turps

moisturiser is dangerous stuff! (albeit more likely to cause me problems in a 'bra on first, damnit!' way than in a barbell out the window kind of way!)

If the steamer is too much faff, what about microwaving the veggies, for as short a time as you can get away with, with just a little bit of water, or, if they're frozen, just the water from their own ice? That's how I do non-soggy broccoli.