Having spent eight years as a vegetarian, you can rest assured that I like my veggies. There are a few I don't care for, mushrooms being the most notable. They say your tastes change every few years, so I periodically try them again in one form or another. I still don't like them. I think it's as much the texture as the taste. Some vegetables, such as purple hulls and butter beans, I didn't like as a child but grew to love as an adult. Others, like Brussels sprouts, I wouldn't even try for years, but liked once I gave them a chance.
Here are my favorites:
1. Spinach - No doubt about it... my favorite! I like it in any form or fashion.
2. Tomato - Okay, it's technically a fruit, but I'm counting it as a vegetable here. I started yellow tomato seeds a few weeks ago and hope to have a big harvest of them this summer!
3. Onion - I like most kinds, but especially enjoy the red/purple variety when served raw in a salad or on a sandwich.
4. Summer Squash - I prefer yellow squash, not zucchini. Steam it, fry it, pickle it, bake it in a casserole, or just eat it raw!
5. Green Beans - This was my favorite vegetable as a child. I like canned better than fresh or frozen and whole beans better than cut.
I love potatoes but didn't include them on my list since not everyone places them in the vegetable category. So tell me.... what are your favorites?
- Kelly
- Making my way through the ups and downs of life, holding fast to my favorite Bible verse: "For we walk by faith, not by sight." ~2 Corinthians 5:7. I began blogging in earnest at Yahoo360 on October 24, 2005. (briefly using LiveJournal and blog-city prior to that) In June 2008 I moved to Blogger. I'm now at WordPress where I hope to remain.
8 comments:
I've got a lot of favorites, but the top three are garlicky spinach (cooked, of course), asparagus, cooked just right, and corn on the cob in summer!
Good one! In no particular order:
Carrots
Green Peas
Asparagus
Spinach
Green Beans
My wife LOVES green beans. Always been tepid on them myself -- not a whole lot of nutritional value compared to other veggies -- but Sarah loves it when I cook them in a spicy garlic sauce with soba noodles.
1. Fresh Tomatoes
2. Fresh Yellow Crookneck Squash
3. Fresh Green Beans
4. Onions
5. New Potatoes
Oh! Iowa sweet corn has to top the list. However, it's a bit high in carbs so I also enjoy all that you mentioned, plus kale/collards. Sweet potatoes. Beets! I love beets!
Jersey potatoes
Broccoli
Cabbage (white, I don't like spring cabbage)
Carrots
Leeks.
Broccoli
Spinich
Green Beans and peas
Potatoes ( any way )
Peas (crowder, lady, black eyed, field, and purple hull)
Then there is....
cauliflower, cabbage, carrots, squash, tomatoes ( I know, fruit ), brussel sprouts, onions, garlic ....etc
I love my veggies!!!
Favorite Veggies
Corn
Tomato
Broccli
Asparagus
squash (Yellow, Zucchini, Acorn)
I would include potato....but I would put onion as more of a seasoning.
On vegetable I will never eat is Egg Plant (or is that a fruit)
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