Foods you would like to eat more of

[Amaranth]

Have a question I've been wanting to ask everyone. What foods are you trying to get more of into your diet currently?

Recently I've been focusing on more cooked greens, turmeric, and a greater variety of fresh herbs.
And while there is so much to choose from, I'm diversifying my winter squash. In the past week there has been acorn, butternut, spaghetti, and sweet dumpling. Hoping to find a few more varieties locally as they ripen. What are some of your favorite winter squashes?

[Tybee]

Have a question I've been wanting to ask everyone. What foods are you trying to get more of into your diet currently?


We have to eat what we have grown, which means we are eating squash, squash, and more squash, along with tomato pasta and tomato soup, and now I will have to make and freeze cabbage soup, as have a nice cabbage plot.

We have several types of squash and I like to use the butternut for soups.
It can be challenging to eat up all the squash we grow each year--it usually lasts through about March.

[iris lilies]

Yes to fnshng all the squash beng a chore. I coildnt face all of it last year, quite a lot went to the compost bin.

[Ultralight]

I'd like to eat more pizzas.

[ToomuchStuff]

Have a question I've been wanting to ask everyone. What foods are you trying to get more of into your diet currently?



So your actually asking TWO questions. The title being the first one: Foods you would like to eat more of, and the answer to that one is dessert, but that would skew my health and I would gain a bunch of weight, etc.
The second one is foods trying to get more of into my diet, and that is simply produce. I know I don't eat proportionately enough of that.

[Chicken lady]

The solution to excess squash is chickens - you put the squash in the front end of the chicken and eggs and fertilizer come out the back.

[iris lilies]

The solution to excess squash is chickens - you put the squash in the front end of the chicken and eggs and fertilizer come out the back.

funny, and so true!

[iris lilies]

I'd like to eat more pizzas.

What about thatbIndia food???

hey, I took an India cooking class last week called "vegetarian street food of India" and we made this great dish with puffed rice with some variations. Then made a dish with another puffed up thing, a round baked dough thing. We punched a hole in it and filled it with mung beans andor potatoes, amd poured the sauces we had made over them.

yum! And so different! One was a tamerind sauce, another was mint and cilantro, anither was garlic and red chilis.

[JaneV2.0]

I would definitely go for more Indian food. My local Grocery Outlet has giant organic heads of cauliflower for two bucks each and I've already had a poor approximation of one dish I can't remember the name of. I rarely eat legumes, but I made an exception.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/curried-cauliflower-and-chickpea-stew-352533

Next up, bowdlerized Keema Mattar with cauli-rice.

http://food.ndtv.com/recipe-keema-matar-99070

Really, I'd like to eat more of many spicy cuisines from Asia, the Americas, and Africa.

[printslicker]

I loved Singaporean food! I practically tasted everything listed here (http://sethlui.com/best-local-famous-foods-to-eat-singapore/)!

[JaneV2.0]

I loved Singaporean food! I practically tasted everything listed here (http://sethlui.com/best-local-famous-foods-to-eat-singapore/)!

There's a lot there to like, including durian, a favorite of mine.

[messengerhot]

I prefer Thai food like Pad Thai (Thai style Fried Noodles) and Khao Pad (Fried Rice)

[iris lilies]

You guys! Pad Thai and Indian foods are very much foods I would like to eat more of!

[Mary B.]

You guys! Pad Thai and Indian foods are very much foods I would like to eat more of!

Indian food! I just borrowed Madhur Jaffrey's "Vegetarian India: A journey through the best of Indian home cooking" and it is just amazing. So far I've made an eggplant dish, a turnip dish (who knew there were turnips in India??) and a potato/green been dish that we used in wraps. (It was supposed to be naan, I think. It was actually tortillas.)

It's an absolutely fabulous cookbook based on those three recipes. One of the things I like about it is that it uses vegetables that we have. The spices are not my usual collection quite, but now that I have whole cumin, mustard seeds and a couple of other specialty ingredients, everything is pretty much everyday stuff.

Highly recommended!

[JaneV2.0]

I mentioned before that Jaffrey's were the only vegetarian cookbooks I hung on to.

I also mentioned on another thread that I'd like to eat more small fish and offal, but aside from anchovy paste and fish sauce, I'm not too sanguine about the prospect. I know they're good for me...

[ApatheticNoMore]

I got one of Jaffrey's books based on Jane's recommendation. I've only made one recipe with potatoes and spinach, hmm edible, but not great (though it was much improved by eating it with a spicy lamb recipe I got elsewhere - not vegetarian at that point obviously). I'll try more recipes though and see if they are better.

[JaneV2.0]

Yes, I would recommend that you accompany any vegetarian recipe with meat--spicy lamb, in your case.:~)

And I never leave a recipe untouched--Honestly, I read one the other day that called for 1/4 teaspoon of chili-garlic sauce. Are you serious? Anything less than a tablespoon isn't worth taking the jar out of the fridge.

I hope you like the next recipe better--Madhur and I have reputations at stake here.

[Kestra]

Indian food! I just borrowed Madhur Jaffrey's "Vegetarian India: A journey through the best of Indian home cooking" and it is just amazing. So far I've made an eggplant dish, a turnip dish (who knew there were turnips in India??) and a potato/green been dish that we used in wraps. (It was supposed to be naan, I think. It was actually tortillas.)

It's an absolutely fabulous cookbook based on those three recipes. One of the things I like about it is that it uses vegetables that we have. The spices are not my usual collection quite, but now that I have whole cumin, mustard seeds and a couple of other specialty ingredients, everything is pretty much everyday stuff.

Highly recommended!

Thanks! I will look into that book. I really want to expand my ethnic cooking skills. I go into the Indian, Asian, and Mexican stores and there are so many fascinating ingredients that I don't know how to use. I have a few standard dishes that I've been making for years, but I want more!

[catherine]

Sardines and anchovies.

I love anchovies, but no one else does. Suzanne reminded me in the osteoporosis thread that sardines are good for your bones, but I don't like them quite as much as anchovies.

[JaneV2.0]

Sardines and anchovies.

I love anchovies, but no one else does. Suzanne reminded me in the osteoporosis thread that sardines are good for your bones, but I don't like them quite as much as anchovies.

I like small amounts of anchovies to give flavor to food (a crucial ingredient in Green Goddess dressing). I have bravely downed small amounts--Down the hatch! >:(--from time to time, but it's a tough sell even if very good for my health. I cleaned a lot of fish when I lived at the beach, and I never got over it, apparently.

[jp1]

I'd like to get more guava in my diet. The zip line guide yesterday (we're on vacation) cut one up for us while we were waiting to go down one of he lines. I'd never had one before. Yum!

[rosarugosa]

JP1: I'm intrigued; I've never tasted guava & will have to look for an opportunity!

[razz]

Tried a new variety of squash last night. Smooth and creamy with wonderful flavour. It is called 'Grey Ghost" I am going to get two more of them today and pressure cook and freeze or can to use in place of potato for the winter.
http://www.osborneseed.com/p/3338/squash-grey-ghost-f1-untreated

[rosarugosa]

So pretty too, Razz. These would be nice seasonal decorations that could then be eaten. Our current decor includes some adorable "Sweet Dumpling" squash. I hope they taste as good as they look!

[JaneV2.0]

I think I'm going to pressure-cook a pie pumpkin as a nice change from the canned who-knows-what-kind of squash usually sold as pumpkin.

[frugal-one]

Made salmon today that was very good! I usually overcook it but got it perfect this time. Need to learn how to and make fish more often!

[JaneV2.0]

Dragon fruit is good too--when you can find it. It's almost too pretty to cut into.

http://fruitspecies.blogspot.com/2007/12/dragon-fruit-white-flesh.html

[razz]

Made salmon today that was very good! I usually overcook it but got it perfect this time. Need to learn how to and make fish more often!
DD1 told me her favourite recipe that I tried and really enjoyed. Add 1lb of fish to a pot, add 2 cups of chicken bouillon, pepper to taste, slices of lemon on top and bring to a simmer. Simmer 4 minutes, drain and serve. It is consistent for a variety of fish.

[rosarugosa]

Dragon fruit is good too--when you can find it. It's almost too pretty to cut into.


Yes! A few years ago, a couple of my Asian high school interns at work were sharing one and I was mesmerized. A couple of days later they brought me one of my very own! :)

[jp1]

Made salmon today that was very good! I usually overcook it but got it perfect this time. Need to learn how to and make fish more often!

The way i do salmon is to use a heavy pan over medium hugh heat on the stove. Heat the pan, put the salmon in skin side up, cook until the bottom half is done, looking at the edge. Then turn off the heat, flip itand let itcook until the edge looks done.