Marinated Italian Vegetables is a very flavorful low-sodium side dish recipe to make up to 1 day ahead.
Marinated Italian Vegetables
Serves: 8-12
Ingredients
Vegetables
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 1 tsp Mrs Dash Original or table blend
- 1 pound broccoli florets, trimmed
- 1 cup small cauliflower florets
- 8 ounces button mushrooms (cut in half if too large)
- 1 cup baby carrots
- optional: 1 cup half-moon-sliced zucchini and 1 cup half-moon-sliced yellow squash
- ½ cup bell pepper strips
- Optional: ½ cup marinated, quartered artichoke hearts (this will add a little sodium to the dish)
Marinade
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp white sugar
- 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
- ½ tsp Mrs Dash Original or table blend
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp chopped dried basil
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ⅓ cup canola oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
Instructions
- Directions:
Cook the vegetables:
- Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Stir in the lemon juice and Mrs Dash. Add the broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, bell pepper and optional zucchini and squash. Cook covered for 2 minutes. Remove from heat, rinse with cold water, and drain. Optional: stir in the artichokes.
Marinade:
- Whisk together all of the marinade ingredients until well blended. Then stir in the garlic.
Combine:
- Pour the dressing over vegetables. Stir gently to ensure all of the vegetables are coated with the marinade.
- Chill for at least 2 hours (or overnight) before serving.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: ½ cup Sodium: 20 mg. Note that sodium percentages depend on which daily reference you use. 20 mg of sodium per serving implies that this recipe provides:
– 1 % of the U.S. FDA daily reference value for sodium for a 2,000-calorie diet that includes 2,400 mg sodium, or
– 1 % of the American Heart Association recommendation of 1,500 mg sodium per day, or
– 2 % of the Ménière’s diet recommendation of 1,000 mg sodium per day.
(As is the case with all of the recipes on this web site, the nutrition information provided in this recipe is only an estimate based on nutrition information provided on the packaging of each of the ingredients we used in this recipe and/or on a variety of sources on the web. This information should be regarded as an opinion only, with no guarantees that it is accurate. Obviously, the nutritional information will vary depending on the ingredients and quantities that you use.)