which sauce will work with these veges?

Question

i want to stick to only eating veges for dinner. can anyone suggest a good sauce (which i don't mind making from scratch) to go with veges like broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, snowpeas, beans, potatoes...
thanx!

Answer 1

Those vegetables don't all go together, so each one will probably require it's own sauce. A light cheese sauce would be good for the broccoli and potatoes, although I prefer to roast my potatoes (cut into bite sized pieces) in the oven with thyme, oregano, basil, olive oil, salt, and pepper sprinkled over them. Just put the spices and oil in a bag, then add the potatoes and give it a good shake, then spread them out on a cookie sheet and bake them at 400 degrees until they're done. I like them crispy.

For snowpeas, I love them with garlic, and here's a simple recipe:
2 tablespoons oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
4 scallions, sliced
1 sweet red pepper, diced
1 lb fresh snow peas, trimmed
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
In a deep skillet, heat oil.
Add garlic,ginger, scallions and sweet pepper and saute until softened and fragrant, about one minute.
Add snowpeas saute until cooked but still very tender-crisp, 3 minutes.
Add soy sauce and sesame oil mix together.


I have a great cauliflower recipe, too, which is also roasted.
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 medium tomato, seeded and finely chopped
1 tablespoon black mustard seeds
1/2 jalapeño, seeded and minced
1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1 head cauliflower (2 1/4 pounds), cut into 1-inch florets
Salt

Preheat the oven to 425°. In a small bowl, mix the oil with the tomato, mustard seeds, jalapeño, ginger and turmeric. On a large, rimmed baking sheet, toss the cauliflower florets with the flavored oil. Season with salt and spread the cauliflower in an even layer. Roast for about 25 minutes, or until lightly browned and barely tender. Serve hot or at room temperature.

Answer 2

for potatoes try ranch dressing, it's really good

for broccoli, cauliflower, and aasparagus try this:
1 can cheddar cheese soup
1 tbsp. butter
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup sour cream

Mix soup, butter and milk together in microwaveable bowl. Heat 1 minute at a time until hot, stir in sour cream, pour over vegetables.


For snowpeas and beans, simple melted butter with a touch of salt, pepper and garlic powder work well.

Answer 3

Hollandaise, definitely. It's not that hard to make from scratch.
For the potatoes, I'd bake them and put a no-meat chili with beans over them. My husband also makes a great green bean casserole with steamed cauliflower, which is also meatless.

Getting an organic order of veggies every week really has made us more veggie friendly and finding creative ways to use them all up.

Answer 4

Found this great site for sauces for grilled veggies.

http://www.dispatch.com/news/food/food.php?story=dispatch/2006/09/06/20060906-B4-00.html

Personally I often just do a simple sauce of melted butter, lemon or lime juice ( add the zest from the fruit if using fresh juice), a little fresh chives, basil and dill. Great fresh taste.

Another lazy sauce is just using Ranch dressing. My family will eat these veggies later when put in fridge over night. They love them as cold snacks. Make sure you don't overcook your veggies!

For grilling I often just use a balsamic vinegar and olive oil infusion.

You can create any variety of cheese sauces.

Try using Walnut or Sesame oil for variety when making a simple oil based dressing for the veggies.

Here is one of my favorites:
1/4 cup. walnut oil
1/8 c. Balsamic vinegar
freshly chopped basil,cilantro,chives,dill, minced garlic
Mix together well and pour over veggies. Top with chopped walnuts. yum!

Answer 5

INGREDIENTS:
1/4 cup dark soy sauce
1/4 cup sake
2 tablespoons mirin (Japanese sweet wine)
1 tablespoon white sugar

DIRECTIONS:
1. Combine soy sauce, sake, mirin and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat and stir until sugar is dissolved. Can be used immediately or cooled and refrigerated.

Answer 6

I wouldnt reccomend using sauces on vegtables. It sort of kills the flavor and depending on the sauce, nullifies any nutritional gain you may have gotten because of the fat you included in it.

Though cheese sauce is nice with brocolli, i'd reccomend just a simple seasoning of salt and or pepper and maybe a squeeeze of lemon on veggies.

Answer 7

why don't you try something light? Like tossing them with a little EVOO, some fresh chopped garlic, and topped with some shaved almonds. Or instead of almonds some fresh parm. cheese. This is really good also.

Answer 8

Hollandaise. Or cheese sauce

Answer 9

well i would say cheese sauce but since everyone is gonna say that how about a can of cream of mushroom soup, its a very tasty sauce on vegetables

Answer 10

Stir fry them with a little oyster sauce,garlic and grated ginger.