{"id":37,"date":"2007-11-02T16:08:32","date_gmt":"2007-11-02T20:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/?p=37"},"modified":"2007-11-02T16:08:32","modified_gmt":"2007-11-02T20:08:32","slug":"intuitive-eating-grilled-veggies-fruits-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/intuitive-eating-grilled-veggies-fruits-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Intuitive Eating: Grilled Veggies, Fruits, Soup!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As an Intuitive Cook, I don’t want recipes.<\/strong> I don’t want to take the time to even open a cook book. I want “general principles” I can apply, given the time and ingredients I have in hand.<\/p>\n

\u00a0A while ago (see Category: food to find former blogs), I wrote about grilling\/roasting cauliflower and onions\/peppers. Now, reading autumn food magazines (if you want only one food magazine this season, I recommend Bon Appetit, November, 2007. It is chock full of easy, delicious fall\/winter\/holiday recipes), I am inundated with more delicious ideas for grilling\/roasting, not just veggies, but fruits, and even turning them into soup!<\/p>\n

So, here is the basic principle:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the oven, preheat to 420 degrees (or go to 450, and cook faster, watch more closely), spread slices on baking tray or in a sturdy casserole dish\u00a0with some olive oil and spices and chunky salt, if you want) and cook around 50 minutes( 10-20 minutes at the higher heat), checking and stirring midway.<\/p>\n

On the grill, turn side burners to medium (or pile coals to sides), and grill on a grill pan over the center burner, 10-20 minutes, stirring occasionally (cover closed).<\/p>\n

The point: get the veggie or fruit to “caramelize,” turning sweet and roasted. Yummm!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, new veggies to try (not zero calories like cauliflower and onions\/peppers, so watch portion size, but colorful veggies of autumn packed with everything good!):<\/p>\n

Pumpkin, butternut squash, acorn squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, beets (flavor with a little honey or maple syrup or curry powder or…use your imagination!).<\/p>\n

Turnips, parsnips, rutabaga (this one smells when cooking!), eggplant, fennel.<\/p>\n

Baby red potatos, yukon potatoes, any potatoes (flavor with “parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme,” in any combination).<\/p>\n

Leeks, red onions, sweet onions, yellow onions, shallots.<\/p>\n

TO MAKE SOUP :<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take any roasted or grilled carmalized veggie and simply add enough low-fat chicken or vegetable broth (from a can!!) to get to desired soupy consistency. Or, blenderize this mixture!!!!! Top with a little parmesan\/cheddar\/blue cheese or sour cream\/yogurt. Mix in some milk or cream, depending upon calories. Season to taste!!!!!<\/p>\n

FRUITS: Same basic principle for grilling\/roasting.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pears, apples, plums, peaches, nectarines, any combination<\/p>\n

Now, you can also mix fruits and veggies together, such as:<\/p>\n

Butternut squash, Apple, and Onion<\/p>\n

Pears, Parsnips, and Onion<\/p>\n

Apples, Fennel, and Leeks<\/p>\n

Whatever your “intuitive feel” tells you would be delicious. Always good with a little cheddar, parmesan, \u00a0or blue cheese.<\/p>\n

STUFFING, TOO!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Or, add some cornbread or stuffing bread or rice\u00a0to roasted veggies or fruits, with a little chicken stock, Voila! Stuffing. Add some nuts, dried cranberries or apricots, grapes…<\/p>\n

If you are a Sensing instead of an iNtuitive type on the Myers-Briggs<\/strong> (see http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/pdf\/2f1n_Jung_MBTI_Exp_Theory.pdf<\/a>\u00a0to find out, and Personality Tests submenu at http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/freeresources\/2e.php<\/a>\u00a0to take some actual tests), you might need recipes and measurements. Cookbooks are for you. But, me, recipes tie me down!!!!<\/p>\n

Kathy McGuire<\/p>\n

Creative Edge Focusing (TM)<\/p>\n

www.cefocusing.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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