How to get more greens into my diet?

dandy-candy

I'm always low on iron and although I can (and do at times) take iron pills, I would like to try eating more greens.

I like steamed broccoli and green beans, cabbage in colcannon is nice too but that's about all I do. I did try adding cabbage to a soup one time but it made it taste bitter

Can anyone suggest other ways of getting my greens, either as a side dish or incorporated into a main?

Thank you!

Alter_ego

Lettuce, spinach, etc

Mojisola

dandy-candy wrote: »

I'm always low on iron and although I can (and do at times) take iron pills, I would like to try eating more greens.

Your body needs plenty of vitamin C in order to absorb iron so make sure you have plenty of vit C rich foods as well.

Out,_Vile_Jelly

I'm a vegetarian so the question is puzzling: just eat more yummy greens!

I love kale in stir fries and curries. If you like a spicy soup, you can always add spinach eg to a Mexican bean base. Cheese goes well, eg broccoli cheese or a cheese and spinach flan.

downshifter

Huge plate full of rich dark spring greens with sausages and lashings of onion gravy. mmmm

Sprouts sliced and fried with onion, garlic and chopped bacon. mmmm

I don't really understand the question either tbh, just have some green veg as an accompaniment to all your meals, as you would normally any other veg. You don't need recipes. Though I wouldn't concentrate on it too much, just have plenty of veg and ensure you have a good mix of colours balanced throughout the week. That'll give you iron plus all the other vitamins you need.

Maybe if you gave us an idea of what your meals are normally like we could suggest ways of including more greens.

cheel

Perhaps have stir fries, stir fried cabbage is lovely.

If you hate greens there are other ways to boost your iron. Are you vegetarian?

Fortified breakfast cereal might help. I particularly like liver casserole, ox liver is nicest of you can get it. Liver and onions in the bottom of casserole dish layer plenty sliced potatoes on top. Mix two teaspoons of cornflour with a half mug water salt and pepper and pour in. Cook in moderate oven as long as you can, until its all soft and potatoes are disintegrating.... Yumm. I love it with cabbage at the side. Double iron boost!

Cheel xx

dandy-candy

We do eat plenty of other veg - sweetcorn, potatoes, aubergine, carrots, cauli, mushrooms and salads too. It's just the poor old greens seem a bit uninspiring! Other than steaming them I don't really know what to do with them.

I can't bring myself to eat liver as it is, I do like pate made with it but it's a bit fattening so I try to avoid it (I gorge on it given the chance!)

I would just like some exciting ways of serving to get away from the old school days idea of soggy greens

natlie

I always have my eggs with spinach or avocado for breakfast adding tomato gives you iron and vitamin c

For lunch I usually have a sandwich and I make sure I put loads of lettuce and cucumber, rocket and spring onions

For dinner I usually have peas as my side dish, sometimes I blend them with broccoli and creme fraiche, I sometimes do braised lettuce with peas - very french.

You can make a really quick pea soup with frozen peas, stock a bit of onion and salt and pepper, blend it and it takes 5 mins to do and you could add other greens too like broad beans or spinach

You can get super greens powders some like Bioglan are very expensive I have this to put in smoothies http://www.bulkpowders.co.uk/complete-greens.html its on sale at the moment and they do a fruit one too http://www.bulkpowders.co.uk/complete-fruits.html

suki1964

Getting iron from veg isn't the only way and in fact we absorb more efficiently from other sources

Lamb, beef, liver, soya beans , tofu, quinoa, kidney beans, mussels , clams oysters, lentils and chickpeas are all good sources

I too don't like leafy green veg and avoid it best I can but I do eat all the above other then oysters

Dustyblinds

I add kale and spinach to quite a lot of meals I cook. Pasta sauces and stir fries especially. DS makes smoothies with kale.

BrassicWoman

I blend greens with nuts to make pates

Chopped salad with cabbage and carrots, sesame seeds and a nice dressing is great

springs greens stir fried with tofu ginger garlic and soy sauce