Induction veggie recipes

[Finelly]

I am reaching the point where I'm not sure I can eat another salad. (already, Finelly? What a LOSER!)

I already know how to make: jicama faux apples, fried zuchini, and spinach fritters, warm spinach, and mashed turnips. Could people please post any other induction veggie dishes they make?

[not2late]

I saute veggies in oil or stir fry veggies.

First you have to prepare the veggie.
If it's a leafy veggie, like Swiss Chard or Beet Greens, then you might want to cut it into 1 inch slices (just stack the leaves and roll the stack like a big cigar, cut across the roll).

If it's something like broccoli or cauliflower, you should cut the florets away from the stems. Slice the stems into 1/4 inch "coins".

If it's wide solid cylinder, like zucchini or daikon, slice it into coin or into sticks.

If it's a skinny solid cylinder, like asparagus or green beans, leave them whole or cut into 1-2 inch pieces.

If it's a hollow cylinder, like green peppers or celery, slice them into thin strips.

If its a globe-shape, like turnips or radishes, slice them into rounds or wedges.

The important thing is to make sure the pieces are nearly equal siizes in order for the cooking to be even.

Basic Sautee

Heat about a tablespoon or two of oil in a frying pan. If you want to add a sliced garlic clove, a bit of sliced onion or even some red pepper flakes, do so before adding the veggie. Allow these to toast for a couple of minutes. Then add the veggies. Stir so that the veggie is coated in the oil. Leafy veggies wilt to almost nothing, so don't be afraid that it looks like the pan is too small for them. Stir and cook for a minute or two. Then add 1/4 cup of water or chicken broth. The pan should be hot enough that you hear a "Whisssshhhhh!". Cover the pan and allow the veggie to steam until almost tender. Test tenderness by seeing if the tip of a knife can be inserted into the veg but still have some resistance. Remove the cover and continue cooking until most of the cooking liquid has evaporated. Remove from heat. Salt and pepper to taste.

Basic stir fry is like the basic sautee. However, cook your meat first, then remove it from the pan. Cook the veggies as described in the basic sautee. Put the meat back into the pan before you add the liquid.

To make "creammed" veggies, like creammed turnips, spinach, zucchini, etc., follow the instructions for the "basic sautee". Then when the cooking liquid is almost completely evaporated add 1/4 cup of heavy cream. Bring to a boil, as the water in the cream evaporates the cream will form a sauce. You can add cheese (parmesan or cream cheese) to this if you want to thicken the sauce up or add extra flavor

Baked turnip cauliflower casserole
Shred or finely chop turnips. For every 2 cups of turnips, add 1 tablespoon of vinegar. Set aside and allow to sit, while you are shredding or chopping the cauliflower. Squeeze the excess liduid from the turnips. Mix the squeezed turnips with the cauliflower. Add shredded cheese, an egg and toss. Pour into a greased baking dish. Dot the top with butter. Bake for about 35 minutes at 350 degrees or until a knife inserted into the center of the casserole comes out clean and the top and sides are golden brown.

Roasted Curry Cauliflower
Cut the florets off one head of cauliflower. Toss with olive oil and salt. Spread the florets onto a baking sheet. Bake, uncovered, at 375 degrees F. Stir occasionally to make sure the cauliflower is golden brown on all sides (about 35-40 minutes). Remove from oven and combine with a 1/3 cup of sour cream mixed with 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of curry powder. Serve warm or cold.

[2big4mysize]

how about just griiling some squash, peppers,eggplant, asperagus, oninions or tomatoes with some meat?

Smothered okra recipe is in database. Gumbo?
Collards with some ham hocks or chicken stock?
Faux taters made with cauliflower?
coleslaw? kraut?

Hw about some soup? Pumpkin Cream of broccoli, cauliflower tomato or mushroom. Chicken veggie?
How about spme peper pot soup? mix all types of peppers with an onion and somechicken or beef broth simmer till soft and serve the hot and sweet really wake up your mouth!

I love pumpkin mixed with roasted garlic and onions as a casserole. or even pumpkin mixed with pie spice and cream cheese alone orspread on chips or flax hotcakes.

Check our recipe section http://www.lowcarbrecipes.org/ and look under veggies. yum yum.

[Sarah1341]

I really liked the mock potato salad I made this week. I bought frozen cauliflower, steamed in mircrowave, added fresh bacon, small amount of ionion, boiled egg, mustard, mayo, salt and pepper. It was very tasty, cold and hot.

I also like to make asparagus on occasion. This I saute in a small amount of olive oil with seasonings of choice.

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[womanpraised]

What kind of salads are you eating? I just got turned on to Chinese Chicken and Anitpasto and Greek salads.. that is helping.

I just started eating my veggies whole, with dip, cause it was easier at work to keep it on the desk and snack through it than have to eat ANOTHER salad at lunch, when everyone else had soemthing great from the cafeteria. That helped.

ALSO..you could shishkabob some in a marinade. I use soy, worchestire, oil, vinegar, crushed rep pepper, garlic powder, and steak salt and sometimes orange flavored vinegar to marinate and then drain it off and grill. That is really yummy. THere are a lot of "salad veggies' you can skewer and grill.

and .. someone had posted about fried cabbage, but I never could find a recipe.. but it is really yummy fired in really hot (almost bubbling) sesame oil, chinese chili paste (just a tich), again with the garlic, and served with either chicken or steak, fried in the same. cabbage is a salad veggie.

My thoughts.

kime

[Finelly]

I can't eat salads with meat in them, because I keep kosher. So that limits me. I love greek salad. I'm sick of blue cheese dressing! And ranch!

I like to roast veggies and eat them with a cheese sauce. I forgot that until I read about the shish kebab skewers....

[Terry]

I get sick of salads too but can almost always eat a caesar salad with Paul Newmans creamy salad dressing. Carb options french is a good dip for veggies to add a kick to something plain. The faux mashed potatoes are great and I do like pumpkin alot but can get carried away with that and go over my 20 carbs for the day so I keep that for a once in awhile thing. I also add some veggies by wrapping my sandwiches in them (in place of the bread) Throw some other thinly sliced cucumbers or anyother veggie you like for filling with the meat (tuna/turkey etc).

[Finelly]

OMG pumpkin! I forgot!

I make a pumpkin souffle that is to die for.

1 can pumpkin
6 eggs, separated
splenda
1/2 cup cream
pumpkin pie spice to taste

Beat the pumpkin, egg yolks, cream and spices. In a separate bowl, beat the eggwhites until stiff. Fold in to the mixture. Pour carefully into a large bundt pan.

Bake at 360 until firm.

[Shay]

How much splenda goes in the pumpkin soufle?

[Finelly]

I don't know how much splenda I use. I literally taste it and add until it tastes "right", like pumpkin pie.....you have to play around with it.

[Terry]

That sounds inductin friendly (as long as the splenda isnt a downfall for someone trying to get rid of that sweet tooth) I may be tempted to try it later on at the end of the week. Thanks for sharing that one!

[carbcounter999]

I've been having a hard time getting veggies in with my breakfast, so this morning I sauteed 1 cup mushrooms, 1 cup onions, then removed half for another day. I added 3 beaten eggs and cooked like scrambled eggs. I always used to eat eggs with ketchup, so have been a bit bored with the plain taste of eggs. This was a flavour sensation! Yum!

[Shay]

For the morning veggies, I made a spinach, bacon and cheese quiche. I cut it into 8 slices and put it into fitday to get the info on it. One slice is plenty for me, I through 2 Tbsp of sour cream on the top. I froze the other slices and this morning I took one out, put it in the microwave on "re-heat" and it came out great. I don't like spinach by the way, and this was good. Every now and then I would get a little to much taste of the spinach but nothing to bad. I hate veggies by the way so if anyone has any ideas for those of us that really have to fight to get them in I would love it. None with cauliflower as potatoes though, I did them as potatoes with bacon, cheese, onion, and sour cream and thought I would gag trying to get them down so I can't do the faux potatoes :no

[ladyhairg]

4 Cups cauliflower florets
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1 8 0z can sliced water chestnuts, drained
2/3 cup mayo
2 Tablespoons ranch dressing mix
1 tablespon lemon juice

Mix the first three ingredients in a large bowl. Mix the remaining ingredients in a smaller bowl and toss with the veggies. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Yummy side dish! Goes great with grilled burgers, and goes over really well at potlucks . . . people have no idea they are eating something healthy.