I eat alot of vegetables, but they taste plain, is there a sauce that i can put on top of it that i can make?

Question

Something i can make from things around the house, any ideas?

Answer 1

For raw vegetables use fat free ranch dressing.

Answer 2

A few options for you =)

Most veggies taste good with just a little butter or olive oil added and some salt & pepper.

A clove of garlic or some chopped onion will add a lot of flavor to blah veggies too.

Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top

Lemon or Lime Juice

Curry Powder

soy sauce or teriyaki sauce

Try different things because some flavors will taste good on asparagus but nasty on broccoli.

Hope I helped

Answer 3

Start with a simple Bechamel sauce and go from there with spices and herbs. A Bearnaise is nice


Sauce Bechamel ~ A Traditional Recipe
1 small yellow onion, peeled and cut into small dice
1 small carrot, peeled and cut into small dice
1/3 celery rib, cut into small dice
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/3 cup unbleached all purpose flour
4-1/2 cups milk
salt and freshly ground black pepper
freshly grated nutmeg
small bouquet garni
1. Scald the milk. Remove from heat and set aside.

2. Heat the butter in a small saucepan until the foam subsides, then add the diced vegetables. Saute until the onions are translucent.

3. Take the pan off the heat and stir in the flour. Put the pan back on the heat and cook about 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.

4. Remove the pan from the heat and slowly whisk in the scalded milk.

5. Return to heat and bring up to a boil, stirring constantly with a woodem spoon.

6. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Add the bouquet garni, lower heat and simmer for 35 minutes.

7. Remove and strain the sauce, without pushing on the vegetables.

8. Cool the sauce in a cold water bath and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. May be frozen for up to 3 months.

Sauce Bechamel ~ A Quick Recipe
4 Tablespoons unsalted butter
4 Tablespoons flour
2 cups cold milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
dash of nutmeg
1 teaspoon sugar
1. Melt the butter in a skillet.

2. When it has stopped foaming, stir in the flour and cook, while stirring, for 3 minutes. Make sure it does not brown.

3. Whisk in the cold milk, nutmeg, salt, pepper and sugar.

4. Continuing to stir, cook for until thickened.

5. If you plan to use as a plain sauce, stir in a little cream.

Once you have perfected the basic bechamel sauce, there are quite a variety of off-spring sauces that can be made from them. On page 2, you'll find a few of them made with the quick Bechamel recipe. On page 3, I've included a few recipes that use the traditional Bechamel recipe. On page 4, you'll find a few hints for making bechamel.

Je vous souhaite bon appétit!

Answer 4

Hollandaise sauce IS the best sauce to put over vegetables but instead of making it from scratch there is a much easier way and the results are just as good. Knorr makes an easy to make Hollandaise sauce in a dry packet. You just add butter and milk and it cooks in a simple saucepan in 5 min.
It is available in any supermarket.
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http://www.us.knorr.com/products.asp?brand=1&group=3&pid=1&nav=11
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Answer 5

My mom made a white cream sauce that was yummy over cawliflower,or carrots,but you can buy Holindaise sauce in thegrocery store where the sauces are. Make a cheese sauce,cream sauce,just flour and butter or oil and milk,Almost any cook book can give you directions.also go on line for those recipes.There is always garlic sauteed in olive oil,butter and salt and pepper works good too.

Answer 6

It depends on what you like. You can simply melt butter or use olive oil and add some herbs and garlic, anything you like. Or you can get more dramatic with bechamel. That's just butter and flour cooked together with milk. Get yourself a basic Betty Crocker or Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. It will have tons of veggie dishes.

Answer 7

I like leom juice with lemon zest salt an peppet to taste.

Answer 8

Dijon mustard with juice of lemon, tastes great over vegetable
Daisy

Answer 9

Cheese sauce. 1tbsp. butter
1tbsp. flour
1cup milk
1dash of salt
Melt butter, add flour, and salt whisk constantly, add milk.
After sauce thickens add cheese to your taste.

Answer 10

Hollandaise sauce is great on cooked veggies.

Here is a link to half a dozen variations...

http://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes.aspx?WithTerm=hollandaise+sauce&SearchIn=All

Bert