What are your favorite veggies right now?

[maciascl]

I am realizing how veggie deficient our diets are becoming lately. Please renergize my verve for veggies! What are your favorites that are in season (or just easy to find ) right now? How are you preparing them?

[Sayward]

Well don't feel too bad, it's the deepest part of winter and veggies are hard to come by these days (*making huge assumption you are in the Northern hemisphere, if not please forgive my US-Euro-centrism)

I miss tomatoes so much I could cry. But anyway, I can still get cruciferous veggies so I'm eating a lot of those - broccoli, cabbage, Brussels, cauliflower, etc. Roasted cauliflower is soooo good (and so is cauliflower coconut curry soup!). Also dark greens like kale and chard, which can be slipped into things like soups and sauces and curries for picky eaters. Carrots are still around so I eat them constantly, dipped in hummus or dressing or cooked into soups. Can you tell I eat a lot of soup? Mmmm, winter. =)

Hope that helps a bit!

[caiesmommy]

Im in Canada..and yeah Im missing veggies A REAL tomato...oh my gosh! I just cant eat the store bought onesright now..so gross

Im also feeling the roasted cauliflower! mmm! Roasted in a little oil with s&p...so good! I could eat just that for dinner
Carrot sticks at almost every dinner
Coleslaw made with cabbage, diced pickles, pickle juice, touch of cumin, corriander and s&p is big in our house right now.
Potatoes-roasted with masala, pepper, cayenne
Squash either stuffed or roasted
Spagetti squash made into a coleslaw type dish-cook the squash, put the strands into a bowl with thinly sliced red pepper, green onion, and a dressing of sesame oil, rice vinegar, wasabi...yummy
Eggplant is big in our house...not local this time of year but we LOVE IT! Its so easy, either in stirfry, pasta sauce,roasted on its own.

[wytchywoman]

Brussel Sprouts!!! Roasted with some olive oil and sea salt. So yummy!!!!!

[mum21andtwins]

curly kale, either chopped and added raw to just mashed pototoes or baked in the oven so it goes crispy mmmmmmmm

[maciascl]

Hmmm...I think that is part of the problem. DH & I Like most of the veggies mentioned, but my boys only like carrots & broc. Time to get creative I guess.

[mum21andtwins]

I normally cook whatever we want plus something my boys like and give them their veg plus a little of ours overtime several veg ds1 wouldn't touch have been shifted to the love side. and finding new ways to cook combined with new names for the same food have done wonders.

[maciascl]

Originally Posted by mum21andtwins

I normally cook whatever we want plus something my boys like and give them their veg plus a little of ours overtime several veg ds1 wouldn't touch have been shifted to the love side. and finding new ways to cook combined with new names for the same food have done wonders.

Good idea!

[mum21andtwins]

My kids will also eat pretty much anything in potato mash
favourites are
swede with garam masala in the oven to get a crispy top
endive chopped very finely added just before serving
saurkraut topped with mash topped with cheese & baked to crispedthecheese
carrots & potatoes cooked together & mashed together though not until smooth with cauldron sausages & gravy

[neptunemama]

We like roasted brussel sprouts here too. I preheat the oven to 400F w/a cookie sheet in the oven from the start. I halve the sprouts (unless huge then I quarter) mix w/olive oil and both whole garlic cloves, and large slices of garlic. Bake for 12-15 min. When I take them out, I deglaze w/a small amount of veggie broth, then add S&P. My kids, who wouldn't touch them for awhile, love them now.

We also like to make veggie soup w/onions, carrots, broccoli and green beans. Sometimes I add squash, celery if I have it. I also toss in white cannellini beans or garbanzos. Then I add in matzo balls (cooked separately, and added in the last few minutes of cooking to heat up). The soup is more filling, and I find we don't need anything else to go w/the soup.

We find spinach here year round, and I like to chop it up and toss it onto hot pasta. It wilts just enough that way and is quite delicious.

[red and lulu]

Spaghetti squash, roasted in the oven and then tossed w/ olive oil and toasted garlic like pasta aglio e olio.... simple but so satisfying.

We're eating Chard every other night practically. I sauté it w/ shallots, a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes, and a bit of umeboshi vinegar.

Kale... cooked w/ lots of onion and garlic, hot red pepper, apple, and pale ale. Or sauteed with mushrooms, garlic and a touch of tomato sauce served over polenta.

Collards w/ black eyed peas and tempeh fakin' bacon.

....I love greens, can't ya tell

[jldumm]

YAMS!
brussel sprouts
cauliflower
winter squashes
kale

[Breeder]

Kale (wilted with olive oil, sea sat and garlic...mmmmmm)
carrot sticks and celery for snacks
sweet potato (sauteed with cracked pepper)
butternut squash (it makes such amazing soup)
regular old white potato (roasted and curried)


Ok, now I'm hungry!