Eating Veggies at Work

Nutrition
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Buy bags of frozen veggies. Measure into tupperware. Take to work. Nuke. Eat.
works for mixed veggies, peas, green beans, broccoli, etc

For fresh, cut up only 1 or 2 peppers/cucumbers/cherry tomatoes/celery/carrots at a time and take the amount you want. if I cut up more than 1 or two days worth it spoils too fast.

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Can you get chopped and frozen spinach cubes?

Throw 5-10 in whatever container you have, and drop them in a glass, add water and drink- takes 5 seconds to get down a shitload of spinach.

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Every weekend, I just make a huge pot of stir fry. I bake a bag of chicken breasts, cut them up, and put them in a pot with a bunch of different veggies, olive oil, and some seasoning. I try to use different veggies every week.

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I found the simplest approach is to just pick up a few cucumbers and celery and slice it all up. I do 1/2 a cucumber and several celery stalks per day. I just slice up the cucumbers and celery and put them into tupperware containers. They don’t need to be stored in the fridge or anything…

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[quote]Smallfry69 wrote:
I found the simplest approach is to just pick up a few cucumbers and celery and slice it all up. I do 1/2 a cucumber and several celery stalks per day. I just slice up the cucumbers and celery and put them into tupperware containers. They don’t need to be stored in the fridge or anything…[/quote]

^^^^^ = gross! haha

I think celery and cucumbers are the ONLY two veggies I dislike

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I get my veggies in 3 ways:

  1. Salad. Sometimes a PITA but works
  2. Sauteed veggies. Almost any meat tastes awesome w/sauteed onions and mushrooms. You can eat a TON of veggies when they are sauteed
  3. Stew/Soups. This is a way to get a ton of veggies in at work.

Sauteed in oil is my favorite. It goes great w/beef, pork, chicken, and fish.

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[quote]HG Thrower wrote:
As I type this, I’m eating a whole cucmber sliced w/ hummus.[/quote]

Homemade dips…
Hummus
Guacamole
Tzatziki

All healthy, natural, delicious and easy to make!

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I like to make a spaghetti sauce (cook down 2 cans of whole tomatoes, with onion, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, bay leaf, shot of red wine, pinch of crushed red pepper). Add mushrooms towards the end.

Then I pour this over greens (peas, broccoli, or green beans).

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Broccoli chopped with EVOO.

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I make salads without lettuce… tomatoes, cukes, peppers, mushrooms, etc.

Lettuce:

  1. Goes bad before I can finish a whole head.
  2. PITA to wash, dry.
  3. Not much nutritional value, and takes up a lot of space in a container/bowl/plate.
  4. Not much flavor or fiber
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[quote]K2000 wrote:
I make salads without lettuce… tomatoes, cukes, peppers, mushrooms, etc.

Lettuce:

  1. Goes bad before I can finish a whole head.
  2. PITA to wash, dry.
  3. Not much nutritional value, and takes up a lot of space in a container/bowl/plate.
  4. Not much flavor or fiber[/quote]

Sub in spinach for lettuce FTW

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Personnaly, one of my favorite way to eat raw veggies is to cook up some healthy dips to go with it.

Hummus is great (make sure to use just a little garlic - or no garlic at all - if you plan on eating this at work…! Same for tzatziki sauce.

If you like eggplant, try something called Baba Ghannoush (different spelling exists, too…) It’s basically a roasted eggplant dip.

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[quote]therajraj wrote:
Zucchini tastes great if you throw it sliced on the grill w/ some Extra virgin olive oil and S&P. Works in the pan too.[/quote]

I do this, Its freakin great, slice them long ways and cook til tender.