Best Healthy Steamed Vegetables Recipes
HEALTHY STEAMED VEGETABLES
This is the healthiest way you can eat vegetables. When served raw, if not chewed thoroughly, vegetables can cause polyps to form on the inner tract of the colon. If boiled or canned, the vitamins are diminished. Proper steaming of your vegetables leaves the vitamins and minerals intact, while also saving your tummy lots of trouble. It's delicious, too! Multiply this recipe by the number of adult servings you need...it's that easy! :) You can use any variety of vegetables in season, or not...even frozen vegetables. One cup [cooked weight] is one serving.
Provided by Pagan
Categories Vegetable
Time 25m
Yield 1 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Set up your steamer inside your pot with 1 1/2" water in the bottom of the pot and heat over medium-high heat until water is boiling.
- Deposit vegetables with a light salting and garlic to taste; season salt may be used, to taste.
- Replace lid and steam until vegetables are tender, but not mushy. Fork will insert easily, but will not tear veggies apart, when done.
- Remove to a bowl and serve as is.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 41.5, Fat 0.4, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 30.4, Carbohydrate 9.1, Fiber 2.9, Sugar 5, Protein 2.3
STEAMED VEGETABLES WITH GARLIC BUTTER
Fresh STEAMED VEGETABLES drizzled in a garlic butter sauce is a deliciously easy side dish perfect for any night of the week! These steamed veggies fit right in on your holiday table too, AND I even make this steamed veggies recipe just for snacking!
Provided by Life Tastes Good
Categories Side dish recipes
Time 20m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Add about 2 inches of water in a saucepan. Set the pan over medium heat to bring it to a simmer.
- While the water is heating up, Wash the vegetables as needed. Remove stems from the broccoli so you only have the florets. Chop florets so they aren't too large and place the florets into the steamer basket. Add 1 cup of baby carrots and 1 cup of sugar snap peas.
- Place the steamer basket over the saucepan and cover.
- Steam the vegetables for about 8 minutes or until done to your liking. When done to your liking, remove the vegetables to a serving bowl and set aside while you make the garlic butter.
- Pour out the water in the saucepan and place the saucepan over mid-low heat. Melt 4 tablespoons butter and saute 1 tablespoon freshly minced garlic until fragrant. About a minute. Add about a 1/2 teaspoon of salt and a 1/4 teaspoon of pepper and stir to combine. Give it a taste and adjust the seasoning as needed. Drizzle the garlic butter over the vegetables and enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 136.02, Fat 11.70, SaturatedFat 7.21, Carbohydrate 6.82, Fiber 2.41, Sugar 3.06, Protein 2.02, Sodium 176.59, Cholesterol 30.52
MEAL PREP STEAMED VEGETABLES
When it comes to prepping for the week ahead, we love cooking off lots of veggies so we can reach for them instead of something less healthy in the scramble of making a weeknight meal. Blanching a vegetable in boiling water and then plunging it in an ice bath is great when you're making just one kind. But for a large-scale production, our go-to method is steaming. You can use the same water for multiple batches, steaming one vegetable after the next. The result: a rainbow of perfectly cooked vegetables at the ready for grain bowls, pastas, salads, frittatas and more.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 1h15m
Yield about 2 cups of each vegetable
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Fill a large pot with 2 inches of water. Set a collapsible steamer basket insert into the pot, then bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Alternatively, use a pasta pot with the steamer insert.
- Add the broccoli, cover and cook until bright green and still crisp, 3 minutes. Carefully remove from the pot, spread in a single layer on a baking sheet and let cool to room temperature. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 5 days.
- Add the green beans, cover and cook until bright green and still crisp, 3 minutes. Carefully remove from the pot, spread in a single layer on a baking sheet and let cool to room temperature. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 5 days.
- Add the cauliflower florets, cover and cook until tender yet still crisp in the middle, 4 minutes. Carefully remove from the pot, spread in a single layer on a baking sheet and let cool to room temperature. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 5 days.
- Add the carrot slices, cover and cook until tender yet still crisp, 4 minutes. Carefully remove from the pot, spread in a single layer on a baking sheet and let cool to room temperature. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 5 days.
- Add the sweet potatoes, cover and cook until soft and yielding when pierced with the tip of a knife, about 10 minutes. Carefully remove from the pot, spread in a single layer on a baking sheet and let cool to room temperature. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 5 days.
- Add the butternut squash, cover and cook until soft and yielding when pierced with the tip of a knife, about 10 minutes. Carefully remove from the pot, spread in a single layer on a baking sheet and let cool to room temperature. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 5 days.
- Add the potatoes, cover and cook until soft and yielding when pierced with the tip of a knife, about 15 minutes. Carefully remove from the pot, spread in a single layer on a baking sheet and let cool to room temperature. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 5 days.
STEAMED VEGETABLES WITH SESAME-CHILE OIL
Steps:
- Special equipment: a metal steamer basket
- Fill a large pot with 2 inches of water and bring to a boil over medium heat. Arrange the carrots, asparagus, cauliflower and broccoli in a metal steamer basket; place in the pot and cover. Steam the vegetables until slightly tender but still with a little crunch, 5 to 6 minutes.
- While the veggies are steaming, heat a small saute pan over medium heat. Add the sesame-chile oil, olive oil, garlic and pepper flakes, and cook for 1 minute.
- Transfer the steamed vegetables to a bowl. Add the sesame-chili oil mixture and the lemon juice, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Toss to coat the vegetables evenly. Serve immediately.
STEAMED VEGETABLES WITH CHILE-LIME BUTTER
Kids of all ages will gobble up their veggies when topped with a citrus-pepper butter.
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Side Dish
Time 20m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In 1-quart saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Add garlic; cook and stir about 20 seconds. Add lime peel, chile, salt and lime juice; mix well. Set aside.
- In 4-quart saucepan, place steamer basket. Add 1 cup water; heat to boiling.
- Add cut-up vegetables to basket; cover and cook 4 to 5 minutes or until crisp-tender.
- To serve, place vegetables in serving bowl. Add butter mixture; toss gently to coat.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 60, Carbohydrate 3 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Fat 1/2, Fiber 1 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 2 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 240 mg, Sugar 0 g, TransFat 0 g
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