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Veg help needed

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crockpot
crockpot Posts: 631 Forumite
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Hope you can help me?

I am old style but need help with veg, if we have a roast etc we always seem to have it with mash, roasts pots and carrots and brocoli.

Not sure why as we all like most veg, but when I go shopping carrots and broccoli always seem to be cheapest veg and easy/quick to cook.

Any ideas what else we could have instead?
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  • shebangs
    shebangs Posts: 297 Forumite
    edited 11 April 2012 at 7:07PM
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  • thegirlintheattic
    thegirlintheattic Posts: 2,761 Forumite
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    Markets often have good deals. Roasted sweet potato is very nice, as is roasted courgette, onion and peppers.
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  • thegirlintheattic
    thegirlintheattic Posts: 2,761 Forumite
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    Oh, and greens. Nice and cheap.
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  • crockpot
    crockpot Posts: 631 Forumite
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    How do i cook greens?
    Aldi had a pointed cabbage in super 6 but did not know how to cook it!
  • thegirlintheattic
    thegirlintheattic Posts: 2,761 Forumite
    edited 18 September 2011 at 2:38PM
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    crockpot wrote: »
    How do i cook greens?
    Aldi had a pointed cabbage in super 6 but did not know how to cook it!

    Remove stems, boil in salted water for about 4-5 minutes until tender, make sure you strain them very well (the water is bitter) and add a lump of butter and salt and pepper. I got a bunch for 50p that lasted two of us three meals.

    Just remember they shrink when you cook them, so use more than you think.

    I think the same works for cabbage.
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  • Sambucus_Nigra
    Sambucus_Nigra Posts: 8,669 Forumite
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    that's the best thing about growing your own; you have whatever veg was harvested that day/week. Currently I have potatoes, tomatoes, yellow beans, 2 aubreys, onions, peppers, courgettes, 2 squashes, 2 swedes, a white cabbage, carrots and a hooge bootroot for meals this week.

    So for tonight's roasty we will have:roast potatoes, roast carrot, roast squash/courgette [in olive oil with cumin and chilli], and steamed yellow beans, plus a mini stir fry of onions with shredded cabbage and carrots, glazed near the end with blackcurrant vinegar. Yummy. Out of that lot; it's only the cumin I didn't grow.
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  • TrixieB
    TrixieB Posts: 704 Forumite
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    I love roasted carrots, parsnips, beets, onions and squash wwith my roasts :)
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  • Fruball
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    I love roasted beetroot too but is there any way of peeling it so that it doesn't stain you pink?!!! I hardly ever cook them as I hate the mess :(
  • TrixieB
    TrixieB Posts: 704 Forumite
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    I don't peel them when I roast them, just give them a good scrub
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  • Fruball
    Fruball Posts: 5,739 Forumite
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    TrixieB wrote: »
    I don't peel them when I roast them, just give them a good scrub


    ahhhhhhhhh... I did wonder that...... Thank you :)
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