Isn't that what Hercule Poirot grew when he retired? Marrows. Large ones.

Laurie,

I happen to love Brussels Sprouts no matter how they are cooked! My favorite way to cook them is to roast them. I get them fresh, add some olive oil, black pepper, and seasoned salt, and cook them at 425 degrees for about 28-30 minutes. They get nice and tender and are tasty!

Hello , I'm not on South Beach but eat in a similar way I think???
Marrows are o.k. You can stuff them with tomatoes and peppers and onions and bake them. But they are like big Zucchinis.
I like to roast red peppers and add them to a tomato sauce.
Also if you half a big red pepper long ways and stuff it with tomatoes, garlic, basil and a bit of olive oil and roast in a hotish oven for about 40 mins IT IS JUST DELISH! I love oven roasted veg. Green peppers are nice if you stuff them with tuna, onion and sweet corn. (Are you allowed sweetcorn?)
I also substitute bean sprouts and shredded cabbage for rice when having chinese type meals and it sounds weird but a salad of raw broccoli, tomato, cucumber, onions, green peppers and mushrooms is lovely with a curry based sauce. (I'm going to do it with cauliflower now too.)
oooh I feel hungry now!

Well I don't know that I have ever tried turnips but I love turnip greens! YUMYUM! Marrows never had it and probably never will. I don't do squash! Not even spaghetti squash! I try to add alot to my salads as well. I don't know that you can ever eat to many veggies can you? haha

Wow, Bamie! I love squash! Isn't taste interesting?

Yup, Ellis, that's exactly what he grew! And I laughed because I could just see my Scottish friend wrinkling up her nose and saying Scottish curses about the "bloody marrows".

So, they are like eggplant and kind of like zucchini? Do they grow on vines?

Marrow - I've got a great veggie cookbook that says marrows are "any variety of summer squash" and goes on to say a marrow is a mature courgette (zucchini) and that "vegetable marrow is the proper name for the large prize squash, beloved of harvest festivals and country fairs." Plus it also shows two pictures of spaghetti and pattypan squashes.

Now that's interesting! I asked my Scottish friend if marrows are like zucchini, and she said, no, they are worse. I love Scottish humor!

Thanks A Broad!

No, they grow on ruddy trees.

Ellis, do you not like marrows either?

OK, I just got into this thread and there is some wonderful advice here. Thanks a million. Here is my latest discovery:

Do a google search for any recipe called "Aloo Gobi" which is curried potatoes and cauliflower. Subst chick peas for the potatoes. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. If any of you have the dvd of "Bend it Like Beckham" there's a hilarious cooking segment as an additional feature showing the director cooking aloo gobi with her mother watching over her shoulder. In case you want to make it a Dinner & Movie idea ---- heh, good idea for a thread!

Marrows are just over grown zucchinis. They are gross and IMHO completely tasteless. They come in two varieties - bush and vine. The bush variety is really just a compact and more branching vine.
There! That's all I know.

back to asparagus in the cold weather..I found it frozen. Thin stalks, expensive but good. I prefer to roast in the oven w/garlic olive oil and parmasean. yum Of course I don't like alot of veggies but the ones I like tend to be seasonal and expensive

I had never had a turnip in my life til about 2yrs ago on Thanksgiving at a friends house. The boil and then mash turnips and it tasted like squash. Was actually pretty good. I think I might call her for recipe.

Now I do love cabbage but never cook it because everyone complains about the smell. But brussel sprouts don't smell like cabbage when they cook, they smell more like ........feet I'm almost tempted to try again because they seem like they may be easier to prepare because they are small and you can get them frozen.

anyway, thanks for the info ladies

ttyl

I had some wonderful veggies at lunch today (I was home on a vacation day) with grilled tilapia. I took some olive oil and got it hot. Then I tossed in some moderately sized chunks of zucchini, mushroom and onions. I let those cook (tossing often) and then added in some Italian seasoning and some chopped ginger. It was really good and I placed the fish on top and ate it all together. It was a wonderful and healthy lunch.

mmmmmmm! Inspiration for tonight's dinner. Thanks.

bump for sunny.