Need Help with Vegetables
 

I am having problems staying 100% OP mainly because I am sick of the vegetables! I am a finicky eater and only can tolerate a few of the veggies...ie broccoli, cucumbers, celery, peppers, etc. Does anyone have any suggestions for good veggie recipes that might help?

Thanks!

Veg purees
 

Hi, try some of lizzr's veg purees mixed in the soups. The flavours will be hidden, and it makes it way easier to get your veggies in. Also helps to keep you super full therefore not wanting to eat off plan!

I find them easiest when I pre-make them, freeze and take out as needed. Like baby food, if you have kids;)

have you thought of roasting them? Veggies taste great roasted! I roast broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, zucchini, etc!

I really thought I would have no problem at all with the veggies because I love them. But....I feel I am on veggie overload. Sometimes feel like I can not stomach another plain lettuce salad with WF on it.



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If I see one more leaf of lettuce or "spring mix" I may poke out my eyes with a pair of scissors! I know the feeling! At the moment I am into raw broccoli and raw cauliflower. That will probably change next week! I did boil some cauliflower in chicken broth and then drained it and mashed it well and added a couple of squirts of spray butter. Not bad and"........................it wasn't lettuce!

Have you tried adding some spinach to your shake mix wit ice, and blending it up? I thought it would be weird, but so many people here recommend it, so I tried it and it is really an easy, non-intrusive way to get extra veggies in.

Om my....I know how you feel. And before this IP diet I would eat HUGE salads, but I had my french dressing on it that I would love.

I love salads, but I also gave up on the salads with WF dressings, not my favorite. I now only roast my veggies, which are so tasty or I blend spinach into my pudding shakes every day. I also discovered roasted seaweed (at Costco) which I LOVE. There are lots of ways to get in veggies without having a salad. Almost forgot... I discovered jicama dipped in WF caramel dip. The dip by itself, not so good, but with the jicama dipped in it's really good. Almost like eating a caramel apple (if I close my eyes).

DanafromAustin: I found seaweed at my Sam's club. Is there a way to explain what this tastes like? TIA!

Thanks for the advice Dana. I used to roast my asparagus all the time but I would smother it in olive oil! I've not been too successful doing IP. How do you do your roasted veggies?

Here's a link to the 'Veggie Purees' thread I started. I found that if I blended them down into mashed fauxtatoes, gravies, sauces, smoothies, etc. that it was a lot easier (and tastier) to get in the veggies. Get out your Phase 1 sheet and pick out a new veggie - look on this site, google, cooks.com, etc. and find a few recipes and give it TWO tries (always need the first experiment and the second fine tune).

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/idea...-purees-6.html

Also I have a pretty pathetic 3FC blog - but I captured some of my favorite veggie recipes in it once:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/lizrr/

I know it's probably on the site somewhere but does anyone have a sec to tell us how to roast our veggies. I've done it in the past but always used a ton of olive oil and I've tried it recently with the 2tsp. allowed and they've not been so great. Any hints for those of us who need to mix it up a bit...........I can't stomach any more lettuce................

fourstubbs and danafromaustin------will you please share how you roast your veges??? thx in advance!!:cool:

I scatter them on a cookie sheet, spray with grapeseed oil lightly, sprinkle with spices of choice, and bake at 350 ~20~30 minutes depending on the veggie. I do not count it towards my 2tsp oil allottment as it gets broken down during cooking.

I've seen people mentioning they "spritz" on olive oil so that implies it's in a different bottle. Personally, I put the veggies in a larger container with a lid and shake it around after I put on the olive oil. I put in some other spices that I can see (pepper or whatever) and can tell from the look of the veggies that the stuff gets mixed around and spread pretty evenly without too much oil to start.

I feel the same, I cut cucumber and add sea salt and pepper with olive oil or WF italian dressing. I steam cauliflower and add a little better butter flakes or I mash it with garlic. Broccoli I stirfry with soy sauce. Zucchini I either steam or cut into chunks and cook on a cookie sheet. Green peppers I will do raw or bake in the oven. I have stuffed small green peppers with mashed cauliflower and add some lemon pepper flavor and hamburger flavor and enjoy that too. Good luck!!

When I started I really didn't eat ANY veggies. But, I found that I actually like the raw baby leaf spinach. Then I found the secret that works perfectly for me.

Chocolate/Spinach Shake (Sounds horrible, but is really good)
Fill your blender up with spinach, pure in 2 1/2 cups of cold water. (17oz water bottle)
Blend that until you can't even tell there was any spinach, it's all pulverized (about 2 minutes on high)
Pour in one of the chocolate IP pudding packets, blend another 30 second or until just really smooth.

There ya go. Chocolate shake and you can not even taste the spinach.

I'm just now trying to figure out how to deal with the froth that forms at the top. It usually takes 7-10 gulps before all that is gone and I can get to the tasty liquid. :carrot: