fruits and vegetables!

I love fruits and vegetables. What are your favorites and how do you like to eat them best?

Mine are:

strawberries, raw and plain

sauteed fresh baby spinach with a little oil, S+P

thinly sliced eggplant, marinated in balsamic vin. and grilled

oranges plain

Ahhh, my fruits and veggies!!! I love my grapes and strawberries, mixed together in a little bowl. When I get close to the end, I add a little low-calorie Reddi Whip as a little treat. Sometimes I like to add sliced banana into my little bowl also... and even pineapple chunks. I also like my grapes frozen! I love oranges plain. Watermelon on hot summer days is a tasty treat!

Veggies... our family has this thing of spreading this Kraft Old English cheese into celery, it's delicious! People think it's weird, but I love it... and it's been a favorite in my family forever. (I, however, find the celery and PB combo to be a little strange, and didn't care for it at all when I tried it). I also love my carrots, cucumbers, and broccoli (except lately it has been giving me crazy belly aches. This happened to my dad years ago, and it seems as though he's beginning to outgrow it, so there's hope for me too!). As far as cooked vegetables, I love a good heaping of corn - or in the summer, corn on the cob. I love green beans and cauliflower steamed to perfection. :)

oh i don't care for celery with PB either...i think the celery is too watery for PB.

celery with soft goats cheese spread down the middle.... i cant get enough of it recently!

celery and cottage cheese is very nice too! 

I love edamame - I could live on it! 

I am also a fan of frozen grapes! I like fruit in general, but I have to say my favorite is Gala Apples. I LOVE them.

As for veggies, I have lots of favorites:

Asparagus (a little EVOO and Garlic, steamed or stirfried)

Brussels sprouts (steamed with spray butter)

Zucchini/ Squash (Any way,  stir fry, mashed, in soup, in pasta...)

Cucumber

Cauliflower (raw or steamed)

i lovee fruits and veg tooo!!

for fruits, i love almost all of them so

• blueberries and strawberries in either yogurt or oatmeal
• grapes in cottage cheese
• cinnamon sugar on apple slices
• sauteed pineapple

of course i love all fruits just by themselves too.

as for veggies

• steamfresh broccoli in cheese sauce
• sweet potatoes with cinnamon sugar and/or maple syrup
• plain ole' steamed veggies with a little s & p does the job too

Fruit

strawberries: either alone or macerated with lemon and sugar as a topping for angel food cake

apples: either alone or with peanut butter

bananas (only when they still have a little green, though): either alone or with peanut butter or cereal

pineapples: raw or grilled

mangoes: either with a squeeze of lime, mixed into a lassi, or sliced onto coconut sticky rice

avocados: either with a little salt and lime juice or as guacamole

citrus: all of them with everything and for everything ;)

Veggies:

kale: blanched and then sauteed with garlic and olive oil or baked until crispy

asparagus: steamed, oven-roasted, stir-fried

green beans: stir-fried with garlic and almonds

cabbage: in cole slaw, on fish tacos, in curtido (with pupusas)

arugula: in salads and on sandwiche

bananas; plain.

brussel sprouts; steamed.

hmmm i've never thought about sauteeing or grilling pineapple but i think i'll have to give it a try!

Grilled pineapple is food for the gods.

Blackberries right out of the little square platic container.

butternut and acorn squash

Love Gala apples plain

celery sticks plain or with laughing cow cheese

baby carrots plain or hummus

sliced cucumber raw with chili/salt powder

steamed asparagus

love love steamed brussell sprouts plain

sweet potato baked and plain

Granny Smith apples with salt(thanks mom)

Oranges in quarters

Plums and nectarines

Love green bananas in plain yogurt/smoothies/with dry cereal/alone

Frozen fruit(mixed or berries) in oatmeal for breakfast

Cherry tomatos just like that....

- Spinach (WITH EVERYTHING)

- Bell Peppers & Cherry Tomatoes (As Snacks)

- Cabbage (Red & Green, Raw or Steamed)

- Sliced Eggplant Baked with Italian Seasonings

- Sauteed Onions (Until Sweet & Spaghetti Consistency)

- Roasted Portabella Mushrooms

- Baked Spaghetti Squash

- Roasted Garlic Brussels Sprouts 

- Marinated Artichoke Hearts (Grilled in Olive Oil)

- Roasted Garlic Asparagus & Green Beans 

- Seaweed of all types!

- Sauteed Cauliflower with Salt, Pepper, Garlic & Olive Oil 

I'd have to say the only fruit i dont like are oranges, among my favorites are grapefruit w/ a little sugar, bananas, and strawberries. i also love mixing fruit, so all types of fruit salad are delicious.

my favorite veggies are '

green beans, cooked w/ a little onion 

and carrots!

hmm....

mango,

strawberry,

bananas, 

plums,

carrots (raw)

corn

mushrooms

plumelos

watermelon!!!

Veggies - I prefer substantial veggies to leaf veggies, and while writing out this list, realized that I don't like very many veggies raw :(

eggplant - roasted and marinated in 1 tbsp olive oil, 2 tbsp vinegar, 2 cloves of garlic, & S+P YUMMMOO

eggplant - in all other manifestations, except raw :)

zucchini, yellow squash - roasted, marinated, or in spicy stews, but not raw

tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, olive oil, S+P mixed in a little salad

broccoli - boiled or steamed with S+P

cauliflower - in spicy stews and ragus

cabbage - raw in cole slaw, or sauteed, or boiled in borscht

carrots - in all ways except boiled and glazed

green beans - lightly steamed, tossed with roasted red bell peppers and almond slivers, S+P

asparagus - sauteed in butter and garlic, S+P

FRUITS

pomegranate

apricot (fresh, not dried)

granny smith apples with pb

strawberries

raspberries

red currants

gooseberries

pineapple, canned

peaches, raw and canned

nectarines

plums

clementines, nectarines, oranges

watermelon

Jezebelina,

just wondering if you could tell me what pomagranates look like? I've been curious about them but don't know anyone who has tried them.

caye86 - pomegranates are amazingly delicious - tart and refreshing, they sort of burst on your tongue (the individual grains, that is).  The only thing is that it's a little bit tricky to cut into for the first time and tricky to separate all the grains from the white membranes and the peel - but OH SO WORTH IT!

Here is a link to photos of pomegranate: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=p omegranate&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=

This may seem foolish, but I have only had pomegranate juice so bear with me - do you eat the seeds?????

Jannid - that's not a stupid question, but rather your own preference.  Sometimes i eat the seeds, sometimes i just suck the juice from them and spit them out.  The seeds are like grape seeds - ahem - in that they are completely "flushable" - i think you know what i mean. 

I like apples, strawberries, and bananas. Yum. I'm trying to add in a new veggie or fruit in there but at the moment...

apples - just eat them, (fuji apples!) on the go usually or for dessert.

strawberries - snacks or dessert with occasional whipped cream

bananas- frozen! takes longer to eat and I eat it in place of ice cream and such.

grapefruit - usually cut into pieces. Sometimes rarely with splenda, but usually they are sweet enough for me to just eat it without any sugar and what not.

carrots - I usually just eat one full carrot.. like bugs bunny. lol no baby carrot nonsense. It's all the same carrot except baby carrots are 3 times as expensive just because they cut it for you. I just cut mine at home.

I want to eat some broccoli T_T along with mushrooms right nowww giant salad would be nice.