Guest guest Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 My name is Alexandra, I am 30+ years old and live in Europe. I joined the list in order to find recipes for loosing weight. You know what the doctors say: " Eat less meat, eat more vegetables! " In this connection allow me one question: Why does cooked vegetable always look so worn-out? You buy it, bring it home and it looks so wonderful, so fresh. Then you cook it. What am I doing wrong? Alexandra Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Messenger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 alexandra_108 wrote: > My name is Alexandra, I am 30+ years old and live in Europe. Hi, Alexandra. > I joined the list in order to find recipes for loosing weight. / is another list you may want to join in that case. > In this connection allow me one question: Why does cooked vegetable > always look so worn-out? You buy it, bring it home and it looks so > wonderful, so fresh. Then you cook it. > What am I doing wrong? Overcooking them? -- Alexandria M.C. ~ http://www.crneckiy.com " I'm not afraid to die. I'm not afraid to live. And when I'm flat on my back, I hope to feel like I did. " - U2 " Kite " ATYCLB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 Thank you very much for the link. Alexandra Alexandria <sheuba wrote: alexandra_108 wrote: > My name is Alexandra, I am 30+ years old and live in Europe. Hi, Alexandra. > I joined the list in order to find recipes for loosing weight. / is another list you may want to join in that case. > In this connection allow me one question: Why does cooked vegetable > always look so worn-out? You buy it, bring it home and it looks so > wonderful, so fresh. Then you cook it. > What am I doing wrong? Overcooking them? -- Alexandria M.C. ~ http://www.crneckiy.com " I'm not afraid to die. I'm not afraid to live. And when I'm flat on my back, I hope to feel like I did. " - U2 " Kite " ATYCLB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 Welcome ;=) Nice to have you here and excited at having a new vegetarian in our midst - or at least a wannabe *lol* Vegetarianism is an *adventure*!!! Alexandria (gotta watch these names *lol*) is probably right: overcooking vegetables is a major problem - and why so many people say they don't like doing without me*t - they would like veggies better if they knew how to cook them properly. they should be *just* cooked through - not cooked until soft in the European manner. No offense meant there, btw: I'm originally from the UK myself, the home of the seriously mushy vegetable, at least in the past and in the present among my relatives! :=) My son and family live in northern Europe - and they don't do much better :=( although they are very fond of good crisp salads. And that, of course, would be another way to go - lots of good crisp salads. They can, of course, as people here have noted, have wonderfully varied dressings on them, some of them very spicy indeed and some just moderately so. Check out our files and see what you like. Bear in mind, of course, that we've only been going for three weeks and a day, so we haven't as many recipes as we should have later on! Let's talk more about this a little later when you've had a chance to check things out, okay? cheers! gf (Owner/Moderator) , alexandra_108 < alexandra_108> wrote: > My name is Alexandra, I am 30+ years old and live in Europe. > I joined the list in order to find recipes for loosing weight. > You know what the doctors say: " Eat less meat, eat more vegetables! " > In this connection allow me one question: Why does cooked vegetable always look so worn-out? You buy it, bring it home and it looks so wonderful, so fresh. > Then you cook it. > What am I doing wrong? > > Alexandra > > > > > Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Messenger > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 Okay greenfury2004 <greenfury2004 wrote:Welcome ;=) Nice to have you here and excited at having a new vegetarian in our midst - or at least a wannabe *lol* Vegetarianism is an *adventure*!!! Alexandria (gotta watch these names *lol*) is probably right: overcooking vegetables is a major problem - and why so many people say they don't like doing without me*t - they would like veggies better if they knew how to cook them properly. they should be *just* cooked through - not cooked until soft in the European manner. No offense meant there, btw: I'm originally from the UK myself, the home of the seriously mushy vegetable, at least in the past and in the present among my relatives! :=) My son and family live in northern Europe - and they don't do much better :=( although they are very fond of good crisp salads. And that, of course, would be another way to go - lots of good crisp salads. They can, of course, as people here have noted, have wonderfully varied dressings on them, some of them very spicy indeed and some just moderately so. Check out our files and see what you like. Bear in mind, of course, that we've only been going for three weeks and a day, so we haven't as many recipes as we should have later on! Let's talk more about this a little later when you've had a chance to check things out, okay? cheers! gf (Owner/Moderator) , alexandra_108 < alexandra_108> wrote: > My name is Alexandra, I am 30+ years old and live in Europe. > I joined the list in order to find recipes for loosing weight. > You know what the doctors say: " Eat less meat, eat more vegetables! " > In this connection allow me one question: Why does cooked vegetable always look so worn-out? You buy it, bring it home and it looks so wonderful, so fresh. > Then you cook it. > What am I doing wrong? > > Alexandra > > > > > Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Messenger > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 > > I joined the list in order to find recipes for loosing weight. > / is another list you may > want to join in that case. ROFLMAO Why not - everyone is joining up everywhere! And, so there are no misunderstandings ;=) I should add that Alexandria, in suggesting this, knows perfectly well that I co-moderate that list ;=) Thanks, Alexandria! So, if anyone want to come and try out Vegetarian Slimming too, they would be most welcome. (It is *not* a high-volume list.) Some low-fat recipes there - although of course recipes can be adapted to low fat ;=) gf Owner/Moderator of Vegetarian Spice (had to put that in so you'd know I'd 'approved' my own post *lol*) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 greenfury2004 wrote: >> / is another list >> you may want to join in that case. > > ROFLMAO Why not - everyone is joining up everywhere! And, so there > are no misunderstandings ;=) I should add that Alexandria, in suggesting > this, knows perfectly well that I co-moderate that list ;=) Thanks, > Alexandria! *giggle* Seriously, it's the only veggie list I'm on that is aimed that way. I know there is a list called " fat-free " but didn't have that link handy when I made that post. / and http://www.fatfree.com/ are the other lists I'm thinking of. If it's okay to post other lists? Anyway, there's a great archive of recipes at http://www.fatfree.com -- Alexandria M.C. ~ http://www.crneckiy.com " I'm not afraid to die. I'm not afraid to live. And when I'm flat on my back, I hope to feel like I did. " - U2 " Kite " ATYCLB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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