Maria, I love sweet potatoes! Thanks for the reminder; I'll add them to my "meal plan". (I don't really have a meal plan. It's more of a list of Acceptable Food.)
I find that vegetables are vastly improved with spices and olive oil. I've got a chicken seasoning that I use on mixed vegetables that adds tons of flavor. Grilling them also changes the taste for me.
Oh, absolutely. Pretty much anything besides boiling or steaming makes plant matter taste better. I need to really work on learning how to do this stuff, instead of just relying on what's served up at my lunch place.
Taunt away, -t! Fish tacos sounds terrible to me, and I can make my own alcoholic treats. So nyah.
::swipes -t's tacos and bloody mary::
I tried some pureed cauliflower soup that was intensely yummy. Perhaps a small attempt at roasting these things. Unfortunately, the stronger color veggies have the most nutrition, and they're the ones that taste the most bitter to me.
Unfortunately, the stronger color veggies have the most nutrition, and they're the ones that taste the most bitter to me.
Roasting really helps with that. It makes them sweeter, I assume because they caramelize somewhat. Even Brussels sprouts are good when roasted (better still -- roasted and then topped with bacon crumbles!).
But yeah, I avoid bitter foods like the plague, which is why I tinker with roasting and/or covering them in cheese.
we tried roasting brussel sprouts last Christmas. We did not find them to be really any better I'm afraid.
My mom has a recipe for roasted Brussels sprouts that involves fig jam, for real. It's not bad, but I'm not a huge fan of mixing savory and sweet. Everyone at Thanksgiving loved it, though.
Slice in half. Cook them in a pan with a bit of butter and/or olive oil + salt. Toss while cooking, stop when they are just cooked and the bottoms are lightly browned. Do not cook until squishy.
Only way to go.
Only way to go.
Plus baaaaaaacon.
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Dang, now I want Brussels sprouts, and I have none.
My brussels sprouts recipe invilved bacon, butter and a swish of heavy cream. Delicious!
So, Tep: my 71 tabs are a lot of Cap fic I intend to read, a buttload of fail-fandomanon threads, historic research info re: houses my husband's grandmother lived in as a kid, expat threads on Macau for fic research purposes, Facebook, here, and right now, that's about it.
I only let mobile routinely add up like this. It has been months since I had fewer than 60 tabs on there.
