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Veggie Medley
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
15 mins
 

quick and easy using any vegetables to add color, flavor and nutritious goodness to any meal

Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Side Dish
Keyword: carrots, mushrooms, onions, zucchini
Ingredients
  • 1 zucchini, diced
  • 2 carrots, peeled and sliced thin on the diagonal
  • 3-4 mushrooms, rinsed and sliced (may use stems too)
  • 1/2 onion, any type sliced into thin crescents
  • 1 butter, a small pat optional
  • 1 sugar, a pinch optional
  • salt and pepper to season
Instructions

  1. Using a saute pan on medium high heat, add onions to pan and soften ~ 3-4 min.

  2. Add carrots and saute, stirring occasionally. to speed up the cooking time, I add a bit of water to the pan, cover and simmer over low heat for ~ 3 min. then uncover and continue at medium high heat again.

  3. Add mushrooms and cook ~ 3 min. stirring occasionally.

  4. Add zucchini and cook ~ 3 min. until they become slighly translucent.

  5. Add the pat of butter if using and a pinch of sugar. Stir ~ 10 to fully incorporate and then turn off heat.

  6. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Recipe Notes
  • use any vegetables you have
  • begin cooking the veggies with the longest cooking time to avoid overcooking them, they will be too mushy
  • firm veggies like carrots, onions, green beans take longer
  • mushrooms need less time but contain a lot of water so can be added earlier without risk of getting too mushy
  • zucchini, summer squash take just a couple minutes and can be cooked crisp tender which to me taste better and are not mushy.