Name: Steamed Vegetables

Ingredients:

• Thin asparagus
• Broccoli
• Carrots, full-sized and coin cut
• Beets, peeled and sliced

Instructions:

• Put vegetable in pot with steamer basket
• Bring water up to boiling
• Steam for the following duration
  • Thin asparagus - 5 minutes
  • Asparagus - 8 minutes
  • Broccoli - 15 minutes or less (3 minutes in microwave)
  • Carrots - 17 minutes (5 minutes in microwave)
  • Beets - 37 minutes (10 minutes in microwave)
  • Green beans - 5 to 7 minutes, depending on how tender or crisp you want them

Comments: 1/15/2016 - The peeled and sliced beets took more that 40 minutes.
4/4/2016 - 15 minutes is definitely too long for broccoli
6/12/2018 - Longer is better for the carrots. 25 minutes worked.
12/29/2019 - 20 minutes worked for carrots.
10/6/2020 - 7 minutes in the microwave worked for beets.
10/29/2022 - I steamed broccoli with a homemade Italian dressing in the microwave for 3 minutes. It was still pretty chewy.
1/17/2024 - I steamed broccoli with a drizzle of Italian dressing in the microwave for 4 minutes. That worked.
8/10/2024 - 7 minutes in the microwave with 3 tablespoons of water worked for three beets. The liquid overflowed into the microwave.
10/23/2024 - I steamed thin asparagus for 5 minutes and they were good.

Source: Experience

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