VERY VEGGIE (game for some ideas)

[Camelle217]

Ok, I came up with an idea to get some ideas about vegetables. I'll list ONE VEGETABLE... and the next poster list everyway possible they can think of to fix that vegetable (south beach friendly of course), and then THEY list a NEW vegetable... to which the next poster will list all the ways to fix THAT vegetable (again sb friendly).... and so on. We should a.) get a HUGE list of lots of veggies and ideas, and b.) have some fun!!!! Hope this is an okay post to have here!!!! :)

First Vegetable: Green Beans

[miezimau]

Sounds like fun, Ok

Green Bean saute
Green Bean Salad
Green Bean and Cheeseburger Casserole
Spicy Green Beans with Bacon
Steamed Green Beans
Oh wow this is a little harder than I thought, but this is it for right now.
(oh and you can hit me up for some of the recipes if you are interested)

Next veggie is Broccoli

[Camelle217]

Broccoli and beef (with onions and garlic, sautte'd)
broccoli w/ dip (low fat)
Broccoli "salad" (made with red onions, rasiens, and mayo, sunflower seeds...)
broccoli and cheese
broccoli stuffed mushrooms
broccoli "quiche" (no crust)


Next veggie: CARROTS

[Judynyc]

Great idea Camelle!! :thup: :D

Carrots?

raw :lol: w/ hummus
chopped into a salad
chopped fine into chili
cooked in soups and stews
steamed or sauteed

and if anyone has any other ways to cook carrots, please do add them on.

next veggie.......

Asparagus

[joesfolks]

Carrots with butter and wine sauce
carrots with almonds
carrots and raisin salad
carrots and dip
steamed carrots
roasted carrots
creamed carrots
sauteed carots, celery and onins
carrot soup




next vegetable is mushrooms

[Camelle217]

Ok asparagus...
grilled
sautee'd in some evoo and garlic
steamed
blanched and then with cheese "dip" (like fondue) only no flour in it.
blanched and cold

[Camelle217]

mushrooms...

this one I'm not going to be very good at.... mostly because I am a very "new" mushroom eater....

So..mostly just chopped up on a salad
in scrambled eggs
or a portabello on the grill
or stuffed with broccoli, cheese and somechicken broth

any other ideas???

[Judynyc]

I adore mushrooms and put them in everything!! :lol: I even put 1 lb of sliced mushrooms in my chili with cut up zucchini.

I also will sautee mushrooms and onions in garlic and evoo( rachel ray rings in my ears :lol: )to have with a steak and mashed cauliflower...hmmmmm!!! :yum:

[LattéLover]

What a great post - thanks for the idea!! More veggie variety will help keep me motivated.

So.......are we still on mushroom? I'll try to continue it but you've covered a lot.

- portabello mushroom as basis for mini pizzas (got it from Low carb Living magazine, yummy even if got a little watery from pizza sauce- grilled with other veg, pepproni and cheese)

- especially tasty when the most fresh and very white, with hummus or plain

- haven't tried it yet, but what about shirataki mushrooms; supposed to be kinda pasta-like?

- to reiterate Judy, mushroon fried with onions on anything or as a side-dish is yummy - thanks for the reminder!

- i remember reading in the one copy I've ever seen of Low Carb Living (borrowed and have been searching since in vain :( - can't find it in Canada yet, I may suscribe), of 'breading' chicken with some mixture of egg and parmasean cheese (will have to borrow back magazine for details). Maybe we could make breaded mushrooms this way!

Next veggie is.......

red peppers (just love'em)

To next person, feel free to add any more mushroom ideas that weren't said before you do peppers!!! I want it all eh?

Latté Lover

[LattéLover]

What's evoo?

And how about that green bean and cheeseburger casserole recipe?

Thanks!

[Judynyc]

What's evoo?

And how about that green bean and cheeseburger casserole recipe?

Thanks!

EVOO= extra virgin olive oil ;)

[joesfolks]

Lattelover I love you! Fried mushrooms made with egg and parm. If I just do them in a little oil maybe I can have some, oh....I hope it works. I really love deep fried mushrooms but this might be a great sub!

Next veggie: butternut squash...I have a garden full.

[miezimau]

ok for the green Bean Cheeseburger Casserole:

I brown 1 package of Lean Ground Beef in the pan, discard all but 1 Tbsp of Fat drippings, finley dice onion, add to drippings and brown, add the onion to the beef in a 8x8cake or cobbler pan, top with 1 can drained cut green beans (or cook fresh green beans until soft). Then I top with a mixture of Mayonaise and heavy cream and 1 beaten egg (mix in a seperate bowl before topping the casserole you want the copnsitency of gravy) sprinkle with Shredded cheese and some Bacon bits and bake in oven at 350 Fahrenheit for about 30-40 minutes or until everything is heated and the cheese is melted.

[Judynyc]

ok for the green Bean Cheeseburger Casserole:

I brown 1 package of Lean Ground Beef in the pan, discard all but 1 Tbsp of Fat drippings, finley dice onion, add to drippings and brown, add the onion to the beef in a 8x8cake or cobbler pan, top with 1 can drained cut green beans (or cook fresh green beans until soft). Then I top with a mixture of Mayonaise and heavy cream and 1 beaten egg (mix in a seperate bowl before topping the casserole you want the copnsitency of gravy) sprinkle with Shredded cheese and some Bacon bits and bake in oven at 350 Fahrenheit for about 30-40 minutes or until everything is heated and the cheese is melted.


That does sound really great Susan. :yum:

I'm just wondering if it could be made a bit more SBD friendly with ground turkey instead of beef and using half and half instead of heavy cream, reduced fat cheese?....and turkey bacon instead of the real bacon?

What do you think Susan?

[LattéLover]

Thanks so much, Miezimau, for giving me the cheeseburger details - sounds delicious. I have the pizza quiche by Donald a few years ago in the oven for it's last few minutes and looks amazing if any of you are interested (in recipes - main dishes). On the red pepper theme, I used them on the pizza instead of green.

Thanks, Judy for the EVOO definition!

Latté Lover

[joesfolks]

okay, back to the game

Next veggie...cauliflower...any ideas?

[surfer376]

Game sounds fun, hope you don't mind if I join in.

Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes
Roasted Cauliflower with Fresh Herbs and Parmesan
Roasted Cauliflower in Lemon-Tahini Sauce
Cauliflower Gratin
Cauliflower au Gratin
Roasted cauliflower
Frosted Cauliflower
Scalloped Cauliflower
Broccoli & Cauliflower Bake
Raw cauliflower with homemade hummus


and the forgotten butternut squash

Butternut Squash casserole
Butternut Squash Au Gratin
Bake-tastic Butternut Squash Fries!
Butternut Squash Fries
Steel-Cut Oat Risotto with Butternut Squash and Mushrooms
Pumpkin and Butternut Squash Chowder
Butternut Squash and Apple Bisque


next veggie eggplant

[foxgluvs]

We missed out on the red peppers....

Red peppers....

Stuffed peppers (stuff them with ground meat concoction or whole grain rice or israli cous cous)

Sauteed Red peppers in omlettes

Red peppers in chilli

Chargrilled red peppers in salads

I love red peppers and they are a staple of my diet, I eat them ever single week!

Next veggie....

Eggplant

[Demi]

Egg Plant (Aubergine)

Grilled egg plant
Sauteed egg plant
Baked egg plant
Stir fried egg plant
Steamed egg plant
Stuffed egg plant
Stewed egg plant

Moussaka
Ratatouille




Next veggie ... Spinach

[miezimau]

Judy, I always use reduced fat cheese, sorry I haven't written it here and yes you could certainly use Turkey instead of beef. Thanks for the suggestion of ff 1/2+1/2 instead of the heavy cream. I never even thought about that. Also for the Bacon, of course I use Turkey bacon.

[Judynyc]

Thanks Susan!! :thup:

spinach!! :lol:

are you sure you want to make us eat spinach Demi!!! :lol: We've been having an e-coli problem on alot of spinach grown here.

sauteed in garlic and olive oil aka braised
spinach salad
eggs florentine
sauteed bed of spinach under a filet of salmon
sauteed w/ crushed red pepper, garlic and mushrooms

[Demi]

spinach!! :lol:

are you sure you want to make us eat spinach Demi!!! :lol: We've been having an e-coli problem on alot of spinach grown here.


LOL! ... sorry, I'd forgotten that you'd had a problem with it in the US! I just chose it because it's one of my favourite veggies :D

[foxgluvs]

Next veggie....cabbage!

I often just boil cabbage, but there are other things you can do with it! :)

Stir fry it
Sautee it
Put it in soups
Make wraps with it (using it as the wrap after cooking and cooling)
Line muffin tins with it, fill with quiche filling and bake in the oven

Next one Pumpkin

[Camelle217]

I am getting SO MANY Great ideas!!! (who's idea was this post anyway???? LOL) I just have NO CLUE on pumpkin though... other than a sf pumpkin cheesecake.... and I know I've SEEN a pumpkin soup recipe, but never have had the guts to try it!!! OH, and perhaps after CARVING a pumpkin for a jack-o-lantern if you ahve the patience to pick the seeds out, they can be toasted and salted and eaten.

Other than that... hmmm... need some more ideas.

[Demi]

I just have NO CLUE on pumpkin though... other than a sf pumpkin cheesecake.... and I know I've SEEN a pumpkin soup recipe, but never have had the guts to try it!!! OH, and perhaps after CARVING a pumpkin for a jack-o-lantern if you ahve the patience to pick the seeds out, they can be toasted and salted and eaten.

Other than that... hmmm... need some more ideas.
I also couldn't think of any ideas, so I did a search here on the forum and came up with these recipes (one of which was my own, LOL!). With a little bit of tweaking, I'm sure that they would all be suitable for the SB woe:

Hot pumpkin cereal (http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=214508)
Pumpkin and Pancetta Risotto (http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=289196)
Pumpkin Pancakes (http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=209426)
Thai Pumpkin Soup (http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=213715)
Pumpkin Mushroom Bisque (http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=253693)
Pumpkin Bake (http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=217791)





Next veggie .... Brussel Sprouts

(I really hate sprouts, but if anyone can come up with a great recipe, I might just try it!),

[foxgluvs]

HATE??? Sprouts???!!! No way!! They are super de duper yummy scrumdumptious!

Here's my all time favorite to do with sprouts....

Roughly chop the sprouts and sautee them off in olive oil and some chopped turkey bacon....they are super scrummy then!
Sprouts are only horrid because people over cook them! They get smelly and slimey if you cook them too long!

Next veggie....Asparagus

[Judynyc]

I used to never eat brussel sprouts!! Blech!! :lol: But that was before I changed my attitude and decided to try to learn to cook them so that I'd like them.

I suatee them in olive oil, fresh garlic and crushed red pepper. I love them this way!! :yum:

[joesfolks]

My favorite thing to do with eggplant... serve them with a baseball bat!!!!

Honestly I have never been able to fix them in a way that made them appealing. Maybe someone can teach me how to cook them.

[LattéLover]

You're all so great with these creative ideas; it'll keep me motivated and mever get bored of veggies - thanks!! I love the cabbage ideas: in quiche and as a wrap (I buy these big crunchy curved lettuce leaves to use them as wrap). I also would appreciate eggplant tips bc the couple of times I've done them (fired in pan with olive oil). they get so mushy.

[Ladibug52]

ASPARAGUS...

Asparagus Soup
Steamed asparagus

Sorry, that's all I can come up with. I even looked through some of my old cookbooks for ideas and found none.

Next veggie: Zucchini......

[foxgluvs]

My favorite thing to do with eggplant... serve them with a baseball bat!!!!

Honestly I have never been able to fix them in a way that made them appealing. Maybe someone can teach me how to cook them.

Ok, first thing you need to do with eggplant is to get the sourness out of them, you need to do that by either cutting them in half or slicing them, and then sprinkling with salt on both sides and putting something heavy on top of them (I ususally put a heavy skillet on top) then you leave them to drain for at least 4 hours. It's amazing just what moisture comes out of them! And after this process they are not at least bit bitter. You have to wash them thoroughly to remove the salt before cooking!

Then you can use them as a kind of lasagna noodle....or you can stuff them - if you stuff them, make sure you boil them first in a pan for at least 10 minutes. Then you have to put whatever filling you want and then cook in the oven on a medium/high heat (covering with foil) for at least an hour....but they can take longer.
It's sooooo worth it because they are GREAT stuffed!

Also, if you have done the salt thing on them they can go into stews...they make a sauce for a stew or ratatoille thicker when they cook down.

They are very versatile and they are actually very nice if you prepare them properly.

[joesfolks]

Foxy, thanks for the advise. I have salted them and allowed them to drain but have never weighd them down. Maybe that will make the difference.

[foxgluvs]

Yeah, you have to kind of press the moisture out of them, that way they lose all that bitterness :)
Let me know if you try it :D

[Ladibug52]

Thanks, Foxgluvs! I did not know that eggplant needed to be drained/pressed. And, I don't remember my Mother doing that either, but then I was never really interested in cooking.