Hubby and I were just talking last night about vegetables. I LOVE vegetables and always have. I also realized that there isn't a single vegetable I've tried I haven't liked.
Favorites? Too many to say - and it depends on how they are cooked, but. I love brussel sprouts - roasted with a bit of olive oil yum? That is just divine! But anything really - green beans, eggplants, carrots, zucchini, etc.
The only thing I reallllly don't like is overcooked veggies. Way to turn something I love into something gross - yuck!
Pumpkins are AMAZING. I literally can put pumpkin in everything and it makes it better. Buckwheat pancakes? Add some pumpkin. Coffee? Add some pumpkin. Hot cocoa? Pumpkin. Smoothie? Pumpkin.
Okay, I don't eat pumpkin all day but I definitely love it. Beyond that I adore brussel sprouts, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, sweet potatoes, cabbage and lettuce. Oh mushrooms rock too, but I do believe they are not a vegetable.
Hmm...I love *almost* all veggies. I'm not crazy about cauliflower and there's a bitter gourd that's used in some Indian cooking that I actually didn't like, but I guess I'd try it again.
Favourite: soooo hard to choose. Leafy greens? I adore salads. Okra...stewed tomato and okra...yummmy!
But I also love doing veggie laden crock pot stews. Tonight I'll have an italian pork casserole with fennel, onion, celery, carrot, sweet potato, potato, butternut squash, yellow pepper, mushrooms, white beans and a few sundried tomatoes. Delish!
Anything with eggplant or avocado* in it automatically gets a second look. I almost feel like I'm cheating with them though because my brain thinks "avocado = tastes buttery" and "eggplant = oily and crispy, or beefy".
* I guess "technically" not a veggie, but everybody considers it one.