste away from black-eyed peas!

[ang5fam]

Love black-eyed peas- if you buy the can of Hoppin John, it's black eyed peas with tomato and onion mixed in- over rice, it's super yummy!

[vanillafluffy]

Come to think of it, I believe I have a can of Hoppin' John in my pantry....
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[ang5fam]

I refuse to go on any more "diets." Just trying to change some of my strange, foreign ways!

[vanillafluffy]

Yeah, I'm trying to tell myself that I need to pay attention to what I eat. Because so much of the time, I'm not hungry-hungry, I just want the taste of something. And then I keep eating til it's gone.

[sbjb]

Spinach can be yummy, depending on what you do with it. For those of you what doesn't like spinach, this page includes a recipe that turned my entire family from "Spinach-Yuck!" to "Spinach! More please?" Most of the other recipes contain spinach (and other veggies) in varying quantities, too.

http://e-fic.com/_fw/recipes.html

You can find my two favorites, in a more formal layout, with pictures and reviews here:

http://www.food.com/recipe-finder/all/subethjimbob

[vanillafluffy]

Serves 12?! Holy cannoli, I'd be eating spinach for a week. It *does* sound good, just a little more, quantitatively, than I need.

BTW, has S sent you a FB friend request?
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[sbjb]

Ayup, she has. I've been ignoring it. I still don't know what I want to do with that situation.

As for the Spinach Casserole, the version at the second link is smaller (1/2 of the ingredients). However, as my sister and I can attest with great vigor, it's really good cold, too. ::grin::

[vanillafluffy]

That's still a helluva lot of casserole. If I make it, I'll have to bring you some.

IKWYM. Even though she was coherent the last time I talked to her (I keep meaning to get the caller ID on computer pop-up), it seems like she only ever calls to boo-hoo in my ear. Yes, I know that sounds hard-hearted, but I never got any sympathy out of her when *I* was coming unglued. I'm tired of enabling her drama. Oh, and she also whines that you don't love her any more and she doesn't understand why you never call her or answer her messages. Have been very tempted to say it's because you don't want to deal with her shit any more than I do, but I don't want to stir that particular pot.
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[vanillafluffy]

No love for asparagus. Makes me think of that George Carlin routine about not eating certain things because of their names, like yogurt. (Which I love, but George didn't.) And artichokes is best as the punchline of the shaggy dog story about the cut-rate hitman: Artie chokes three for a dollar!

Some stuff, it just depends what it's in. I love sauerkraut, and chinese cabbage in stir-fry, but I think cole slaw is an abomination.

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[vanillafluffy]

I don't remember if I've ever recounted this story, but the year my mom died, some people from his church invited us to Thanksgiving dinner. Sweet potatoes had never been a part of my Yankee childhood experience; I thought that stuff was some kind of whacked-out crustless pumpkin pie and took a big helping. Eeeeww! Nasty McGnarly.
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