Off to get some green bags – I have seen them in the supermarket but weren’t sure whether they really worked… should save a lot of broccoli.
I’ve also been catching up on your earlier posts.I do remember being able to take clothes home “on appro”.
Good to see your wonderful photos and learn about your life in France – and also your reminiscences about life in tropical north Queenland.
Jane and I are following your handy hints – with the vegies, I’ve become a bit addicted to a spoonful of Thomy mayonnaise on the side. Planning low GI vegetarian fried rice for a dinner catching up with Jane tonight.
Fraussie
January 31st, 2012 at 7:24 am
Hi Jane’s cousin and welcome on board. Glad you’re enjoying the blog. Hope the rice was good!
Looking forward to your first cooking video. I am hoping we will get to see it first here on your blog!
Fraussie
January 31st, 2012 at 7:21 am
Well that’s a challenge!
Maple Leaf
January 31st, 2012 at 8:42 am
I’m lucky that I actually do really like vegetables! But, it is true that it takes a lot of time to do anything interesting with them. The kids don’t like onions, mushrooms and peppers so I usually end up just steaming one vegetable for them and then I eat the leftovers. Talk about boring! I used to make a nice roasted veggie dish with zucchini, peppers, eggplant and red onion. Very similar to your dish except near the end I added balsamic vinegar. Delicious!
I love salad too but the problem is there isn’t much in France in the way of low-fat salad dressing. What do you use on salad?
Fraussie
January 31st, 2012 at 8:55 am
I make regular vinaigrette with 6 parts olive oil, 1 part lemon juice and 1 part balsamic. Dr Sejean says you need at least a tablespoon of oil a day. I use real butter too. If you make mixed vegetables in ziplocs you can adapt to each taste. Different colored vegetables are more attractive to kids and steaming keeps the colours. Most kids don’t like vegetables but acquire the taste as they get older. Mushrooms, onions and peppers are not easy to digest. Aubergines cut in four and microwaved are great with a bit of olive oil. BTW raw fennel cut thin with sliced mushrooms and Parmesan shavings is delicious.
I love to roast veges and particularly love roasted broccoli and cauliflower. I always add balsamic vinegar as well as olive oil so it caramelises nicely.
Fraussie
February 1st, 2012 at 9:46 pm
That’s a good idea about the balsamic vinegar. I’ll try it!
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Off to get some green bags – I have seen them in the supermarket but weren’t sure whether they really worked… should save a lot of broccoli.
I’ve also been catching up on your earlier posts.I do remember being able to take clothes home “on appro”.
Good to see your wonderful photos and learn about your life in France – and also your reminiscences about life in tropical north Queenland.
Jane and I are following your handy hints – with the vegies, I’ve become a bit addicted to a spoonful of Thomy mayonnaise on the side. Planning low GI vegetarian fried rice for a dinner catching up with Jane tonight.
Hi Jane’s cousin and welcome on board. Glad you’re enjoying the blog. Hope the rice was good!
Looking forward to your first cooking video. I am hoping we will get to see it first here on your blog!
Well that’s a challenge!
I’m lucky that I actually do really like vegetables! But, it is true that it takes a lot of time to do anything interesting with them. The kids don’t like onions, mushrooms and peppers so I usually end up just steaming one vegetable for them and then I eat the leftovers. Talk about boring! I used to make a nice roasted veggie dish with zucchini, peppers, eggplant and red onion. Very similar to your dish except near the end I added balsamic vinegar. Delicious!
I love salad too but the problem is there isn’t much in France in the way of low-fat salad dressing. What do you use on salad?
I make regular vinaigrette with 6 parts olive oil, 1 part lemon juice and 1 part balsamic. Dr Sejean says you need at least a tablespoon of oil a day. I use real butter too. If you make mixed vegetables in ziplocs you can adapt to each taste. Different colored vegetables are more attractive to kids and steaming keeps the colours. Most kids don’t like vegetables but acquire the taste as they get older. Mushrooms, onions and peppers are not easy to digest. Aubergines cut in four and microwaved are great with a bit of olive oil. BTW raw fennel cut thin with sliced mushrooms and Parmesan shavings is delicious.
I love to roast veges and particularly love roasted broccoli and cauliflower. I always add balsamic vinegar as well as olive oil so it caramelises nicely.
That’s a good idea about the balsamic vinegar. I’ll try it!
[…] my plate into four: ½ protein, ½ carbs (the contents of a Chinese bowl) and ½ cooked vegetables (cooking and storage tips in part 3). The result was astonishing. I’d lost 2 ½ kilos and 4 cm from my waist and tummy! She’d […]
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