Kitchen

[peachesncream]

I try to serve vegetables with every meal, whether a salad or side dish. We also like main dishes that contain vegetables, like stir-fries, and soups (vegetable soup, minestrone, etc.).

About once a week we have "salad for dinner" and that helps us stock up on veggies (although DH prefers the salads that have chicken or meat in them ha ha).

I also love fruit, and we often have fruit salad, a fruit dessert, or just cut up fruit with dinner.   

[Kachina624]

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@Peaches McPhee wrote:

No.  Veggies do come in different colors..  

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@Peaches McPhee.  That true but what @ECBG  said in her original statement is very true also.

"Green veggies are a powerhouse of vitamins and minerals."

[chrystaltree]

I don't eat green vegetables. I can't stand them.  I do eat a wide range of other vegetables.  A person can be perfectly healthy without eating green vegetables.   

[Carmie]

I add spinach, onions, peppers mushrooms and tomatoes in my omelets or withscrambled eggs and sometimes asparagus if I have some.

Carrot or zucchini muffins  are good. Avocado toast, pan potatoes with veggies work too. Sometimes I make breakfast casseroles with eggs, cheese, sausage, potatoes and veggies and we can eat it all week.

[chrystaltree]

@Carmie 

I make that breakfast casserole too, I omit the sausage because I don't eat much meat.  The others have sausge on the side.  We have it for breakfast and for lunch....until it's gone.  

[Queen of shop]

Yes! Always a green veg and a big salad served with supper. Other color veg too. DH doesn't complain.

[Sooner]

We eat a wide variety of veggies--of all colors.  My husband cooks a lot of meals, and he always includes vegetables too.  

We have pretty much given up on salads because of issues with produce.  But we always have a wide variety of fruits and vegetables.  We do a lot of fresh collards, kale and such. 

[alicedee]

When I had kids and a husband living with me, there was a vegetable served with each dinner.

Now that I live alone, I don't always do that.

[happycat]

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@ECBG wrote:

If you serve a green veggie every day, do you get a moan from DH when he is asked his preference?

Green veggies are a powerhouse of vitamins and minerals.  Often, nature shows us what is good for us.  Look at bright colors of berries which are powerful antioxidants.

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My dh actually likes all veggies more than I do. He snacks all through the day- just grazes on baby carrots, sugar snap peas and usually some junk. But more veggies than anything. 

[happycat]

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@daisyk wrote:

@Carmie , just wondering how you fit the veggies in with breakfast. I'm always looking for ideas-

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I'm not @Carmie, but I like to make smoothies for breakfast with fruit, a little yogurt, baby spinach or kale and low fat fruit juice.