Friday, April 10, 2009

Yummy Steamed Vegetable Medley


This is from a daily healthy foods email that I get (yes....I subscribe to daily healthy foods newsletters, it's true)

Prep and Cook Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
• 1 cup thinly sliced carrot
• 2 cups chopped collard greens, stems removed
• 1 medium onion sliced thick
• 1 cup cubed zucchini (quarter lengthwise and slice about ½ inch thick)

• Dressing
• extra virgin olive oil to taste
• 1 medium clove garlic pressed
• 1 TBS fresh lemon juice
• salt and cracked black pepper to taste
• *optional 1 tsp soy sauce

Directions:
1. Chop onion and press garlic and let sit for 5-10 minutes to enhance their health-promoting benefits.
2. Bring lightly salted water to a boil in a steamer with a tight fitting lid. Add carrots and onions cover, and steam for 3 minutes. Add collard greens, and steam for another 3 minutes. Then add zucchini and steam for another 3 minutes.
3. Remove from steamer and place in bowl. Toss with dressing ingredients.

You can top with sliced chicken breast (3/4" thick) or fish (1" thick) on the top of the carrots and onions. Serves 2

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