Good vegetable recipes

[redkitty]

I like barley, but not farro. I can't quite pinpoint why, though. No harm in trying it, though. Farro is starting to become one of the go-to ingredients on restaurant menus for healthier alternatives to other grains (where I live, often mixed with quinoa...which I hate.)

[hally]

I had to look up romanesco... I always think of it as Fibonacci broccoli.  I can buy it locally in season but I never have, does it taste very different from broccoli?

I buy it locally in season, I don't believe I have seen it in a store. I'd say a cross between the two. I pickled some (refrigerator pickles)
It's just so cool looking.

[BonitaApplebum]

I buy it locally in season, I don't believe I have seen it in a store. I'd say a cross between the two. I pickled some (refrigerator pickles)
It's just so cool looking.

Pickles! Those are a great way to get veggies in, and just about everything can be pickled.

MM tell me you guys will eat pickles?

[Run Amok]

That reminds me-- another way I get my veggies in is to make ranch dressing with greek yogurt (just mix the mix into plain greek yogurt--or you can do your own) and use that as a dip for veggies. Not so much for dinner but in place of another snacky item during the day.

[hally]

Pickles! Those are a great way to get veggies in, and just about everything can be pickled.

MM tell me you guys will eat pickles?

I do Okra and Cauliflower. Love a pickled spicy Okra pod in a dry Vodka Martini

[Run Amok]

I do Okra and Cauliflower. Love a pickled spicy Okra pod in a dry Vodka Martini

Do you have a fave recipe? This sounds so yummy. I *love* okra.

[diablita]

Do you have a fave recipe? This sounds so yummy. I *love* okra.

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[Ice Cream]

I think romanesco tastes better than broccoli and has more flavor than cauliflower.

[Chasing Amy]

That does look good. Need to try it.

Farro is a fancy name for wheat berry. I would say it's more like a chewier/more substantial brown rice. I usually cook it like pasta (rolling boil until tender) and then drain it. It has way more protein and fiber than rice. I love it.

That's a great description!

I do a grain salad with farro, roasted beets, cucumbers and parsley tossed with olive oil, lemon juice and salt/pepper.

[Magic Microbe]

I bouget a forks overy knives cookbook today.

[Ice Cream]

I bouget a forks overy knives cookbook today.

I was not impressed with the film, but I am sure the cookbook would be great.

[Magic Microbe]

I haven't seen the movie but the cookbook is interesting.

I am making Thai noodle soup from it tonight. I am adding chicken though.

[merigayle]

Forks over Knives is great, Drs Campbell and Estyllen (sp?) have been trying to get their messages across to the masses for decades, and this movie was a good way to reach many.

[Ice Cream]

I haven't seen the movie but the cookbook is interesting.

I am making Thai noodle soup from it tonight. I am adding chicken though.

If I remember correctly, the message of Forks over Knives is vegetarian/vegan.

My problem with F over K is that it is really addressing those of us who are eating and living very unhealthfully.  As such, it did not offer anything that I could take from it.  I also do not like the assumption that a healthful diet/life style will cure everything. Some people are genetically predisposed to high blood pressure and cholesterol, just as some people have the genes to be overweight.  Controlling food intake definitely helps, but it's not always going to solve the issue. Anyway, I did not watch the documentary to the end, because I lost interest and felt it was too biased.

[Magic Microbe]

I was told dinner last night tasted "fishy". It was a vegan recipe with chicken added.

[onawhim]

I blame cilantro

[merigayle]

I was told dinner last night tasted "fishy". It was a vegan recipe with chicken added.

 

[Magic Microbe]

I blame cilantro

I left out cilantro because I can't stand it. I used basil to finish it.

[ihop]

I loved pickled veggies.  And okra is one of my favorite.  And yes, to the vodka martini.  YUM!

[Magic Microbe]

Pickled okra is the best but very hard to find in my locale.

I tried another new recipe, which was supposed to be cream of broccoli soup. I was trying to figure out how leeks, broccoli, and vegetable broth could end up creamy. Turns out it can't. It tasted ok but the texture was not good.