Do you like your vegetables?

[Finnick the Aquacat]

Veggies are tasty, I've always liked a decent handful of them but as I've been entering into adulthood I've been gaining even more of an appreciation for them. The biggest thing I noticed this with so far was with salads, as a kid I was fine with them but they were far from my first choice, but now I enjoy them much more. My work had a summer luncheon at one point last year and along with other food items they had a salad, and the big indicator to me that "ok yeah I'm definitely an adult now" was the fact that I actively chose to take some of the salad along with the other food lol. Not as big on the more bitter leafy greens, but if they got a good salad dressing to go with them I'll still chow down no issue.
Broccoli is a veggie I've always enjoyed, put out some steamed broccoli on my plate (provided you haven't steamed it to the point of becoming mush anyway, my high school did that) and I will demolish it. I'm also rather partial to cauliflower and Brussels sprouts as well. Potatoes are another big one, very versatile veggie there. I'm not big on all methods of cooking potatoes for textural reasons, hash browns and tater tots are ones I pass on for this reason, but taste-wise it's hard to get a potato wrong. For other root veggies, carrots are fine, I can be iffy on them sometimes because of their sweetness but I still have some forms I enjoy them in, and radishes are interesting, I tried them for the first time in the aforementioned work luncheon salad. Beets I didn't like as a kid but I haven't had them in ages so my tastes may have changed, and the other common root veggies I haven't tried yet.
Now that I've started to branch out more with my veggies I'm hoping I can give some less commonly consumed ones a try, in particular I've heard that dandelion crowns (the white bit where the root connects to the greens) can be used like you would an artichoke so I wanna see if I can do something fun with that!

[noahie]

Vegetables are alright, but ones that I like the most would be peas, carrots, broccoli, bell peppers, cauliflower, and spinach. I can think of a bunch of good meals to make out of those vegetables. I've learned as an adult that the way you cook them is super important. If they aren't well-cooked or seasoned, they taste awful. But even then, there are some vegetables I absolutely won't touch like collard greens or kale. Gross!

[wolfkitty42]

I was so, so proud of myself when I realized that caeser salad could be a safe food for me. I've been a picky eater my whole life, and.... yeah, i was excited when while traveling i saw a caeser salad in a cafe and went yum!!! i want that pls!!! eat!!! OuO
here is my edible vegetable list. every single preperation is a different food, fight me.
romaine lettuce -fucifking yummmm very good vessel for cheese and caeser
evil lettuce i dont know the name of my dad gets - not as good because its inconsistent and has spinach mixed in but its okaay
broccoli - steamed is yummy
broccoli - whatever black magic they do to it at a chinese restaurant ohhh my god i dont know but its so tasty i could eat so much of it dudeee
carrots - i miss when i had a good brand of ranch. ngl i miss carrots
avocados - heaven or hell on earth no inbetween
apples - not a vegetable but screw it its a fresh food still i might as well put it here

TL;DR the best vegetable is caeser dressing /hj

[lakes]

avocados - heaven or hell on earth no inbetween

i agree with this
i used to think i hated avocados, but no, turns out they just ripen and then go bad pretty quickly & most restaurants don't have them fresh
i'd suggest seeing if they've softened within 1-4 days, then eating them
don't wait any longer than that or it'll just be bland mush

[wolfkitty42]

definitely agree on that, my mom tends to have a good sense of when an avocado is good (im working on it.....) and most of my bad avocado experiences have been in restaurants. :( theres a sweet spot...

[cinnamuff]

Yeah I love em!!! I could tear through a bowl of steamed or pan seared broccoli anyday LOL
My go tos are spinach, broccoli, carrots, cabbage, bok choy, and potatoes. My absolute favourite has to be broccoli though- when cooked right it's crunchy in all the right ways. Also I love throwing in spinach with scrambled eggs or in a makeshift ramen dish hahaha. Or sometimes I just pan sear it, throw a tiny bit of soy in and eat it. :9

[kringle]

i have a kind of foragers relationship to food so i'll eat most of my veggis raw and out the bag like chips. LOVE a veggie stir fry tho.

i think my go to for snackies are carrots, celery, and spinage. i eill also admittrdly just Eat A Cucumber sometimes buts its been a while since i've had entire cucumbers in my fridge to snack on LOL. im deff a fan of a good crunch texture.

[Còbra!]

My "novophobia" (fear of trying new foods) combined with being very sensitive to certain textures and compositions causes me to not eat any fruits or vegetables. What I do instead of eating those is take multi-vitamin tablets to get the things I need that I otherwise don't get.
It's probably not as good as actually eating vegetables, but given my situation, it's better than nothing...

I also try to remember to take fruit juices, because some of them I do like.

[snufkin]

Terribly fond of vegetables. Helps that I'm vegetarian — or perhaps it's the other way round. None that I don't like fundamentally, though I do have some faves: cauliflower and eggplant, and lotus root above all. All the leafy greens  are beloved in my home, with special seats reserved for spinach and collards. If speaking botanically, watermelon is unfortunately a no-go. I like to think I make up for it with my adoration of tomatoes. Much of my love for veg comes from delight in the process of cooking and learning how best to prepare each. I love exploring different regional cuisines to find new-to-me ways to enjoy the bounties of the earth.

[haumeaGeth]

I agree with most of the people in this thread, I would die without veg (I mean, yeah, obviously, but like, in an emotional way as well as physical).

However, I'm actually super picky about which veg I like. For instance, I hate carrots and corn. They're sweet. Ew! I'm only fine with the occasional raw carrot. Corn belongs in corn chowder. Although, I have yet to try any other varieties of corn; I know other countries straight up call the yellow corn in North America "sweet corn", so maybe I'd prefer other kinds.

I also generally avoid tomatoes. I like them, but I'm prone to heartburn, so I only risk it when I'm really craving them. But then, tomato sauces are back in the corn and carrot category. I think it's a nasty thing to do to a perfectly good tomato.

Roasted vegetables as a whole are a hard pass from me because, again, I don't like sweet plant matter.

Green beans are on thin ice.

My preference with veg seems to be anything decidedly green and preferably leafy. Spinach and bok choy work in literally any dish, cabbage is incredibly versatile and filling, stir-fried zucchini has a delightful texture, and I currently have a jar of cukes fermenting, with another ready for me in the fridge. So, it seems, anything with a neutral or bitter-leaning flavour. Speaking of, I really want to get my hands on a bitter melon soon. I saw them at the import grocery store in my town, and I already love stir-frying vegetables with egg, so I have a feeling it'll be another favourite of mine.

[infernal.serval]

A few recommendations for y'all with vegetables:

1. Try boiling your vegetables briefly first and then pan-frying them. This way they are soft inside and firmer on the outside, kind of like they have them at hibachi places.

2. If you boil carrots, add a little cinnamon and brown sugar with your butter on top afterwards

3. A few minutes ago I pan-fried some zucchini slices in garlic butter with salt, pepper, and paprika. If you don't want to make/buy garlic butter just use standard butter and minced garlic or garlic powder.

4. Go-to kale chip seasoning: salt, pepper, onion powder, crushed red pepper, chili powder

Let me know if you try ig?

[infernal.serval]

But even then, there are some vegetables I absolutely won't touch like collard greens or kale. Gross!

Man if you don't like collard greens you aren't cooking them right.
Try this, trust: https://divascancook.com/collard-greens-recipe/

[zomboid]

i really wish I liked more veggies! something that I have been able to realize and put into words in recent years is "i like the texture of fresh veggies but not the flavor, and I like the flavor of cooked veggies but not the texture" which helps me navigate what I choose and try to eat :) something that I'm grateful I've realized i like is vegetable sushi! the supermarket near me sometimes has veggie sushi with cucumber, avocado, and carrot, and i can drown it in enough soy sauce that it distracts from the flavor and focus on the umami :)

its been the only big realization though - I haven't had any salads that appealed to me, but I really want to find some :( I definitely like more savory flavors than sweet ones, so those honey vinegarette style dressings really don't do it for me >_<

[lakes]

its been the only big realization though - I haven't had any salads that appealed to me, but I really want to find some :( I definitely like more savory flavors than sweet ones, so those honey vinegarette style dressings really don't do it for me >_<

i don't know if you've tried greek salad, but it is pretty savory with olives, capers, feta, etc
the vinegrette is less "honey sweet" and more seasoned with black pepper and oregano

[zomboid]

i don't know if you've tried greek salad, but it is pretty savory with olives, capers, feta, etc
the vinaigrette is less "honey sweet" and more seasoned with black pepper and oregano

I actually haven't :O which is ironic because I love Mediterranean food!! I'm not very goof with capers/olives or tomatoes >_< but I'm sure I could make a mockery of it that's palatable to me personally.... thank you for the recommendation I always appreciate it when people suggest a new way to try something :3