A dish from The Horse's healthy food scare. / myLot

Walnut Creek, California

December 26, 2021 11:43am CST

As I may have mentioned, I bought a bunch of healthy veggies when I went grocery shopping with my friend Mark a week or two ago. He and his wife are trying to lose weight, so we went healthy. I bought some leeks, which I'm not sure I've ever cooked with before. My step-mother made a great leek soup back in my late childhood days. The other day I made a tasty lunch using leeks, olive oil, a bit of water, onions, a touch of garlic, and some salt an pepper. What I did with them was something between frying and steaming. It was actually pretty good. I'm going to keep experimenting with leeks. My friend gave me some chicken bullion cubes, so I may try for something "soupier" next time. What are some of your "healthy" foods?

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317089)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

26 Dec 21

That's a good healthy combination. Eggs are my go-to healthy food.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218881)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Dec 21

I eat an egg almost every day.

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Lena Kovadlo

@lovebuglena (44537)

• Staten Island, New York

26 Dec 21

@TheHorse Me too. I love eggs!

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218881)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Dec 21

@lovebuglena I actually just made exactly what I said I'd make. It was delicious.

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Lena Kovadlo

@lovebuglena (44537)

• Staten Island, New York

26 Dec 21

Leeks go great with mushrooms or zucchini. I sometimes put them in an omelet. I love salads. This week I used napa cabbage in a salad instead of lettuce. To that I added red radishes, diced apples, sweet vidalia onion, dried basil, toasted sesame seeds, and olive oil and sea salt. Some days I also added mini cucumbers to that.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218881)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Dec 21

I may try that! I have cooked zucchini and mushrooms before.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218881)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Dec 21

@lovebuglena That sounds good too. But I may start with a simple "scramble" involving leeks, zucchini, a bit of onion, and some cheese. I don't often buy mushrooms.

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Lena Kovadlo

@lovebuglena (44537)

• Staten Island, New York

26 Dec 21

@TheHorse I edited the comment, not sure if you saw the rest of what I wrote.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471541)

• Switzerland

27 Dec 21

My healthy foods? Mushroons, zucchini, eggplants, pumpkins, onions and garlic, also fruits, I like fruits.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471541)

• Switzerland

27 Dec 21

@TheHorse Melons are not in season here, I buy mandarins, apples, oranges.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218881)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 21

@LadyDuck I enjoy Granny Smith apples. Do they call tart green apples that there?

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218881)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 21

I should eat more fruit. I did buy a nice honeydew melon doing Mark's and my shopping spree.

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NJ Chicaa

@NJChicaa (119627)

• United States

26 Dec 21

zucchini, yellow squash, green beans, cauliflower, baby spinach, carrots

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218881)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Dec 21

I've cooked with zucchini a lot over the years.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

27 Dec 21

I eat all veggies other than potatoes, tomatoes and beans. I can eat broccoli and dark greens in very small amounts occasionally. I thought leeks were the same as onions. I eat a lot of eggs.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218881)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 21

They are like large onions, but are more mild.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218881)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 21

Why do you avoid potatoes, tomatoes and beans?

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

27 Dec 21

@TheHorse They have too much potassium for me.

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Kelli M

@spiderdust (14761)

• San Jose, California

26 Dec 21

Mushrooms, sweet potatoes, and greens of all kinds. We cook a lot of summer squashes too.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218881)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Dec 21

I should investigate sweet potatoes. It sounds good to me right now.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (47313)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

27 Dec 21

Potato chips... they always make me feel better when I'm not well. I guess it's the salt and potassium.

RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (79861)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

27 Dec 21

It depends on when I can get fresh veggies usually I have some kind frozen in my fridge,

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218881)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 21

I will have to have another veggie shopping trip soon.

MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (82799)

• United States

27 Dec 21

I really don't cook leeks much but your experiment with leeks looks pretty good. I try to eat healthy too and mostly I've changed to roasting vegetables with just a sprinkle of olive oil and a little salt. No more dousing my veggies in butter

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218881)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 21

Sounds healthy to me. Do you have a main protein source?

Fleur

@Fleura (30399)

• United Kingdom

26 Dec 21

I'm very partial to leeks. One of my favourites is a leek and spinach tart with goats cheese. Sadly I can't grow them any more because of problems with a new pest, allium leaf miner.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218881)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Dec 21

Oh, that sounds good. Would they work in a croissant? Sorry you can't grow them any more.

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Fleur

@Fleura (30399)

• United Kingdom

26 Dec 21

@TheHorse I just found this - it isn't the recipe we usually use but it is rather similar and should be good!