I buy a bunch of bags of chopped frozen broccoli and I make it for my work lunch the next day. I add 2 cups of the broccoli to a skillet along with 1 tsp EVOO and 1 tbsp soy sauce. Make sure the broccoli gets really tender and then I just stick it in some tupperware to take to work. At work I microwave it for about a minute, stopping halfway to stir it and thats it! Super easy veg to get in. Once it's cooked it really isnt much either!
One of the best tips I have is to buy your veggies and prep them all at once. For several days you'll have all the veggies you need - just grab and cook or grab and throw in a salad.
I buy the frozen cauliflower, brocoli, asparagus and chopped green pepper and make soup out of it, in various combinations. If they are looking fresh, I'll get the pre-sliced mushrooms and throw them in too, or use them in a stir-fry. The bagged spinach is really handy to throw in a salad. Now that I'm in Phase 4, I'm really loving the brocoli slaw. I can just throw in a handful of that, and spinach onto a salad and I'm done. (There's some carrots in there tho.) Puree the soup with immersion blender, freeze portions and you've got an easy meal, to either add an IP soup to, or your meat.
I find the spice combos I vary really make a big difference and keep things interesting too.
I buy the frozen cauliflower, brocoli, asparagus and chopped green pepper and make soup out of it, in various combinations. If they are looking fresh, I'll get the pre-sliced mushrooms and throw them in too, or use them in a stir-fry. The bagged spinach is really handy to throw in a salad. Now that I'm in Phase 4, I'm really loving the brocoli slaw. I can just throw in a handful of that, and spinach onto a salad and I'm done. (There's some carrots in there tho.) Puree the soup with immersion blender, freeze portions and you've got an easy meal, to either add an IP soup to, or your meat.
I find the spice combos I vary really make a big difference and keep things interesting too.
I really like your homemade soup idea. Do you use salt free veg stock?
I really like your homemade soup idea. Do you use salt free veg stock?
Are we allowed salt free veg or chicken stock?
I was using them at first, but was told by my coach to stop because they had some carbs. Not alot, but I stopped. Sometimes I added a pinch of salt-free chicken buillion powder though. I just boiled them in water and since I kept the water to make the soup with, all the nutrients were still there.
I really like the Pacific mushroom stock as a base for lots of things. Am glad to start using it again.
someone on this thread turned me onto celeriac. Just cut it on my mandolin, spray with my olive oil mister, garlic salt, paprika and put them on my microwave chip maker. If you don't have one, I've heard you can put them on a paper towel on a plate. 5 1/2 min. So yummy and different. Love the zucchini cooked with lemon and apple pie spice. Ate it today with a vanilla pudding with a little almond extract. Feels like dessert.
I have started making shakes out of the puddings and drinks by adding ice and spinach. You never taste the spinach, and is extremely filling. It's a great way to get the veggies in.
Right now, I've hit a veggie slump. Everything seems a little bit daunting to me this week, and I don't think I can chop one more vegetable.
What do you do that's fast and easy?
Normally, I don't think it all seems that bad, but right now...I dunno. I need a fresh vision for veggies!
For lunch today, I am eating a million stalks of celery because I just don't feel like putting out that much effort!
I usually get the bags of broccoli florets, and put my lunch or dinner portion in a steamer for 20 minutes. I do my lunch veggies the night before and take them to work in a tupperware container. Steamed Broccoli or Cauliflower go really well with the Chicken or Leek soup mixes. Steamed baby spinach goes well with the tomato basil soup.
Really easy and you get your whole meal in one bowl.
Thanks for the simple suggestions, friends. I think I have been making things way too complicated, doing lots of the different cauliflower mashers, cauliflower breadsticks, roasting piles of different veggies, etc... I have a daughter doing this with me and another daughter who just loves to eat veggies, so everything I do is "times 3". Slicing a cuke sounds like a snap! Maybe I'll save the complicated things for a couple times a week, with the girls helping, of course!
I'm trying to convince friends on IP or other diets to do a veggie chopping party or rotation. A party would make it more fun to go veggie shopping then chop/prep for the whole week in a group. Or allow one person to do the work for all one week and then trade so you get a whole other week off.
What are your fastest and easiest veggies to make?
