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[pangaea]

If it weren't for veggie pizza and bibimbap, I would already have succumbed to rickets. I need vegetables. Most importantly, I need to know which vegetables to get and how to cook them. I already have ingredients for vegetable soup but I need some more ideas. I like the bean sprouts that are served in restaurants here, but I have no idea how to cook them. The simpler the recipes the better, because I am a lazy cook.

[sheriffadam]

tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, lettuce, apples, bananas, orangess all require ZERO cooking time and will stop your legs from buckling from under you, they are cheap too, but then you already knew that, stop wanting to draw attention to yourself!

[pangaea]

sheriffadam wrote:

[furtakk]

stirfry is pretty hard to mess up, quick to make, and pretty delicious. buy whatever veggies you enjoy (i also like to make it with some chicken breast). chop everything up. put some oil in a frying pan. throw everything in. cook on medium heat until the veggies are at your desired soft/crunchiness level. salt a little or use some soy/teriyaki/gochujang. serve with rice/noodles/whatever you like.

[Sergio Stefanuto]

I agree with the above poster that the best way to cook veggies is to stir fry them. Be sure to use canola (rape seed) oil, as it is the healthiest, but if not, sunflower or soy bean. Don't cook with olive oil, for that is an abomination.

Stir-fried vegetables with soy sauce and a piece of cooked salmon is a simple, high quality dish.

I also love to cook gravy. Red wine gravy poured on top of cauliflower, broccoli and carrots is surprisingly delicious. And don't be shy about using a potato or two, as potatoes are fantastic for the heart.

[peppermint]

[Underwaterbob]

[NYC_Gal]

Raw olive oil has more nutrition, but cooking with it is fine. I prefer the taste to most other oils, though do use sesame on occasion.

Eat berries and oranges. Take a vitamin C supplement, if you don't like citrus. Yum!

[Fishead soup]

A good source of vegetables is in something called Sambab. I consists of lots of dark leafy green vegetables. The darker green the color the healthier. I comes with a snail soup which is actually quite good and sometimes a kind of spicy pork. Jeeyook Bokkum.

Sambab means rice wrap. You use the dark leafy vegetables to wrap the food.

[Underwaterbob]

Lemon gelato yum! I bought a tub last night.

[Dazed and Confused]

Throwing in a handful of chopped veggies such as carrots, zucchini, onion, broccoli, and even mushrooms of any kind into spaghetti sauce will help.
One of my favorites recipes is Raita. Onions, tomato, cucumber chopped up and mixed with plain yogurt and salt. Some people put cilantro in it. Serve over rice. It's delicious!

[pangaea]

Great ideas, everyone. Does anyone know how to properly cook tofu? I would like to add it to stir fries, but every time I have tried to cook tofu, I have ended up with tiny bits of mushiness.

[Fishead soup]

[peppermint]

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