I don’t eat enough veggies, and I’m lazy af rn, so this week I’ve been buying a frozen mix of steamed/boiled broccoli, carrots and cauliflower. I just warm it up on the pan, and then sprinkle salt on it. While it tastes good, it’s quite bland.
I was wondering what you do to make your frozen veg more yummy? Or what foods you add / low-effort recipe for this mix? I don’t have any dietary restrictions and I am an absolute beginner cook!
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Soy sauce is a good low calorie addition.
With these types of blends, I usually use Italian seasoning.
Taco seasoning.
HP sauce. UK lol but that’s what I break my fast with and believe me it tastes like nectar of the gods when you’re starving hungry 😂
Oh man throw some eggs in there and scramble it all together!
Go crazy with spices. Ginger, cardamon, cumin, parsley and chervil are some tasty ones. Chervil, which is french parsley adds a lot of depth to vegetables I’ve found.
I like to add seasoning blends, like mrs dash
Butter and salt is all I can do to cover the metallic taste that for some reason all frozen veggies have
Balsamic! Just a little bit for flavor
Or paprika, pepper, lemon juice, garlic powder, onion powder
Balsamic! Just a little bit for flavor
Or paprika, pepper, lemon juice, garlic powder, onion powder
Garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and Siracha on top is my go to
I put Cajun seasoning on everything. Tony’s to be exact
Salsa, low cal dressing, Alfredo/pasta sauce, or a dipping sauce.
I dip mine in Taco Bell diablo sauce
Kernel seasons or Orville Redenbacher popcorn powder, they make cheddar, nacho, butter, ranch, Buffalo, onion sour cream, garlic parmesan, etc.
Mix in marinara sauce and a lean protein like cooked chicken (if you are really lazy buy rotisserie or frozen pre cooked). You can roll the chicken into other meals like tacos, on salad, wraps, etc.
Trader Joe’s had a big line of unique seasoning blends.
On top of the other good suggestions I like herbs de Provence for veggies like this
Soy, teriyaki, oyster, sweet & sour, japanese bbq!
Try roasting in the oven with some of the seasonings mentioned in other comments instead of cooking them on the stovetop. An additional plus to this method is that it is even lazier, lol.
Mix in cream of chicken soup and shredded chicken then flatten out biscuits in a muffin tin and fill the veg chicken mixture and bake in the oven and you have mini pot pies
Butter
any Asian style sauce with rice
Slap ya mama seasoning. I put it on all my veggies
Gotta roast em
Lots of hot sauces are 0 calorie. Depending on your tolerance for spice, it’s a great addition. I can put Valentina on everything and not be “overly spiced.”
Cajun seasoning is great with them.
We use the mrs dash Greek and chipotle seasonings on veggies because they’re ez blends of commonly used spices and salt free.
Garlic powder, ranch powder, and a sprinkle of parmesan 🤌🏼
Curry powder, salt, garlic.
Hot sauce!!!
Asian inspired: soy sauce, fresh garlic, fresh ginger. Tex-Mex inspired: fresh lime juice, hot sauce (once cooked), taco seasoning mix.
Add curcuma, a tad of curry, paprika, soy sauce but don’t make it soggy. If you like also olive oil (a little is healthy and makes for good food so you eat these more happily and you get better nutrition) and black pepper and/or chili pepper. Cook them longer, so they get that liiiitle extra crisp, move them often.
Just by adding spice you’ll get a whole new dish. This is my personal favorite spice combo, but experiment and see what’s nice for you! I do love these veggies, I buy some just like that too and I eat tons of them by spicing them up.
I’ll use frozen vegetables to make a udon/ konjac noodle shake salad and use Japanese Roasted Sesame Dressing as a salad sauce. It’s super easy, just add the cooked udon/ konjac noodle, vegetables, choice of protein, boiled eggs, and the salad sauce in a container and shake!
Pesto packets! (Not pesto with oil) but the packets in the seasoning section that you are supposed to add oil too (don’t) just put the packet on the veggies! Also chicken bouillon cubes! Or ranch seasoning packets or just honestly any seasoning packet
Add in some better than bullion with just a little water to make it thin enough to coat.
A little fresh grated parm
A sprinkle of MSG does wonders.
Options:
-Get some panang curry mix, fish sauce and some coconut milk, add some peas for protein.
-Top it off with cheese or nutritional yeast.
-Hot sauce
-1/2 tsp. Garlic chili sauce.
-Bacon bits or turkey bacon. Mix and match light cheese, hot sauce or soy sauce.
-Mix in some kimchi and top it over shirataki noodles. Add peas or nuts for protein.
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Pick up oyster sauce while you’re at Costco. That and a little bit of chicken bouillon powder and you have a classic chinese home cooking stir fry.
Egg whites 🥲
Meats add lots of flavour, even if you only use a bit. Eggs are good too, and tomato paste makes everything taste better (it’s slept on please give it a try). Garlic, soy sauce/more salt, more seasonings, and a longer cooking time can also help.
Meats add lots of flavour, even if you only use a bit. Eggs are good too, and tomato paste makes everything taste better (it’s slept on please give it a try). Garlic, soy sauce/more salt, more seasonings, and a longer cooking time can also help.
I put season all on them and add 4oz of grilled chicken.
olive oil all the way
salt, pepper, paprica, garlic, onion, dash of soy sauce. If you have the calories, you cam use sesame oil
Greek seasoning and garlic salt while cooking! Also I’ll put tomato pasta sauce on frozen broccoli with a little Parmesan cheese, but I’m not sure about the carrots. Would probably be good with cauliflower though!
Not usually a fan of this particular assortment of veggies (carrot, cauliflower, broccoli) but it tastes SO good in a south-Asian style baji – add cumin, chilli powder, ginger, garlic, garam masala, tumeric, coriander powder, salt. Orrrr just a ready-blended spice mix if you dont have the individual ones. Add an onion. You barely need any oil, you can use 1-cal spray.
Also try roasting in the oven. Even the frozen mixes will brown and sweeten a little.