There is nothing quite like fresh vegetables in the summer. Often used in a salad or as a side accompaniment to a main dish, vegetables make the perfect accent to any meal. Whether you grow your own or buy them at your local farmer’s market, you just can’t beat the rich flavors inherent to this time of year. In honor of summer and Eat Your Veggies Day {today}, here are 10 delicious recipes featuring vegetables. Yum.
June 17th: Eat Your Veggies Day
Grilled Graffiti Eggplant | A Family Feast
With summer and gardens growing a-plenty, if you don’t get all of your veggies today, you really have no one to blame but yourself. But how many vegetables should you eat daily? And just how colorful should your plate be for optimal health? Well, that really depends on your age, whether you are male or female, and your level of physical activity. Choose My Plate has a handy dandy vegetable intake chart to help guide you.
Cream of Asparagus Soup with Soymilk | SusieQTpies Cafe
Easy Crock Pot Green Beans | Flour on My Face
Bean and Mushroom Provencal | Food Done Light
On Sunday, we took Jay out for the day, to show our appreciation for how much he rocks. One of the places we stopped at was K&W Cafeteria. What does this have to do with this Eat Your Veggies Day post, you ask? The salad. Oh man, Jay and I both got their summer salad. It had cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, green peppers and a dressing of vinegar and oil. It was so good. With salads, you really don’t need all that razzmatazz. Just keep it simple.
Caprese Salad Pockets | Cooking on the Front Burner
Oven Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon | A Family Feast
Some of my favorite vegetables are potatoes, green beans, tomatoes {actually a fruit, but they will always be veggies in my heart}, onions, cucumbers, corn and Brussels Sprouts. I don’t get to eat Brussels sprouts nearly as often as I would like because I find that a lot of people don’t like them. I have no idea way. They are like tasty little cabbages {that look like lettuce} but WAY better tasting. I think I will try this recipe above to try to entice my family to eat more Brussels Sprouts. After all, everything is better with bacon, right?
Fresh Corn Salsa | Texas Type A Mom
Avocado & Edamame Salad | Call Me PMc
I can’t say that I have ever tried edamame. I am not even 100% sure what that is, but I looked on Google and this is what it told me, for anyone else who may not be enlightened either..
Edamame or edamame bean is a preparation of immature soybeans in the pod, found in the cuisine of Taiwan, China, Japan, Indonesia and Hawaii. The pods are boiled or steamed and served with salt.
At any rate, I love avocado and think this recipe looks yummy. 🙂
Stir Fry Cabbage with Mustard and Chives | SusieQTpies Cafe
Summer Veggies with Pappardelle Pasta | Cooking on the Front Burner
Those all sound awesome. I could totally go for one of those Caprese Salad Pockets!!
These all look amazing! We love to eat fresh veggies in the summer.
We have a recipe that involves a lot of squash and zucchini. It’s the best. That corn salsa looks amazingly good!
I really like squash and zucchini, too. Squash grows especially well around here, too.
LOVE all of these. This is a great roundup! thanks for sharing.
Those are some great recipes. Great way to celebrate Veggies day!!
Oooooh! That pita looks super yummy. I am also a fan of anything with avocado!
They all look so tasty. I want to try the Summer Veggies with Pappardelle Pasta.
Ooh, the Cream of Asparagus Soup with Soymilk sounds yummy. I used to enjoy corn but it turns out that I’m allergic – now I need to find a new favorite veggie 🙂
Oh I hate it for you that you are now allergic to corn. 🙁
I’ve been roasting brussel sprouts and asparagus and my kids love it! And, so do I…I’ll have to add bacon next time.
O my goodness, It all looks so yummy! I’m inspired now to go cook something delicious and eat my veggies. The last one looks like a must try.
I need this list. I need to eat more veggies.
I love corn salsa and I wanna try this one because I am obsessed with the one at Chipotle!
YUM These all look good. I want to try the grilled eggplant.
I am really wanting to try the grilled eggplant, too. I am not 100% that my husband has ever tried eggplant at all.
We love veggies in our house, especially grilled eggplant. Thanks for all the recipe links!
What a fun list of veggie meals, thanks for sharing. I need to get creative with veggies for my youngest child. He is my picky eater 🙁
They all look delicious! Can I have some of all of them?
I am swooning for all those veggies. I especially like the avocado dishes!
I am all about some avocado. I am really in the mood for some guacamole now.
Omg that eggplant looks awesome! I’m going to try the recipe this weekend!
These look tasty the only thing i would not eat is the sprouts.We eat a lot of salad.
The grilled graffiti eggplant and the Brussels sprouts with bacon look positively delicious. I have to try them out.
These are great ways to get more veggies. The corn salsa is perfect for summer!
I have never tried cream of asparagus soup. I do love fresh asparagus, and I love cream soup, so I bet this would be a win.
Those brussel sprouts with bacon are calling me! I love the eggplant too, I’ll have to try that one
These look delicious! I love vegetables! I just wish my kids did too!
I am always trying to find recipes with veggies in them that my kids will eat. Thanks for the list!
I really love fresh green beans! I also love corn on the cob but it’s so messy to eat, so I think I’ll try that corn salsa!
We always laugh at Jay when he eats corn on the cob because I eat mine neat, in straight lines and he eats his by taking random bites everywhere. By the time he is done, it looks like some crazed animal attacked his cob, lol!
I love the corn salsa! It’s such a great addition to a summer party!
The caprese salad pockets look so good! I’d love to give those a try.
roasted brussels sprouts with bacon, yum. that’s the only way I’ll eat them
We love veggies in our home! So good! I am thinking of making green bean casserole soon!
I love green bean casserole and make sure to make it at least around the holidays. No one else in my house likes it, though, so that is why I only make it then. When you are having to eat it yourself, it starts not to look so good after a while, lol.
I love fresh veggie based dishes in the Summer! Sweet corn and avocado are the best!
Summer is such a great time to take advantage of the fresh veggies! I love to try new veggie recipes.
I’ve never tried Eggplant before. However, that grilled eggplant looks amazing so I might have to give it a try.
You definitely should. It’s interesting because, to me, it fills you up and has a texture similar to meat, but I imagine it is much better for you in certain respects. 🙂
I love, love this post. Brussel Sprouts are one of my favorites. We make corn salsa quite a lot.
Thank you! I have never made corn salsa, but i am excellent at eating it. 😉
The oven roasted Brussel Sprouts look so delicious. Our family loves brussel sprouts and this recipe will certainly be a hit with everyone.