Steamed Mixed Vegetables

Ingredients

• •2 zucchini
• •2 carrots
• •15 green beans
• •10 mushrooms
• •2 tomatoes
• •2 potatoes
• •4 long green peppers
• •1 onion
• •3 cloves garlic
• •2 tbsp olive oil

Preparation

1. 1

   Cut the zucchini, potatoes, beans, long green peppers, tomatoes, onion and carrots into large cubes. Keep the mushrooms in lemon water. Peel the garlic and leave whole.

2. 2

   After mixing the prepared vegetables with salt and black pepper, put them in bamboo steamer baskets. Stack the baskets, cover them and set over a pot half-filled with water.

3. 3

   Cook over medium heat until the beans soften. (In steaming, take care to cook the vegetables so they stay slightly crisp rather than overly soft.) Transfer the cooked vegetables to a large bowl, drizzle olive oil over them and mix gently without mashing. Serve the steamed vegetables hot. If you don't like the taste of raw oil, you can sauté the vegetables for 1 minute in olive oil heated in a pan.