I'm so freaking sick of seeing pictures of small
bowls of steamed vegetables, a few chunks of tofu, or chicken, and a «treat» in the form of a small veganpaleoglutenfreegrainfreenogmonoaddedsugar no - bake cookie being sprawled across my insta feed every day.
Not exact matches
It's an easy
vegetable to incorporate into your diet, I add it to my smoothies and juices in the morning, use it raw as the base
of my salads, blend it into dips and sauté or
steam it for quinoa, rice and pasta
bowls.
I don't have one, so I placed an oven - safe
bowl at the bottom
of a large pot (
bowl was right - side - up) and set a
vegetable steamer on top
of that.
If you're not using it immediately (say, drizzling it over
steamed vegetables), get it out
of the hot pan and into a
bowl so the residual heat doesn't continue to push the butter from brown to burnt.
What you get,
of course, is a
bowl of cooked noodles, fresh - crunchy - tender
vegetables, and
steaming, savory broth.
Izakaya inspired plates paired with beer, wine and sake, farm fresh salads with an Asian twist, Korean and Japanese spices and kimchi, fresh ramen and udon... Ozu is food for the everyday:
steaming bowls of ramen, healthy
bowls of rice paired with meats and
vegetables, vegan and gluten free options, appetizers and salads.
Try to work some fiber and other nutrients into the meal by accompanying the main dish with a loaf
of whole grain bread and at least two
vegetables; you can get there with a simple salad
of greens and tomatoes,
steamed cauliflower and green beans, or some raw carrot sticks and a
bowl of frozen peas zapped in the microwave.
For dinner I made us vegetarian
bowls complete with Jasmine rice,
steamed vegetables, roasted
vegetables, organic canned chickpeas, and chips + Caesar dressing for Matt and the last
of the green goddess dressing for me.
Alongside our
bowls of steaming food, though, you'll find this salad, a bit
of green in a sea
of root
vegetables and broth.
To
steam blanch
vegetables have a
bowl of washed, chopped, wet greens, a large pot with boiling water with a
steamer basket that fits inside (preferably with a handle) and a large
bowl of half water / half ice nearby.
Sometimes it can be as simple as getting people to start their menu planning with the starchy dish (are we going to have potatoes (sweet or white), brown rice, ww pasta or quinoa) and then the non-starchy
vegetable (mixing
bowl sized salad, half a bunch
of broccoli,
steamed kale with balsamic / dijon dressing, etc.) and then lastly what small side
of meat to have with it.
One
of my favorite meals is to julienne several asparagus spears to create asparagus «linguini» (can also be done with zucchini),
steam them in the microwave for 2 minutes on high in a
bowl with water almost covering the
vegetable, drain and set aside.