Foodie Tuesday: More Vegetables, Please!

Although we all know that we should eat more vegetables, sometimes it is hard to get enough into our diets. For many of us, the idea of hitting the recommended daily amounts as set out in the Canada Food Guide can seem impossible.

Fortunately, there are some great cookbooks out there. Many that are about vegetables focus on vegetarian recipes, but a new book, titled More Vegetables, Please! by Elson M. Haas, MD, and Patty James, MS, embraces ideas for omnivores (those that eat everything) as well as vegetarians.

This book is full of great recipes to make it easier to feed your family more veggies. There is also a lot of great info about why we should eat more vegetables, as well as tips on how to shop for, prepare and cook for them.

The authors were nice enough to share a couple of their recipes with XWeighted.com. We have one of the recipes, The Best Kale Salad Ever, demostrated here by Patty James, one of the authors:

We also have a fish recipe for Halibut  (which is also in the book)...

Halibut Marengo-Style

"Marengo is an Italian dish named for the food that Napoleon ate after the battle of Marengo. Serve with brown basmati rice or quinoa and a simple spinach salad. That's it - an easy weeknight meal!"

Serves 4

Four 4-ounce halibut steaks

1/8 tsp sea salt, plus more for seasoning

White pepper, for seasoning

1 medium tomato, diced

1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

1/2 cup sliced mushrooms

1/2 cup sliced onions

1/2 cup diced celery

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 tsp fresh thyme

1/2 tsp black pepper

Chopped fresh parsley, stems removed

Black olives, chopped or sliced

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F

Season halibut with a little salt and white pepper and place in a 9" x 9" glass baking dish that has been lightly rubbed with oil. Spoon tomato over halibut.

In a sauté pan, heat oil over medium heat. Add mushrooms, onions, celery, lemon juice, thyme, 1/8 tsp of salt, and black pepper and sauté until vegetables are al dente, about 5 minutes. Spoon over halibut. Bake, covered, until halibut flakes when tested with a fork, about 20 minutes. Garnish with parsley and olives.

Used with permission by New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
More Vegetables, Please! by Elson M. Haas, MD, and Patty James, MS,
www.newharbinger.com

This post is a repeat, but look forward to more original content to come in the future.