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Need creative ways to add more veggies to my diet

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peabody
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Need creative ways to add more veggies to my diet

I ate a apple and a banana everyday, an whole grain eng muffin with hummas or honey and a turkey sandwich on whole grain bread and usually a good dinner.

But I need to add more veggies to my diet, but I am not to crazy about them.

Any ideas????

Posted 9/21/05 11:54 PM
 
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dpli
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Re: Need creative ways to add more veggies to my diet

How about vegetable soups? I also try to add extra tomato or sliced cucumber to sandwiches and wraps - it bulks them up a bit and helps me get the extra veggies in too.

Posted 9/22/05 9:28 AM
 

nov04libride
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Re: Need creative ways to add more veggies to my diet

A salad? I always eat salad with dinner...Gregg eats about 3 bananas a day! One before bed, one in the morning, and one in the afternoon. I've been putting peanut butter on apples, which is yummy!

Or let's go out to lunch and get pizza and count the sauce as a veggie!Chat Icon

Posted 9/22/05 10:51 AM
 

Wendy
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Re: Need creative ways to add more veggies to my diet

I add veggies to rice for dinner. I also like to snack on cucumber.

Posted 9/22/05 4:17 PM
 

peabody
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Re: Need creative ways to add more veggies to my diet

Posted by dpli

How about vegetable soups? I also try to add extra tomato or sliced cucumber to sandwiches and wraps - it bulks them up a bit and helps me get the extra veggies in too.




Do you have a good recipe fo veg soup I could try?

Posted 9/22/05 11:34 PM
 

peabody
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Re: Need creative ways to add more veggies to my diet

Posted by nov04libride

A salad? I always eat salad with dinner...Gregg eats about 3 bananas a day! One before bed, one in the morning, and one in the afternoon. I've been putting peanut butter on apples, which is yummy!

Or let's go out to lunch and get pizza and count the sauce as a veggie!Chat Icon



Beth, I bring salad to work alot, but I end up not eating it and I let it go bad in the frig. I have a problem with salad at work.

We'll go for pizza on Monday!!! I'll get veggie pizza!!!

Posted 9/22/05 11:36 PM
 

dpli
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Re: Need creative ways to add more veggies to my diet

Posted by peabody

Posted by dpli

How about vegetable soups? I also try to add extra tomato or sliced cucumber to sandwiches and wraps - it bulks them up a bit and helps me get the extra veggies in too.




Do you have a good recipe fo veg soup I could try?



I have a WW recipe at home, I will post it later Chat Icon

Posted 9/23/05 10:14 AM
 

CathyB

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Re: Need creative ways to add more veggies to my diet

Progresso makes a really good veggie soup called Garden Vegetable. It's pretty much the WW soup recipe. Yummy!

Posted 9/23/05 11:48 AM
 

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Re: Need creative ways to add more veggies to my diet

In the winter is when I'm better at adding lots of veggies into my foods. Stews, soups - almost anything I throw into the slow cooker gets lots and lots of veggies. I even make a spinach & zuchinni lasagne to cut up and freeze for me to bring to work since DH wouldn't eat it

Posted 9/24/05 7:59 AM
 

SoinLove
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Re: Need creative ways to add more veggies to my diet

V-8 maybe? Ever tried it? I haven't, but I know it has a lot of veggies in it (8 to be exact...dur Chat Icon )

Posted 9/24/05 8:27 PM
 

christy
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Re: Need creative ways to add more veggies to my diet

veggie stir fry works for me...you can mix in a lot of veggies and use different flavors like teriyaki etc...it is a great side dish.

Posted 9/25/05 11:26 AM
 

MissJones
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Re: Need creative ways to add more veggies to my diet

I go to the grocery store and buy the soup veggies (potato, onion, carrot, leek, parsley, parsnip and turnip), chop, sautee with garlic in a big stock pot. Add enough water to go to the top (leave an inch), bring to a boil, add a tablespoon of broth (there's a really great broth in a jar, I forget the name) and then at the end, I add pastina. I cook it for about 3 hours (leave the pastina out until the end). Add seasoning to taste. Great source of veggies and very light, too!

Posted 9/26/05 5:46 AM
 

Wendy
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Re: Need creative ways to add more veggies to my diet

Posted by Wendy

I add veggies to rice for dinner. I also like to snack on cucumber.



Oh yeah, I also add cukes to sandwiches!

Posted 9/27/05 8:22 AM
 

btrflygrl
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Re: Need creative ways to add more veggies to my diet

I was gonna say veggie pizza!

if you roast a chicken, throw some veggies in to roast with it.

it's also amazing how small a serving of veggies truly is....not that much! a whole carrot might be 2 servings! What about raw veggies with dip???

It's hard for me too, I buy them and they go bad.

So I've turned to applesauce, a banana with my cereal in the AM, Trader Joe's Fruit Leather, Fruit Juice counts too and so does V8

Posted 10/1/05 8:58 PM
 

Wendy
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Re: Need creative ways to add more veggies to my diet

Posted by MissJones

I go to the grocery store and buy the soup veggies (potato, onion, carrot, leek, parsley, parsnip and turnip), chop, sautee with garlic in a big stock pot. Add enough water to go to the top (leave an inch), bring to a boil, add a tablespoon of broth (there's a really great broth in a jar, I forget the name) and then at the end, I add pastina. I cook it for about 3 hours (leave the pastina out until the end). Add seasoning to taste. Great source of veggies and very light, too!



That sounds awesome!!!!

Posted 10/1/05 9:00 PM
 

lipglossjunky73
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Re: Need creative ways to add more veggies to my diet

broccoli and spinach on pizza!!!

Yummmm,....


OR - in a pita with cheese on top....

Posted 12/28/05 5:05 PM
 
 

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