Simply Recipes / Nick Evans
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Vegetable Medley
This bag of broccoli and cauliflower florets with baby carrots has saved me many times.
Or you could make it part of a pan-fried dinner like teriyaki chicken or beef and broccoli.
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Ive also used it to makebroccoli cheddar soupmore robust.
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This is hands down the pre-cut vegetable I use the most, mostly because it ismy kids most-eaten vegetable.
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Ill toss it on the sheet pan with frozen nuggets orTrader Joes Mandarin Orange Chicken.
It goes into stir-fries.
I turn shredded cabbage into slaw often forpulled pork sandwichesorshortcut fish tacos.
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Hearty Greens
Collard greens are another green vegetable that my kids will actually eat regularly.
We live in the South, so it helps that they’re cooked with bacon or ham.
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I also like to buy pre-shredded kale for my salads and the occasional creamed kale that my family enjoys.
Buying spiralized sweet potatoes and squashmuch sturdier vegetablessaves me a lot of time and arm work.
Despite their noodle-like shape, I dont often serve these as a pasta alternative.
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Instead, I love turning them into fritters or Japanese-style egg pancakes.
Roasted spiralized sweet potatoes with a hearty sprinkle ofParmesanis an underrated side dish for pork tenderloin or hearty sausages.
Butternut Squash
Yes, I know there are plenty oftricks for making butternut squash easier to cut.
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I simply do not want to wrestle with oneat allon a busy Tuesday night.
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