Cooking Vegetables the Italian Way!

 

The way to eat more vegetables as the Italians do is to make them taste delicious and the Italian way of doing this is simple, use more olive oil than you think and cook until soft.

Pour that olive oil on and then add some more! Then some sea salt, whole garlic cloves (not minced) and lemon at the end, or vinegar, and enjoy!!

You can roast or saute but either way please cook until soft, Italians don’t like crunchy raw vegetables unless they are eating a salad. 

Using more olive oil will satiate you actually causing you to eat less of the entire meal so don’t fear getting fat from olive oil. 

Roasted Asparagus in Olive Oil

Trim bottoms by snapping off first then lining up and cutting the rest at the same spot.

Peel 3-4 garlic cloves

Place in a pan with the garlic and sea salt liberally then pour in the olive oil and coat.

Roast at 400 for 15-20 minutes then flip and continue until soft, another 15-20 minutes. 

Squeeze the juice of 1 lemon all over.