Healthy 8 Chopped Veggie Mix
Per serving
You know, Trader Joe's should start paying me to advertise their products. My husband came home recently from a Trader Joe's shopping excursion with a package of 'Healthy 8 Chopped Veggie Mix'. Therefore, allow me to state for the record that this is in fact another Trader Joe's copycat food item. Description on the package: "For salads, sauteeing, or anytime you need fresh veggies." My suggestions in addition: soups, tacos/tostadas and many other Mexican dishes, loaded baked potatoes, wraps, garden veggie juice, etc. I think of this as a deluxe version of mirepoix, except it's easier to spell and the onions decided to take a permanent vacation back to the Languedoc region of France. Make as big of a batch as you want as long as the proportions are equal and the mixture is eaten within a r…
Ingredients
- fresh broccoli↗1 cup
coarsely chopped
- carrot↗1 cup
peeled and coarsely chopped
- green cabbage↗1⁄2 cup
coarsely chopped
- red cabbage↗1⁄2 cup
coarsely chopped (although I think in an emergency radicchio may make a good substitute)
- jicama↗1 cup
peeled and coarsely chopped (I cheated big time and used raw parsnips)
- green bell pepper1 cup
seeded and membrane removed, coarsely chopped (certainly fine with me to substitute other colors of bells)
- radish↗1 cup
stems removed and coarsely chopped
- celery↗1 cup
coarsely chopped (I always include the leaves)
Step-by-step instructions
- 1
Add all ingredients to a food processor and process until chopped small and all the vegetables are of uniform size.
- 2
For example, the carrots should be about 1/4" in size. In other words, you're not making cole slaw.
- 3
Now go. Cook!
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