Veggies!!! What is your take?

I love food in general
I love veggies.

I never heard that you palate changes every 7 years that's interesting. I know that as a child I did not like squash but as an adult I love it.

I also know that parents can influence what children like. My mom loves every veggie except brussel sprouts so I never even tasted them until I was an adult. I like brussel sprouts--same goes with sweet potatoes.

I will say that spinach is ok depending on how it's fixed. I like it raw in salad and smoothies. If it's frozen sometimes it has an odd slimy texture that I don't really care for.

Oh, and okra. I only started eating it recently. I used to not be able to get past the slime but it's not so bad when you sautee it or cook it in a stew form. It grows fairly well in my container garden which is the only reason I even tried it again--free fresh food--who can say no to that??

Haven't found one I don't like yet :-))

I like them ok. I wish I liked them more--then I would eat them more. It's a process....:ohwell:

I looooove veggies!! I've always loved them, but since making my lifestyle change, I've added in a lot more -- my new favorites.... eggplant, zucchini, yellow squash, spaghetti squash, kohlrabi, beets, spinach, and sweet potatoes. I love pretty much all veggies! and eat a whole bunch every day - eat way more veggies than fruit.

I love some, I hate some, I'm indifferent on others... Just depends on the veggie and how it's made.

I used to seriously hate most vegetables growing up and in my early twenties. Looking back it was definitely due to my experiences with them so far... A lot of canned stuff boiled in my mom's house.

My husband liked a lot of different things made different ways and he introduced me to a variety over the years. I found I really loved a lot of stuff. Then I went vegetarian and explored even more on my own.

I "hated" vegetables with the exception of mushrooms, watercress and bean sprouts until a few years ago. Now I'm into zuccini, corn, lima beans, mesclun, and a host of other veggies I never thought I'd like, like broccoli! I still don't like carrots or white cauliflower, though I can tolerate the golden kind.

All of this having been said, I still don't automatically think "Vegetables!" when I'm hungry. I have to make an effort to include them into meals, and EXCLUDE fatty and flour-based items. It's a daily battle, but I'm getting there!''

By the way, I find I like the "baby" versions of vegetables more than their adult counterpart. Baby corn, baby carrots and baby bellas. Yum.

My biggest problem with veggies is that they must be cooked, unlike fruits. But when I have the time to make broccoli, sweet potatoes, or beans, they're delicious!

I like food. All kinds.

That's what got me in to this mess in the first place...

Good thing about veggies is they taste good and you can pretty much eat unlimited quantities of them. I like them raw or cooked.

i make a huge salad with a couple kinds of lettuce and all the veggies in the fridge to go with dinner, and then have enough left over for lunch the next day.

I was a weird kid. I loved broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, bean sprouts, cucumbers, peas, beans, carrots. Still allergic to peppers and still don't like beets, radishes or onions (cooked or raw). I might make a cauliflower mash tomorrow, its just as good as mashed potatoes just healthier or maybe steamed carrots, broccoli and cauliflower lightly dressed with Tuscan seasoning and extra virgin olive oil. Add chicken and a salad (romaine and spinach) perfect.

I never heard that your palate changes, but I used to hate broccoli, and sometime last year I really took a liking to broccoli. Its one of my favorite vegetables and dinner sides.

Love them! I wouldn't necessarily say these are new ones I've tried because of any attempt to be healthier, but I got a bunch when I signed up for a CSA share - dragon beans, blue hubbard squash, kohlrabi, mustard greens, and a bunch of different varieties of tomatoes

I actually love veggies, except mushrooms.... other than that I grew up in a family that fried everything, so it wasnt until I grew up and had children myself and decided I would feed them like pigs that I realized how veggies are really supposed to be lol I do like raw veggies, like carrots and stuff, especially piled on a sandwich, but cooked or steamed is definitely my fav way to make them. And thankfully, my kids LOVE veggies also, my one year old will eat all her veggies before touching anything else on her plate and my four year olds son's favorite veggie in the world is artichoke!!!! But I will say that we arnt that adventurous in my family, we do not venture out and try eggplant and use beets or radishes or anything like that. We stick to the basics, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, artichoke, brocolli, asparaghus, bell peppers, spinach, corn, green beans, potatoes and stuff like that. When I steam my veggies I usually will spray some parkay or something like that on them along with a little bit of seasoning to make them extra delicious and still low cal and healthy.

I don't adore them but I have found that the preparation is what matters to me. For example, I only like asparagus if it's cooked in a wine sauce with heavy cream with chicken. I found a french recipe that I adore that really works out for me. I love bell peppers - cooked - not raw. Weird eh? I don't like raw mushrooms...they have to be added to a dish and really cooked into it. I guess you could say I prefer my veggies as part of the dish so that they add flavoring. I'm not into having them stand there by themselves without having done something to them.

P.S. I forgot to mention this one...love cooked veggies...despise salads. I just don't like them. I hear salad and my brain screams "Run!" I'm just not a cold salad type of girl. The only salad I've liked involves Panera - their oriental one with a spicy sauce and the one with apple crisps and chicken. Outside of that....nada