Good seasoning for steamed or boiled vegetables?!
I don't want to cook the season in, I just want to sprinkle or toss after they are cooked. I want my healthy veggies to have a little more flavor without adding too much sodium and such.
Answers: I have looked on a lot of sites but find nothing practically useful. What are some good seasonings to toss with steamed or boiled vegetables?
I don't want to cook the season in, I just want to sprinkle or toss after they are cooked. I want my healthy veggies to have a little more flavor without adding too much sodium and such.
Mrs. Dash and you can use butter buds as well, if you'd like a buttery taste to go with it.
salt and pepper....
maybe a little lemon juice... you don't want to overpower the sweetness of the vegetables.... butter also works..
I love steaming them or sauteing with garlic. Lemon juice is also very good.
Either of which you can certainly put on after cooking. It depends on what YOU Like.
Have you ever tried any of the Mrs. Dash flavors?
I like to toss them with a lite drizzle of olive oil and some chopped fresh herbs. It doesn't matter what herb, what ever you have on hand and sounds good to you at the moment.
Also for something a little different with potatoes, I cut them in bite size pieces before I boil them (I like the redskins), then as soon as I drain them I put them back in the hot pan with just a dab of butter a lite sprinkle of sugar and some chopped fresh mint. Its so yummy
I don't recommend boiling veggies, as that strips it of nutrients. I like to mix lemon juice, flax oil, and a dot of sweetener and mix it with steamed carrots. Then I sprinkle in some dried rosemary.
Mrs Dash, powdered garlic, fresh chives
garlic and onion powder or garlic pepper. Those are nice and have no salt.
Here's some of my favorites:
- curry seasoning (or just cumin, coriander and some seasoned salt) on Asian-style mixed vegetables
- a soy-ginger sauce (I just use a soy-ginger dressing) for stir-fry vegetable mix
- sprinkling of sea salt and parsley on white potatoes
- cinnamon and a hint of raw cane sugar on sweet potatoes
- shiitake-mushroom dressing with broccoli
- curry seasoning on cauliflower; or I make a low-calorie version of mashed potatoes by purreeing cauliflower with garlic and salt.
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