Guest guest Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 My biggest hurdle is that I really don't like veggies, and yet I know that they are essential to CRONING. What is the easiest way to steam veggies? Thanks to everyone for your replies to this message and my prior questions/messages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 Hi Bernadette: Well there are few things I enjoy eating more than broccoli steamed for 12 minutes. Nothing added. By steamed I mean in the kind of double boiler that has holes in the top section to allow the steam from the bottom to get at the vegetables in the top. And the twelve minutes is timed from when the broccoli is put in with the water below boiling actively. Cook with lid ON. Twelve minutes seems ideal, for me anyway. If you still do not like steamed vegetables try adding some flavorings. Two available here, found in the herbs/spices section of the supermarket, are " Mrs Dash " and " Club House Vegetable Seasoning " . Also, a few weeks ago here, in response to a poster who insisted s/he just had to add butter to vegetables to make them palatable, it was suggested that a good way to 'spice up' vegetables is to serve them with chutney. I posted a quick analysis of the basic parameters for the chutney recipes I had reviewed. Essentially, eating vegetables with chutney is just adding fruits and vegetables to your vegetables, to make them more appetizing. (With the sole exception of the sugar, the ingredients in chutney are very much 'CR-approved'. And all of us here know how to get around the sugar issue). Another way to make vegetables more appetizing is to eat them in thick soups, containing a whole variety of them. Soups have the added benefit that the water content helps fill you up also. This is what Warren refers to as " ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT CR " (™ Warren!). Hope this may help you to eat more vegetables! Rodney. > My biggest hurdle is that I really don't like veggies, and yet I know that > they are essential to CRONING. > > What is the easiest way to steam veggies? > > Thanks to everyone for your replies to this message and my prior > questions/messages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 Most plain yogurts from the good companies don't have anything added..Stonyfield is the best...they sell natural (nothing added) and organic. The ones (Yoplait, Dannon, the cornstartch ones..) with fruit almost ALL of them have added ingredients..and some don't even have live cultures..Try Stonyfield...it is the best. Jane R (NY) --- In , Ruth <cccucc@m...> wrote: > Metal steamers that sort of unfold like a flower are available in most > supermarkets, I think. Any pot can then become a steamer. > > You might like to try some yogurt mixed with a little garlic, if you like > that or other herbs, e.g., dill for your beans or carrots, as a topper for > your veggies. > > I just tried some Dannon plain yogurt last week and was pleasantly surprised > to find that at least the carton I had no longer lists any kind of > thickening agent in the ingredients. They seem to have gone back to just > the basic product. It was good; not very acetic and smooth. I was > pleasantly surprised and will go back to using that when I don't make my > own. > > Ruth > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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