Finger Foodies: How do you quick steam just a few veggie pieces

Cityplanner · March 2010

We're starting to give DD some finger food. When I was making her baby food yesterday, I steamed green beans and pulled out a few before I pureed the rest. I did the same thing with carrots a few days ago. She, more or less, like them.

But, what do you do on a daily basis to steam just a few veggies? It was easy to pull out a few when I was making a big batch, but I'm not sure what to do when I'm not making her baby food. I usually steam over a big pot. It takes too long to heat up and make steam to do on a nightly basis. Is there some quick microwave steamer? Or a steamer that fits over a small pot? Can you refrigerate steamed veggies and reheat them?

I feel like this should be easy, but I'm not sure what to do here.

Sarah7305 · March 2010

There are microwave steamers out there... They also have those microwavable/steam veggies in the frozen section of the store. Not sure how that would work though. I have a food steamer. It works pretty quick.

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nemtown · March 2010

I either buy the steam-in-bag veggies or I'll take a few out, put them in a bowl with a tiny bit of water (a decent amount in accordance with how many veggies I'm doing), put a paper towel over the top and put them in the microwave for 2 minutes or so (depending on how many veggies and how firm they start out).

Before I had a steamer basket on a big pot, I took a small collendar (sp?), put it over a small saucepot with 2-3 inches of water in it and put the lid to the pot over the top of the collendar. It seemed to work ok, but I had to keep checking the liquid levels because some steam leaked out.

They also have little steamer baskets at Target by the corn forks, coasters, butter dishes--all that cheap random kitchen stuff.

courtneyaok · March 2010

I usually stick a few in a microwave save dish (think corningware) with a little water, and it steams that way.

nolebride · March 2010

courtneyaok:
I usually stick a few in a microwave save dish (think corningware) with a little water, and it steams that way.

me too.

Rockafellow2b · March 2010

I have a Pampered Chef microwave steamer, but lately I've been using Ziploc steam bags. Cheap, reusable and easy!

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