How to make vegetables tasty.

BY COOKING VEGETABLES IT MAY BE TASTY AND HEALTHY.

        

  Methods for cooking vegetables are important, because its a

 pretty well-known fact:

        Vegetables are good for you.They're full of vitamins, nutrients, and lot of other stuff of our body needs to function properly. But a lot of people see eating vegetables as a chore-an unfortunate but necessary but necessary part of the meal.

      What should vegetable-hater to do? People who think they hate vegetables can definitely learn to embrace this colorful food group. But before we talk about tips, we need to understand what causes some people to scatter when broccoli is served.

COOKING TIPS

• Get a jump start on dinner by filling micro wave steaming bags with vegetables, one for every night of the week.
• Steam your vegetables, then add low-calorie on low fat dressings, and herbs and spices to add flavor.
• Take your favorite lasagna recipe and try adding different combinations of your favorite vegetables between layers mushrooms, spinach, broccoli, carrots, zucchini, onions, or eggplant. Be creative.
• Stir low fat or fat-free granola into a bowl of low-fat or fat-free yogurt. Top with sliced apples or berries.
• Add low fat cream cheese to celery stalks. Top with raisins for ants on a log.
• Combine frozen 100% juice and berries, then freeze to make Popsicles.
• Mix canned spinach or frozen broccoli into your pasta dish.
• Low on time? Microwave vegetables, buy pre-cut fruits and vegetables, use canned or frozen items, pre-wash vegetables. Good to go!
• Use a fork to pierce whole, unpeeled vegetables such as potatoes or yams to keep them from bursting while cooking.
• For even cooking, cut vegetables in to small  same-size pieces.
• Try adding diced tomatoes, cucumbers and onions to your turkey-dogs.
• Add lots of lettuce, tomatoes, onions, sprouts or other vegetables to your turkey burgers.
  
• Slice, marinate (try balsamic vinegar) and grill a variety of vegetables including zucchini, asparagus, green onions, egg plant and mushrooms. They're delicious. 
• Pizza for dinner! Pizza can be a healthy choice whether you cook in or take-out when loaded with your favorite veggies.
• Dress up a salad for your main meal, add slices of grilled chicken or fish. Top with mandarin oranges. A cool crunchy salad is refreshing on a hot summer day.
•  Make potatoes the star of the show. Top hot, split,
  
  
  baked potatoes with 3-bean chili,broccoli and cheese or grilled onions and mushrooms for a quick and filling meal.
• Grilled Berry Dessert-Slice a ripe peach in half, remove the pit, fill with blue berries. Sprinkle with brown sugar, lemon juice and wrap in foil. Grill for 15 minutes. Turn once.
• Grill your dessert- Sprinkle bananas with Cinnamon and brown sugar, place on aluminium foil, and let it sizzle. Or get creative, and try grilled bananas for your banana split! 
• Grill your own potato bites dice potatoes, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with seasoning. Wrap in aluminium foil, and place on the grill.
• Grill tropical fruit such as papaya and mango and serve with grilled fish. 
• Cut Strawberries into heart shapes.
• Choose 1/2 cup of apple sauce for baking instead of a cup oil.
• One night of the week, let your children in charge of the meal, making sure that they are choose a veggie.
• Make an all fruit Kabob - Pineapple, banana, papaya and pea chunks work well.
• Make shish - Kabobs! Cut meat into 1- inch pieces and skewer with whole mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, chopped pieces of onions, ball peppers, and pineapple.
• Enlist help from your kids at dinner time. Have them prepare a vegetable tray as an appetizer or an accompaniment with dinner while you prepare the main entree.
• Ask your older children to help encourage their younger siblings to eat fruits and veggies.
• Buy both regular raisins and golden raisins have your kids to do a taste test.
• Let your child taste the difference between canned, frozen or fresh green beans- let them decide their favorite form.
• Help kids make frozen fruit kabobs using Pineapple chunks, bananas, grapes and kiwis.
• Cookie cutters can be used to make fun shapes out of melon slices. Kids will love experimenting and eating their favorites.