Need some winter veggie ideas

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Need some winter veggie ideas
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Sat, 02-25-2006 - 3:29pm
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Miksi and I need some help with ideas for winter veggies!!!


During the winter here it is so hard to get good and fresh veggies.. and not have to chop off an arm and leg to pay for them..


We can get all the normal stuff.. but things like tomatoes and cucumbers don't taste good or are very unripe at the store or are just plain ol' nasty!


I eat more fruits and veggies than Miksi..but it is hard to get him to eat them. He doesn't like veggies canned..

Carrots aren't sweet and yummy in the winter and Miksi won't eat them cooked. I might be able to get him to eat them slightly steamed.


Help! We need suggestions and ideas to be healthy (in the body, the mind is a lost cause) people!
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sat, 02-25-2006 - 7:41pm

Can you get winter squashes over there?

hunk 'o, hunk 'o burnin' heartburn!

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sat, 02-25-2006 - 9:32pm
If you stab a couple holes in those Winter squashes with a kitchen fork and stick them in the microwave for a couple minutes, then let them sit a few minutes more, they will be much easier to cut in half.

Gaye


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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sun, 02-26-2006 - 1:39pm

Thanks for the advice!

hunk 'o, hunk 'o burnin' heartburn!

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Sun, 02-26-2006 - 3:46pm

Butternut squash is my very favorite squash ever!

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Mon, 02-27-2006 - 2:13am
OMG, ROFLMAO!!!

hunk 'o, hunk 'o burnin' heartburn!

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Registered: 07-04-2003
Mon, 02-27-2006 - 2:51am
I think I can get winter squashes.. I will have to check the stores though. I haven't looked at them in ages..

But I do know there is sweet potatoes..but those don't have so much in the way of vitamins..


Wish I could plant the seeds.. I just don't have much in the way of space to grow them..and the balcony gets infested with aphids.. That's enough to make me squeal like a girl.. and I just don't do that!


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Registered: 10-30-2003
Mon, 02-27-2006 - 12:01pm
I dented a nice big knife on a vicious
attacking coconut once. There's never a
sledgehammer around when you really need
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Mon, 02-27-2006 - 12:04pm

Sweet potatoes aren't so bad in the nutrition department:

Many people eat sweet potatoes only on Thanksgiving, and that's a shame, since they're among the most nutritious of vegetables. Their bright color is a key to their high beta-carotene content, and they also contain the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin. Eaten with the skin, a baked sweet potato is an excellent fiber source (about half of which is soluble). And these naturally sweet treats supply substantial amounts of vitamins C and B6, and manganese, as well as a small amount of potassium.





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Registered: 07-04-2003
Mon, 02-27-2006 - 2:56pm
I'll probably get to the store on Wed or Thurs the latest..so sweet potato during the weekend I think.

I can't wait to see if they do have it at the stores!


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Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 02-27-2006 - 7:53pm
ROFLMAO!

hunk 'o, hunk 'o burnin' heartburn!

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