Kitchen

[Zhills]

I roast a pan of veggies and eat them like chips!  I use broccoli, cauliflower & carrots. 

I pickle beets, carrots and green & wax beans!

Always tasty.  I use EVOO, Himalayan salt, black pepper & garlic (together) in a plastic bag.  Use EVOO first to coat then add other spices.  Yours may vary!

I use canned veggies to pickle.  I buy Ball's Pickling spice instead of doing my own.  Add to picklin liquid.  Directions on the net!

I do a lot a Ala Carte eating these days!

[Sooner]

Thanks for wonderful suggestions!  I have on my "to do" list to learn to pickle red onions.  I've been buying them and would like to try making my own. 

[Zhills]

Pinterest has lots of recipes.  Hope you find one like the ones you buy.  Homemade are much better!  Well worth the time to make them.

[happilyretiredgirl]

I like a to boil eggs and put them in my pickled beet juice and put them on a salad, I use the pickled juice as my salad dressing so good with  the fresh garden tomatoes and cucumbers.

[Sooner]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

@Sooner 

While the only prep required is opening a can, one of my favorite summer vegetables are cold pickled beets.  I always have a can of them in the fridge. 

Goes good with a sandwich at lunch, or a side dish vegetable at dinner.  Tangy, refreshing, and makes a good "instant" vegetable.  

Edited to add: 

Actually, I also like cold stewed tomatoes, and sometimes have a can of those in the fridge.   First time I tried them cold, I was surprised how good they are that way.  Another "instant" vegetable.

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@Tinkrbl44 YES I love stewed tomatoes out of the can and cold too!!!  I love them with cottage cheese or with cooked pasta!  

[Zhills]

Gotta try this.  Which version or both?

[JeanLouiseFinch]

We haven't had potatoes in any form for six years.  My go to sides are tossed salad, fresh or frozen green beans, fresh or frozen broccoli, fresh Brussels sprouts, or fresh asparagus.  I make them a a few different ways but steamed or roasted are the most common.  Usually I season with Kinders "The Blend". It's just salt, pepper , and garlic.  I add butter to the steamed veggies when I serve them.  Sometimes I'll do a little extra like wrapping asparagus with bacon before roasting.  I also have a great Brussels sprouts casserole for an occasional splurge.  

[cindyNC]

@JeanLouiseFinch Pretty muchh try to eat the same as you do.  One exception is that I decided to start buying sweet potatoes this year.  We have them cooked whole in the microwave. 

[Sooner]

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@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:

We haven't had potatoes in any form for six years.  My go to sides are tossed salad, fresh or frozen green beans, fresh or frozen broccoli, fresh Brussels sprouts, or fresh asparagus.  I make them a a few different ways but steamed or roasted are the most common.  Usually I season with Kinders "The Blend". It's just salt, pepper , and garlic.  I add butter to the steamed veggies when I serve them.  Sometimes I'll do a little extra like wrapping asparagus with bacon before roasting.  I also have a great Brussels sprouts casserole for an occasional splurge.  

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@JeanLouiseFinch We quit Kinders except for the low salt kind.  Potatoes have never been a big favorite with us--maybe a baked one sometimes, although we like sweet potatos.  We rarely use butter or bacon because we are trying to go low fat, occasional olive oil

[Q-Checker]

@JeanLouiseFinch - Care to share your great Brussels sprouts recipe?