Let's get into vegies & fruit!

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Do you eat fruit & vegetables each day?
Which ones? What's seasonal & cheap? Mainly raw, or cooked? Fresh, frozen, tinned? And how do you eat them?: Just the odd carrot/apple, or do you do fantastic things with yours? Wanna share some recipes & ideas?

I've decided I need to eat more fruit & veg., having gotten a bit lazy over the last couple of months. At the moment it's something like an apple a day, plus whatever's in my freezer. What I end up producing has depended in how much energy & enthusiasm I have at the time. This has meant LOTS of soup over winter. I'm now looking at featuring a lot more fruit & vegies more in my diet. I'm looking for inspiration! Very Happy

(And now, I'm gonna turn off this computer, forget about politics <sigh> & remove those silverbeet/Swiss chards that have recently bolted & turned into triffids .... & plant some new ones. (Spring! Very Happy

) Also plant some new vegie seedlings I just bought. )

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Any ideas of what to do with the very last (little) siverbeet leaves, from the jumbo plants I'm pulling out today? Usually I just do the quick saute thing, with garlic & chili.

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I don't eat enough fruits and veggies. I prefer what is seasonal (but, that doesn't leave much for our long winters).

My favorite veggies are spinach, tomatoes, romain lettuce and broccoli. Fruits - I love berries, bananas, peaches and apples. I end up buying various vegetable soups and frozen fruit during the cool months.

Good luck with your veggie garden!

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Well let's inspire each other, littlek! Very Happy

And anyone else who needs inspiration, too!

Thanks for your good wishes!

Hi ho
hi ho
It's off to my garden
I go ... Very Happy

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I'd put the small leaves in with a salad, the big leaves in a saute.

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(now, turn off the computer, Olga!)

Hey, this is liberating!

(I think I'll turn of the radio news, too! Idea

)

Byeeee till later!

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Have fun. I'll be walking away too.....

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littlek wrote:

I'd put the small leaves in with a salad, the big leaves in a saute.

Thanks, k! What do you think would be a good dressing for raw silverbeet?

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littlek wrote:

Have fun. I'll be walking away too.....

Smart girl! :wink:

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hmmmm, I dunno. Something with a good balsamic? Or maybe ginger-carrot something other?

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tofu is neither a veggie nor a fruit, it's a secondary construction adhesive. I take Tums for Balsamic, works every time.

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I like to eat fruits - raspberries,
blueberries, strawberries, pears, peaches, oranges,
mango, papaya and so on.

Vegetable as well - asparagus, fennel, broccoli, zucchini,
red cabbage, cauliflower, red peppers.

Try a salad made from cooked asparagus and strawberries,
tastes excellent.

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One way i have found thathelps me to get more greenery into my diet is to substitute spinach for lettuce.
Spinach on a sandwich, as " lettuce" in the salad, spinach in my eggs...
ThenI LOVE brocolli.
I microwave bowl ofbrocolli and add some Braggs liquid aminos. .. mmmmmmmmmmmm
Bell peppers in almost everything.
My favorite is orange BP. Sweet flavor.

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Oh! How could I have forgotten fennel and asparagus!?!

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I go to my local coop every three or four days and pick up various items. Some of them are fruits and veggies, though I buy more veggies than fruit, for some nefarious reason not to do with sanity. I guess I think of them as sort of cold.

And even if that were true, the odd warmed fruit can taste great.

I like a range of things, relative to what is fresh, and what goes with what is fresh.

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Hours later:

Thanks, k. Will do! Very Happy

Well, I've planted my silverbeet & salad greens, despite rain .... I sat on my verandah, watching & waiting for it to clear, but it just wasn't going to! Evil or Very Mad

So, on with an old parka with hood & into the downpour!!!! Laughing

That was good! So now my little seedlings are sitting happily, enjoying a good soak!

Now didn't that beat an afternoon of political angst, I ask you? Very Happy

Only one problem: Are littlek & I the only ones wanting to explore the possibilities of fruit & vegies? Sad

I hope not.

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erm, am I no one?

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OH!

Osso!

I didn't see the other posts! Embarrassed

I'm gonna read them now!

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gotcha, Olga, but now I am weary, yesterday was long, ya know. And today is longer, sort of like art.

See you tomorrow..

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I like that, osso:

"I buy more veggies than fruit, for some nefarious reason not to do with sanity. I guess I think of them as sort of cold." Very Happy

I'm the same. However, when I eat a piece of fresh fruit I wonder why I don't buy fruit more often, in greater variety.

Tell me your current favourite vegetable, osso, & how you prepare it! I love hearing from the experts! Very Happy

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