31 Days of Vegetable Recipes

Vegetable Victory

Vegetable Victory

  Roasted broccoli is my favorite way to eat broccoli…..I love the brown, crispy edges of the broccoli, the slightly sweet flavor, the crunch. Unfortunately, my kids don’t love it. They much prefer steamed broccoli, especially my youngest. But an interesting thing happened tonight.  I…

Roasted Broccoli

Roasted Broccoli

Ingredients: Fresh broccoli, 1-2 bunches (I use 2 bunches for my family of 6) 2 tablespoons olive oil salt to taste Instructions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees Chop broccoli into florets, all roughly the same size Place florets in large baking dish or on a…

Roasted Acorn Squash

Roasted Acorn Squash

  I found a few acorn squash in my produce bin from Urban Acres last week, and since I’ve only had them one time many, many years ago (and didn’t care for them at all), I let them sit on my counter, collecting dust. So…

Bok Choy with Bacon and Onions

Bok Choy with Bacon and Onions

Raise your hand if you can tell me what those greens are in the picture.  Anyone? If you had asked me that a year ago I would have had absolutely no idea.  I would have said some kind of green, which is painfully obvious, but…

Roasted Cauliflower

Roasted Cauliflower

Roasted cauliflower is one of my favorites….easy, little prep time, and a pretty mild flavor which results in minimal protests from my kids.  Give it a try! Ingredients: 1 or 2 heads of cauliflower (I usually make 2 heads for my family of 6, which…

Fair Food

Fair Food

  I spent today at the Texas State Fair and sadly, this is the closest thing to a vegetable that I ate all day.  What you see in the picture is Deep Fried King Ranch Chicken Casserole, shaped like the great state of Texas.  I…

Time for Carrots

Time for Carrots

Serving a vegetable at a meal does not have to require actually cooking a vegetable. There are nights (like tonight!!!) that my main dish takes longer to prepare than I expected, or some unforeseen distraction appears (usually in the form of homework that requires a…

Roasted Root Vegetables

Roasted Root Vegetables

If you know me well enough to know my kitchen habits, then you know that I never, ever, ever make a recipe exactly as it’s written.  Really, never.  If I share a recipe with you I’ll send the original recipe, along with all the things…

Kids and Vegetables

So I don’t have a recipe today for my 31 Days of Vegetable Recipes series. Instead, I have some words of encouragement for you, and maybe a little bit of tough love. I hear all the time from other moms that “My kids won’t eat…

Sautéed Spinach

Sautéed Spinach

Sautéed spinach was never my favorite, until I made this.  It actually started out as a filling for a rolled-up cube steak recipe.  The filling was great….the rolled cube steak? Not so much.  So I made a few adjustments and now this makes a regular…