Veggies

[Tarik One]

Any good recommendations? What are your favorites?

I took a physical about a month ago and everything came back fine. Lately I

[gigantes]

try to eat a spectrum of colors. that way you'll get a more full range of antioxidants, vitamins and nutrients.

so... ROYGBIV. for example, Red apples, Oranges, Yellow squash, Green bell pepper, Blueberries... and... things like eggplant, i guess.

i would recommend that you roam the produce aisle, buy some stuff you've never had before, then look up some recipes and common uses when you get home. most veggies are pretty easy to cook in a variety of ways.

veggie dishes i commonly eat are bean-based stews with stuff like onions, garlic, brussel sprouts, tomatoes, peppers, greens and mushrooms thrown in. i'll often add avocado slices after cooking, and serve over rice or noodles. the flavoring can be all kinds of different choices, like curry, bouillon, jerk seasoning, soy / sesame oil, etc.

[highwhey]

I love meat a lot, but just about any meat dish will be better if veggies are added.

I've gotten into mushrooms and asparagus lately. I add mushrooms to anything.

[Draz]

I used to eat mushrooms every day. Add some pepper, amazing.

[knickballer]

Beans.

Okay, I don't know if it's a veggie or not but it's one of the GOAT foods in terms of health. Packed with protein and fiber, low in fat and has so many nutritional benefits. The studies I read confirms that beans are the GOAT. They will clean your insides like a vacuum.

If I were you I'll try to have a salad for lunch every day. Serving of beans, tomatoes, kale, cucumber, pepper and what ever else you'd like to put in.

I'd also recommend doing stir fries. Stir up a bunch of different veggies like onions, spinnach, carrots, etc, and mix it with some rice or what ever is left over in the fridge really.

Eggs with onions and spinnach is pretty good

I recently tried plaintain for the first time and not bad at all tbh.

Peppers are legit too. Eat it raw or cooked.

[DeuceWallaces]

If you focus on what's in season you'll get everything year round and it'll taste good. Kind of inbetween right now if you live in the north, but I've noticed the Florida and northern Mexico veggie crops have started to come in. Summer is corn, tomatoes, beans, eggplant, summer squash/zucchini, cabbage, etc. Winter is all your root vegetables and fall squashes. Leafy greens are pretty much year round.

Summer fruits are melons, peaches and plums as you get late summer, followed by apples, and then citrus all through winter until about 2 weeks ago.

[thefatmiral]

Veggie soup is my favorite. I get this kind at an Italian restaurant, made in veggie broth with white beans .

[gigantes]

Beans.

Okay, I don't know if it's a veggie or not but it's one of the GOAT foods in terms of health. Packed with protein and fiber, low in fat and has so many nutritional benefits. The studies I read confirms that beans are the GOAT. They will clean your insides like a vacuum.
AFAIK beans are the seeds from a fruit. a fruit is the product of a fertilised flower, so any "veggie" with seeds is a fruit, botanically. any other edible plant part can be considered a veggie.

there is actually a point behind this technicality. fruits tend to be energy powerhouses while veggies tend to be more low-calorie and fibre-containing. that's a pretty big nutritional difference right there.

one other thing about beans-- there's usually so much salt added to the canned stuff that it's generally a lot healthier (and cheaper) to cook with dried beans instead. you can greatly speed up this process by soaking them overnight and/or using a potato masher on them when they start to soften up during cooking.

[highwhey]

Y'all would die if you tasted my dad's beans. I've ate them almost everyday of my life and they're still great. He uses real cheese from Mexico also.

[bigkingsfan]

I've ate them almost everyday of my life

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[highwhey]

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Beans 4 lyfe

[knickballer]

AFAIK beans are the seeds from a fruit. a fruit is the product of a fertilised flower, so any "veggie" with seeds is a fruit, botanically. any other edible plant part can be considered a veggie.

there is actually a point behind this technicality. fruits tend to be energy powerhouses while veggies tend to be more low-calorie and fibre-containing. that's a pretty big nutritional difference right there.

one other thing about beans-- there's usually so much salt added to the canned stuff that it's generally a lot healthier (and cheaper) to cook with dried beans instead. you can greatly speed up this process by soaking them overnight and/or using a potato masher on them when they start to soften up during cooking.

The canned beans aren't bad as well. If you drain out the water(like most people will) 50% of the sodium will be gone. If you go further and rinse out the beans with water than you'll take out an additional 25% of the sodium. OFC, it all depends on which can you buy but even canned beans are very healthy.

[gigantes]

The canned beans aren't bad as well. If you drain out the water(like most people will) 50% of the sodium will be gone. If you go further and rinse out the beans with water than you'll take out an additional 25% of the sodium. OFC, it all depends on which can you buy but even canned beans are very healthy.
hmm, what's your source on that?

the thing is, starchy foods like beans are excellent at pulling salt in to themselves. as in, a classic method of unsalting a soup or stew is to toss some cut potatoes in.

that's why i question how much of the very high canned salt content is really being removed, even by washing the canned beans.

[gigantes]

plus, draining out the water from canned beans almost certainly means draining some of the vitamins and oxys as well. this is a classic problem with boiling veggies vs. steaming or nuking them.

at the same time, dried beans must surely lose a whole bunch of their vitamins and oxys as well via the dehydration process.

not to mention, there might be a significant pesticide-level difference as well.

things that make you go... :S

[knickballer]

hmm, what's your source on that?

the thing is, starchy foods like beans are excellent at pulling salt in to themselves. as in, a classic method of unsalting a soup or stew is to toss some cut potatoes in.

that's why i question how much of the very high canned salt content is really being removed, even by washing the canned beans.

there's this nutritionist on youtube(Nutritionfacts.org) who is one of the best and has done countless studies on it. For beans he said that just draining out the water alone will take out 50% of the sodium level. I'm actually not sure about the extra 25% part of what I said, i'm not sure if he said that or I just think it's true. Just get no salt added canned beans or w/e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDNHIdWXjLY

[highwhey]

plus, draining out the water from canned beans almost certainly means draining some of the vitamins and oxys as well. this is a classic problem with boiling veggies vs. steaming or nuking them.

at the same time, dried beans must surely lose a whole bunch of their vitamins and oxys as well via the dehydration process.

not to mention, there might be a significant pesticide-level difference as well.

things that make you go... :S
Which is the best way for veggies? Steam or boil?

[gigantes]

there's this nutritionist on youtube(Nutritionfacts.org) who is one of the best and has done countless studies on it. For beans he said that just draining out the water alone will take out 50% of the sodium level. I'm actually not sure about the extra 25% part of what I said, i'm not sure if he said that or I just think it's true. Just get no salt added canned beans or w/e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDNHIdWXjLY
those figures sound pretty dang high. i don't doubt that draining and rinsing are effective, but... yeah.

AFAIK canning has to have a fairly high sodium-content, otherwise harmful microorganisms can breed. it would be really dangerous to can with zero salt, i think.

of course since i'm lazy, i do often buy low-sodium canned beans.

hold on, let me grab a can and see what the label says

okay looking at this here can of bush's low sodium black beans, it says it contains 30% of the RDA of sodium. now, a normal can contains around twice that, i.e. 60%. so... 30% could be quite good DEPENDING on how the rest of your day's diet was. for americans and others who tend to eat lots of prepared / processed foods, that could be kind of a false victory. OTOH, for others who are good at watching their salt, that could be a key difference.



Which is the best way for veggies? Steam or boil?
steamed, according to all the literature i've read.

with steaming, i think you get roughly the same heat-effect as boiling, but you don't have the surrounding liquid as with boiling to leech away nutrients.

but i'm not sure how it works when you boil veggies in a stew, which i usually do. i think probably a lot of the leeched-off antioxidants and vitamins are chemically deconstructed while being heated in the surrounding liquid. that's a d'oh. :(

[DeuceWallaces]

The only acceptable canned vegetable/fruit are tomatoes. Rest is a shitty, preservative filled salt fest.

[highwhey]

Does anyone know what that dish with chicken with mushroom, zucchini, red pepper, etc that you get at a chinese takeout is called?

I'm going to the farmer's market this weekend and am hoping to buy all the ingredients I need to make a healthy version of this dish.

[Akrazotile]

Does anyone know what that dish with chicken with mushroom, zucchini, red pepper, etc that you get at a chinese takeout is called?

I'm going to the farmer's market this weekend and am hoping to buy all the ingredients I need to make a healthy version of this dish.


"Stray dog casserole"

[hateraid]

I've been going the sprouting route lately. It's the healthiest form of vegetable you can go. Most places that sell sprouts harvest when they have been sprouted. I'm working with a company that actually harvests being sprouting when the seed is at it's most nutrient dense. Think of when a baby is just born and the mother produces colostrum. That colostrum is the healthiest substance to humans ever. That's when this company harvests the sprouts.

Check them. They have a broccoli and kale freeze dried sprouted powder and other products

https://www.sproutliving.com/

[rufuspaul]

steamed, according to all the literature i've read.

with steaming, i think you get roughly the same heat-effect as boiling, but you don't have the surrounding liquid as with boiling to leech away nutrients.

but i'm not sure how it works when you boil veggies in a stew, which i usually do. i think probably a lot of the leeched-off antioxidants and vitamins are chemically deconstructed while being heated in the surrounding liquid. that's a d'oh. :(



Roasting works well too.

[Type 2]

French fries are my favorites.

[Meticode]

One word, watermelon.

[gigantes]

Roasting works well too.
i prefer BBQing on low heat, but yeah, agreed.

gotta love caramelisation. :rockon: