I love the "veg recipes of india" site. It's well worth a look if you don't know it. I've haven't been back though since the diabetes issue reared its ugly head but I will do soon. Need to test to see if I can tolerate the dahls...You can curry any vegetable, so why not eat all of yours that way? And loads of the Indian spices are good for your health for one reason or another.
What about a stir-fry? All the veg is cut up into smallish pieces. I admit I've been doing mine with frozen veg (for convenience), which kinda ends up waterlogging the wok, but I will give fresh veg a try soon. Or steamed veg? I'm saying all this but I'm still a massive veg-dodger. Steamed some green beans and carrots the other day and in spite of the smallish portion I gave myself I still didn't finish it...I buy mostly frozen and boil. I then shut my eyes to eat. Gulp! Not good, I know. I need psychotherapy to fix. Me thinks.
I need to get over my negative feelings about veg. All of them.
Thanks @GeoffersTaylor . I will endevour to try caulirice. I bet I'd enjoy a lovely curry again. Does frozen cauli work?
Never tried Kale, The coarse texture puts me off. Does it soften much when its cooked?
I have a pressure cooker too - I love it, it's great for stews that would otherwise take 3 hours!I have a pressure cooker (am I old-fashioned?) and do my kale in that (super-steamed), and the result is super-tender (and tasty).
What about a stir-fry?
Thanks!Great suggestion, once you stir-fry veg and add seasoning it tastes so much different, Ken Hom says you only need one pan in a house and that is a Wok
I use creme fraiche with a nip of mustard and other seasonings, along with the grated cheese, makes a slightly thicker sauce.I realised you could make a 'sauce' with no flour! Now, I just put enough 100% milk in the pan to melt the grated cheese in,
... the problem is I don't cook all these vegetables often enough, so I am not getting my 5 a day.. oh and most important is that they all have to have chicken fish or meat in order for me to eat it, so I can't eat say a bowl of vegetables on its own
Thanks!
And it's given me an idea for what to make for this evening's meal.
I'm gonna put carrots, broccoli (scary), red pepper, bamboo shoots (tinned), mini sweetcorn (jarred, in vinegar), and a handful of (frozen) snow peas in it, as well as thin slices of beef which I need to marinate in something, I don't know yet! Hopefully the carrots and sweetcorn won't cause too much of a spike...
How do you make pumpkin pancakes? The recipes I've found on Pinterest all seem to use tinned pumpkin puree, and I haven't been able to find that here...While I like most veg, I just CANNOT get past the ones that taste of aniseed (fennel and celeriac type of things)
However, there are a few that are unexpectedly and interestingly delish:
- aubergine and courgette in moussaka (the D version of lasagna)
- saag paneer (spinach and cheese curry. divine.
- creamy parmesan cabbage
- peppers stuffed with cream cheese or pate, and baked
- cabbage, peas and mince
- baked, curried onion rings (slice the onions, drizzle with oil and massage with curry paste. bake on a baking sheet on low heat til crispy)
- kale crisps as described above
- pumpkin pancakes
I hope you're single, if you add more than a bulb of garlic to a stir fry!I'm a garlic lover so would have to throw a bulb or two in
Pumpkin puree is easy. Roast your squash (any but pumpkin will be a little sweeter add a tiny bit of sweetner if you think it needs it) then mash it with a fork. Ive had both fresh and tinned and much prefer fresh just a little bit more time consuming. If the recipe doesnt have pumpkin spices (I think they are just nutmeg,cinnemon and cloves, allspice and ginger ) then add spices. Its probably the wrong time of year as pumpkins seem to come October then disappear. Butternut squash will work instead.How do you make pumpkin pancakes? The recipes I've found on Pinterest all seem to use tinned pumpkin puree, and I haven't been able to find that here...
How do you make pumpkin pancakes? The recipes I've found on Pinterest all seem to use tinned pumpkin puree, and I haven't been able to find that here...
I hope you're single, if you add more than a bulb of garlic to a stir fry!
I really hope that you meant a 'clove' or two.
Ah well, at least if both of you eat it, you can suffer together. I like garlic and use it in most dishes, but I can't imagine ever using a whole bulb - I do occasionally roast whole ones with pieces of meat as they're very mild when done that way - but stir fries are so quickly done, the garlic remains fairly robust.we (that is my wife and I) add it to many of our dishes