One-Pound Bowl of Spicy Non-starchy Veg

One-Pound Bowl of Spicy Non-starchy Veggies deliciously spiced with ginger, turmeric, and cumin and packed full of fiber for joyful digestive health.

My goodness!  These veggies taste so good. Good enough to eat every day.

Eating one pound of cooked non-starchy veggies every day has never tasted so good or been so easy to keep you coming back for more of this bowl of goodness. 

It’s a great way to eat more greens. You can choose any non-starchy vegetables you like. Each week I like to chop up a big batch of non-starchy veggies then bag them up into 1 pound portion sizes and put them in the fridge ready to use each morning. 

Or for even more convenience you can simply use frozen non-starchy vegetables like cauliflower, broccoli, and carrots. You can add a handful or two of fresh chopped kale, cabbage, spinach, or Swiss chard. 

The non-starchy veggies are packed with high fiber and are the best thing you can eat every day to help your digestive system work and keep you nice and regular. 

Plus the spices are fully loaded with health-boosting antioxidants.

Let’s talk Non-starchy veggies.

Here is List of Non-Starchy Vegetables

  • Artichokes

  • Arugula AKA Rocket Lettuce

  • Asparagus

  • Bean sprouts

  • Bok Choy

  • Brussels sprouts

  • Broccoli

  • Cabbage - any variety

  • Cauliflower

  • Celery

  • Cucumber

  • Eggplant AKA Aubergine

  • Green Beans

  • Herbs - Basil, Holy Basil, Cilantro, Fenugreek 

  • Lettuce - any variety

  • Mushrooms

  • Onions

  • Peppers AKA Capsicum

  • Rainbow Chard

  • Radishes

  • Salad greens

  • Spinach

  • Swiss Chard

  • Tomato

  • Turnips

  • Zucchini AKA Courgettes

What I love is how yummy and nutritious this dish is. It’s become my absolute favourite way to eat a pound of Non-starchy vegetables every day. Trying to eat more veggies can be a challenge. Juicing the veg removes the fiber. Eating just raw veg takes way too long to chew and chew my way through all the high fiber food. But thanks to this awesome dish, it’s tasty and fast way to get all the benefits.

FAQ - About One Pound Bowl Non Starchy Vegetables

Why use only non-starchy vegetables?  If you are eating to increase your fiber for digestion and also maintain or lose weight (like most of us), non-starchy vegetables are the best way to get a lot of healthy fiber into your diet. 

How many calories for Non-starchy veggies? Non-starchy veggies contain only 30-60 calories per cup. you can eat a LOT of these veggies without gaining weight. And when you eat a lot of these Non-starchy veggies it’s easy to get all the fiber to help your digestive system work at its best and keep you regular as clockwork. 

Can you use potatoes in this dish?  Potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn are starchy vegetables which have a lot more calories so save your potatoes and starchy vegetables for another dish if you want to get the most fiber for the least amount of calories..

Raw unprocessed vegetables

Chop the Veggies

Saute Onions, Ginger and Turmeric

Add the spices

Stir in dry spices, and cook for a few minutes

Add 1 cup of water

Add the pound of veg.

Stir together with the spices, and cook for 5 to 7 minutes until veggies are soft

Serve in a big bowl and enjoy!

Dig into a yummy bowl of Spiced Pound of Non-Starchy Veggies. It’s the easiest, most delicious way to make eating a pound of high-fiber vegetables part of your daily routine. Your tummy will do a little happy dance with each mouthful of this high fiber goodness.

Batch prepping or batch cooking this dish makes it even easier. 

Here are several options 

  1. Prep and cook 2-4 serves and then store the cooked veg in large jars ready to heat and eat.

  2. You can batch prep and chop 3-7 pounds of veggies and then store the fresh chopped veg into containers or zip lock bags ready to fresh-cook each time. 

Batched into ready to cook bags stored in your refrigerator.

Here is the printable recipe.

Pound of Spiced Non-starchy Veggies

Pound of Spiced Non-starchy Veggies

Pound of Spiced Non-starchy Veggies

Yield: 1
Author:
Prep time: 20 MinCook time: 10 MinInactive time: 5 MinTotal time: 35 Min

Ingredients

Spice Mix

Instructions

  1. SPICE MIX. Put all the spices into a jar, shake the jar and use 3 teaspoons of the mix for this recipe, storing the remainder for future use.
  2. VEGGIES Take a pound of any non-starchy vegetable you choose and cut veggies into small pieces.
  3. In a medium saucepan, cook ¼ cup diced onions over medium heat ( I cook my onions without oil but go ahead add a little oil if you wish) with a teaspoon or 2 or fresh ginger and fresh turmeric finely chopped.
  4. Cook for a few minutes then add the spice mix as much or as little as you want. I like mine super spicy so I go for maximum flavor in my pound of veg each morning.
  5. Stir the spices with the onion and ginger and turmeric to release the aromatics in the spices.
  6. After a few minutes add 3/4 to 1 cup of water to steam the veggies in the spicy broth.
  7. Then add all of the chopped veggies to the pot and cook till veggies are tender how you like it.
  8. Serve in a big bowl and you can add a little salt or soy sauce to taste.
  9. Enjoy.

Notes

1 pound *non starchy vegetables. I like to use cauliflower, cabbage, zucchini, celery, brussel sprouts, swiss chard, rainbow chard, kale, arugula, spinach, carrots, green beans, green herbs like fresh basil, holy basil or fenugreek. You can also use frozen chopped non-starchy veggies if you prefer.


For maximum weight loss do not use starchy vegetables in this dish.

Starchy Vegetables include: Corn, Sweet Potato, Yams, Potato.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

100

Fat

0.9 g

Sat. Fat

0.9 g

Carbs

20 g

Fiber

16 g

Net carbs

20 g

Sugar

1.3 g

Protein

8 g

Sodium

178.87 mg

Cholesterol

0 mg

This is an automated nutritional calculation. Without using oil we calculate the calories to closer to 100 calories per one pound serve. Non starchy vegatables have an average of 100 calories per pound. This is the lowest calorie density of any food group.

 

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