What are easy ways to incorporate more veggies in my meals? (food, corn)

[Surfertx]

I'm mot a vegetarian but trying to add more greens and veggies in my diet but having trouble finding easy ways to do it. I can only eat so much salads. I'd like to cook all kinds of vegetables especially the odds one like beets, cauliflower, celery ect.

[tidaldream]

Cook things like carrots cauli, beets. or zucchini, whichever you can tolerate,
put them through the food processor, then add them to your tomato sauce (to disguise them.. if you don't want to watch yourself eating vegetables..
maybe a 1/4 or a 1/2 cup, mixed with a cup of tomato sauce.

A delicious way to eat vegggies though is to cut them thin and roast them in the oven with olive oil and garlic with spices you like. They get browned on the edges and are a little like eating vegetable fries. Some people cut them into chunks, but if you have an aversion to veggies I would try thin strips as the heat will quickly carmelize the natural sugar in the vegetables and cook them a bit more quickly too. Here's a pghoto of them (but not cut into thin strips..) The char makes them very tasty. Sweet potatoes are outta this world that way.

[Surfertx]

Originally Posted by tidaldream

Cook things like carrots cauli, beets. or zucchini, whichever you can tolerate,
put them through the food processor, then add them to your tomato sauce (to disguise them.. if you don't want to watch yourself eating vegetables..
maybe a 1/4 or a 1/2 cup, mixed with a cup of tomato sauce.

A delicious way to eat vegggies though is to cut them thin and roast them in the oven with olive oil and garlic with spices you like. They get browned on the edges and are a little like eating vegetable fries. Some people cut them into chunks, but if you have an aversion to veggies I would try thin strips as the heat will quickly carmelize the natural sugar in the vegetables and cook them a bit more quickly too. Here's a pghoto of them (but not cut into thin strips..) The char makes them very tasty. Sweet potatoes are outta this world that way.

That looks good. How long do I put them into the oven? Does baking them remove nutrients?

[Cliffie]

Baking is supposed to make the nutrients more available according to one school of thought; another says you should eat as much raw as possible. I advocate for eating plenty of both. Some things -- like sweet potatoes -- are pretty gross raw anyway.


More easy ways to add:


Chopped greens, beans, tomatoes, and so forth in your soup!
Add veggies to your rice side dishes.
Mash cooked turnip or parsnip into your potatoes.
Add chopped veggies to your chili and use beans instead of meat.
Stir fry, stir fry, stir fry!

[eureka1]

Make something you really like and keep it in the fridge, for snacks. Don't worry about incorporating it into a meal. I have marinated mushrooms in the fridge right now. Can't keep my hands off them .

[WrongShoes]

You could also try snacking on raw veg sticks (carrot, cucumber etc) - granted, that's similar to salad - or adding them to smoothies (works with lots of different veggies)

[tidaldream]

Chop them small, or use a food processor to dice them up.
Saute' them in butter and oil (if that's okay for you to be eating)
and pour it over a baked potato

over rice,

over... whatever

[tidaldream]

Make a colorful and delicious casserole.
The recipe is below the photo



Vegetable Tian
INGREDIENTS
1 medium yellow onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 medium zucchini
1 medium yellow squash
1 medium potato
1 medium tomato
1 tsp dried thyme
Salt & pepper
1 cup shredded Italian blend cheese
1 Tbsp chopped parsley (optional garnish)

INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Dice the onion and mince the garlic. Sauté the onion and garlic with olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat until the onions are soft and transparent (about 5 minutes).
While the onion and garlic are sautéing, slice the zucchini, yellow squash, tomato, and potato thinly (1/4-inch slices). Make sure the potatoes are very thin so that they soften quickly while in the oven.
Coat the inside of an 8x8" casserole dish with non-stick spray. Spread the sautéed onion and garlic in the bottom of the dish. Arrange the other sliced vegetables, stacked vertically like dominos, in an alternating pattern. Season the top of the vegetables generously with salt, pepper, and dried thyme.
Cover the dish with foil and bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove the foil, top with the shredded cheese, and bake without the foil for an additional 15-20 minutes, or until the cheese is golden brown. Top with chopped fresh parsley for garnish, if desired.

[Cliffie]

Add corn kernels, chopped onions, etc. to your bean burritos. Chop celery, tomatoes and bean sprouts and add them to your sandwich.

[emm74]

I like to use veggies in place of pasta. You can spiralize zucchini, or I will often use broccoli florets. Or you can use half pasta, half veggie, if you want something with a bit more starch.

And you can never go wrong with roasted veggies. I swear I could eat an entire head of roasted cauliflower at one time, it's so delicious.