I've discovered the most tolerable way to eat vegetables

....You could have had a V8

I prefer to disguise them with bleu cheese dressing.

I would eat the dressing by itself with a spoon, but that would make me feel weird about myself.

My way is a lot better. It's all natural, you're getting the full vegetable or fruit, just cut into a million pieces.

Juicing isn't quite the same.

Plus V8 has additives. There's a ton of sodium in regular V8, so much that they also produce a low sodium version.

You are right about the salad smoothies being healthy and inoffensive, but be warned. I experimented with them in the past, and they make you to ginormous craps. Like baseball bats.

You're losing a lot of the fiber by emulsifying the vegetables up into a liquid.

Also, make sure you drink every last drop...the micronutrients in vegetables are water-soluble so don't let any liquid go to waste!

On a separate note, I can't believe you have such a problem with vegetables. They're quite tasty.

How is the fiber lost? Where does it go? I understand that fiber loss occurs when juicing, but how is it lost when making a smoothie using whole fruit? I'm not being a smartass, I'm just curious.

You are correct. Blending whole vegetables don't eliminate the fiber. (Matter can neither be created nor distroyed). But in any case, I like vegetables - only little children cry about hating vegetables. Try being an adult with an adult palate.

haha...brilliant!

pnw runner is wrong -- making juice in a juicer removes the fiber (because you throw away the dry pulp) but blending vegetables up and drinking the whole works, as described above, doesn't diminish the fiber content at all.

pnw runner wrote:

On a separate note, I can't believe you have such a problem with vegetables. They're quite tasty.

wow it took more than 5 posts for somebody to actually notice. I 100% agree.

Isn't there a whole info-mercial commited to this revalation? Pretty sure I've sat through it at one point in the near past.

I sit through it every night. jack lalane's power juicer or something like that.

Nah, this guy isn't power juicing. He's using the whole veg and fruit in his blender, pulp and all. The Jack Lalane thingy removes the pulp and all the fiber.

to the OP, the best way for me to eat carrots is peel them, and eat. Raw vegetables are great. don't know why it's such a problem for a "healthy guy". Good job finding a way to get the important stuff in, though, without disgusing it with crap like blue cheese dressing.

My mistake; vegetables only lose fiber when juiced, not blended. Please excuse my error and my lack of reading comprehension in this instance.

However, I still stand by my original statement that vegetables are tasty in whole form, and find it odd you can't stand them. How are you preparing them?

pnw runner wrote:

However, I still stand by my original statement that vegetables are tasty in whole form, and find it odd you can't stand them. How are you preparing them?

I don't mind the taste of just about any veggie, it's the texture that gets me. Blending takes care of that problem. Thanks for the idea.

the best way to eat veggies is sauteed in olive oil and butter.

cut broccoli, peppers, onions, carrots, green beans in large pieces

toss 1 or 2 cloves of crushed or sliced garlic and onions in hot fat

fry for a bit

add rest of veggies

sprinkle with salt

mix aka stir

stir fry for a bit.... heat up not cook thru

dice a larger tomato into large pieces and add to the vegies

add less than a teaspoon of yellow mustard (optional)

sprinkle a bit of sugar (optional)

table spoon of water (optional)

stir fry for a bit

eat with rice or bread.

Don't overcook, the veggies should be nice and crisp.

[quote]gastronomus wrote:

the best way to eat veggies is sauteed in olive oil and butter.

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Ahh, the first step in preparing green brownies.

i like to do my veggies in stir fry or other asian dishes. i've found no other form of ethnic cooking where i like the vegetables as much. except maybe the deep south's way of eating veggies.....deep fried! nothing like fried okra.

My favorite way to eat vegetables is in a curry. Broccoli, carrots, potatoes, and whatever other vegetables I can find...stir fry for a couple minutes with garlic and whatever spices are in the house, add a can of coconut milk and some water, simmer for 30-45 minutes until it's stewy, and serve over rice. Great as leftovers, too.