Spin off from Roast Dinner posts

DH always said his mother put the Christmas sprouts to cook a fortnight before Christmas. They were always bright yellow and mushy.

Mr. B steams them, not sure how long for but they’re never too soft.

That was to GG13

It started life as a Gary Rhodes recipe but has evolved. We love it.

Microwave for me. I have a couple of great microwave steamer bowls. Max 4 minutes whatever veg is going and less for some

My nan used to boil cabbage with bacon ribs, literally for hours, then serve in complete with the water it had been cooed in and bread to mop up the water

Veg steams in the microwave for a couple of minutes I just test it with a knife and bung it back again if it’s too hard.

My Mum used to boil cabbage to death, she didn’t eat it herself!

I loathe squidgy veg. I call it Blackpool veg after a trip we took there many years ago and we’re served this stuff …over cooked and sitting in water. Couldn’t eat and went out for fish and chips.

kittylester

Cabbage is delicious very thinly sliced and stir fried with thinly sliced onions, lots of blackpepper and mixed with crispy bacon and it's fat and then a little double cream.

Freezes well.

Lovely with Roast Beef

I think we must have been separated at birth, that’s a firm favourite in our house 🤣

Cabbage is delicious very thinly sliced and stir fried with thinly sliced onions, lots of blackpepper and mixed with crispy bacon and it's fat and then a little double cream.

Freezes well.

Lovely with Roast Beef

I cook veg for two in the microwave, using a glass bowl and a silicone top or saucer. Sliced carrots, parsnips, broccoli florets, cauliflower florets, sliced cabbage - savoy, sweetheart, drumhead - with a teaspoon or two of water each take three minutes, frozen peas one minute less. Swede and celeriac are steamer jobs.

I tend to cook my veg so that it is just about cooked not so al dente that it breaks your teeth but no soft squidgy

I adore brussel sprouts, they have to be just right with a slight crunch never order them when out to eat as they seem to be cooked to within an inch of their little lives 🤣

Potatoes for mashing about 15 - 20 minutes. Cabbage 10 minutes. Carrots, chopped 10 - 15 minutes.
I often roast carrots along with the parsnips, but I won't be heating my oven, they are going into the air fryer now.

I use a steamer but as you say not cooked for 20 mins maybe 10 once water boiling