Anyone know a good list of the top healthiest veggies?

[Red Squirrel]

From what I read the darker green ones are the best. I personally like broccoli steamed, can just throw it on your plate with pretty much any meal as a side.

 

[Newbian]

It's even better for you if you deep fry them to unlock their natural flavors.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Bacon wrapped deep fried broccoli. Now that is something I would try.

 

[Murloc]

you need to ask yourself what you don't like about vegetables so that you can find the ones you like (or cook them in a way you like).

Anyway avoid salads, nutritionally they're a waste of time and taste a lot like vegetables.

If you don't like vegetables maybe something bitter like rucola/rocket is eatable for you?

Raw carrots finely julienned with the blending machine (use the right blade to get this) become very soft and easy to eat, and then you can juice a lemon on top of it, you get something that tastes like lemon and carrot and doesn't require much munching. Don't use bad tasting carrots for this of course.
Raw fennel with lemon is also an option.

Cabbages/flower cabbages are good and easy to cook but they taste very much like vegetables, kids often don't like them, so it might not be an option at this point.

If you don't like tomatoes both raw and sauteed there's not much to be done about it.

Zucchini: they can be cooked in many ways, but you can also eat them raw in a carpaccio with olive oil, lemon juice and parmesan (you have to slice them very finely and and make multiple strata with these ingredients), it's great.

If you like tomato sauce ratatouille is a great way to combine zucchini aubergines tomato peppers jalapeños garlic and tomato.

Garlic and onions are healthy too.

 

[RichUK]

Pomegranate
Blueberries
Pineapple
Mango
Grapes
Banana
Apples

Kale
Spinach
Broccoli
Carrots
Red onions
Garlic
Red chili peppers
Baked potato / jacket potato
Tomatoes

Eggs
Lean beef mince
Chicken breast
Salmon
Tuna steaks

Pumpkin seeds
Sunflower seeds
Almonds
Walnuts
Brazil nuts
Dry roasted peanuts

Greek yogurt
Almond milk

Dark chocolate, at least 85% cocoa

Protein shake
Amazing Grass

Cardiovascular exercise - running, cycling, stretches.
Resistance exercise - free weights, dumbells.

Green tea
Mineral water.

/profit

 

[Linux23]

It's even better for you if you deep fry them to unlock their natural flavors.

This. Very much this.

 

[Crono]

I'm surprised no one listing vegetables mentioned artichokes yet. I love pretty much all vegetables (aside maybe from a few less common ones) but artichokes are fantastic. The prep is a little more involved, but it's worth it. Artichokes are like the lobsters of the vegetable world.

Don't forget to vary up your veggies, especially greens. There's a risk of getting kidney stones*, for instance, if you eat too much oxalate-rich leafy green vegetables, so I alternately consume kale, collard greens, spinach/baby spinach, arugula, cabbage, swiss chard, beet greens, etc and don't necessarily eat them every single day. Variety is good, anyway.

There are so many types of vegetables, though, that it's easy (and fun) to mix things up.

A lot of the "superfood" and other hype is marketing bull and fads pushed by people looking to profit, the same way with any other product in any other industry. Even if kale or goji berries are healthier than cabbage or spinach or blueberries, you can't eat them all the time.

There's always some new study revealing the cancer fighting, energy boosting, weight loss miracle of such and such food, but don't forget about everything else.

* There has been debate about how large the risk is - especially if you are not otherwise particularly suspectible to nor have a history of kidney stones - but it can be mitigated rather easily, anyway, so it's not something I worry about, especially given the benefits of eating greens.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

And you wonder why you're a chef at a school cafeteria and not a real chef.

I'd be happy to compare culinary qualifications with you any time. I've got a four year food and beverage management degree, graduated top of my class in culinary school and, have 35 years experience feeding people in hotels, restaurants and, institutions.

 

[Murloc]

I'm surprised no one listing vegetables mentioned artichokes yet. I love pretty much all vegetables (aside maybe from a few less common ones) but artichokes are fantastic. The prep is a little more involved, but it's worth it. Artichokes are like the lobsters of the vegetable world.

Don't forget to vary up your veggies, especially greens. There's a risk of getting kidney stones*, for instance, if you eat too much oxalate-rich leafy green vegetables, so I alternately consume kale, collard greens, spinach/baby spinach, arugula, cabbage, swiss chard, beet greens, etc and don't necessarily eat them every single day. Variety is good, anyway.

There are so many types of vegetables, though, that it's easy (and fun) to mix things up.

A lot of the "superfood" and other hype is marketing bull and fads pushed by people looking to profit, the same way with any other product in any other industry. Even if kale or goji berries are healthier than cabbage or spinach or blueberries, you can't eat them all the time.

There's always some new study revealing the cancer fighting, energy boosting, weight loss miracle of such and such food, but don't forget about everything else.

* There has been debate about how large the risk is - especially if you are not otherwise particularly suspectible to nor have a history of kidney stones - but it can be mitigated rather easily, anyway, so it's not something I worry about, especially given the benefits of eating greens.

artichokes are great but for someone who hates vegetables they might seem daunting and not worth it (depending on how much they like the taste).
I think they are worth it but they're definitely not something I eat very often, more of an occasional treat, because of the time involved in both preparing and eating them.

You're right about the oxalates, rhubarb has so much of it in the leaves that you should not eat the leaves at all, only the stalks. Variation is always needed when it comes to food to stay healthy. Food isn't dangerous if you don't overdo a particular kind.
Superfood is total bs except for eggs, because eggs contain everything needed to make an animal. No plant can do that.

With fruits and vegetables this is easy anyway, just stick to what's in season: you eat healthier, you spare money, you can support the local farmers more, you can lower your GHG contributions by avoiding greenhouses and/or transportation from far away.

Also goji berries are superexpensive and come from who knows where, while you can go eat blueberries straight from the forest, if it comes down to this I have no doubt the blueberries are healtheir, at least because there are no chinese pesticides and no chinese river water involved. Also fresh berries are probably less degraded.

 

[WelshBloke]

The key to eating more veggies is to add meat toppings. Wife told me to eat more veggies and fish. So I made tuna salad and added dried cranberries, roasted pumpkin seeds, and pickled jalapenos.

I'd eat that! Big squeeze of lime juice and a dribble of olive oil.

 

[RichUK]

Pomegranate is classed a superfood, and, well, it just is.

Most places, at least in the UK, tell you where they were source on the label.

Pomegranate, walnuts, dark chocolate with high cocoa content equals noticeably lower blood pressure (for those who suffer hypertension).

 

[Red Squirrel]

Pomegranates are interesting and taste pretty good. They're just a pain to eat, you get a workout and nutrition out of it lol.

Also isn't pizza ruled as a vegetable in the states? Pizza is healthy if that's the case!

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Under my new diet plan bacon is a vegetable. When I finish the book it's going to sell millions of copies.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Under my new diet plan bacon is a vegetable. When I finish the book it's going to sell millions of copies.

Funny thing is if you go with the paleo diet, bacon is actually considered healthy. But then you can't have any wheat or sugar, at all. A good chunk of everything has wheat or sugar or carbs in it these days.

 

[Cappuccino]

100% blended bitter melon with a splash of organic honey. You live to 100 drinking that every day. I buy bitter melon in china town and blend it all up with my £100 blendur.

 

[Kaido]

Also, I doubt that you hate veggies. I think instead you hate the way the veggies have been cooked. There is a very important difference there.

This is very important. Not everyone likes onions, but caramelize them & throw them on a white pizza with chicken & bacon and they are amazing. Chinese beef & broccoli stir-fry is a popular combination, as is cheddar-broccoli soup. Roasted butternut squash is incredible. There are a million varieties of chili to make. Veggies by themselves usually aren't too exciting, but pairing them with other foods & cooking them in certain ways can really highlight the flavors.

When I got into H&F many years ago, I started out with the whole "clean eating" thing. Plain chicken, broccoli, sweet potatoes, etc. Wasn't too exciting. There ARE people out there with a very sensitive palette, who usually avoid sugar & processed food, who enjoy the taste of plain veggies straight-up, but most people don't. If I'm going to eat carrots, I either need them glazed or with some hummus or at least with some Ranch dipping sauce. Toss the broccoli in creamy nacho cheese sauce or do a light deep-fry with panko breadcrumbs. Lots of ways to make them tasty!

 

[Kaido]

It's even better for you if you deep fry them to unlock their natural flavors.

No joke tho! Broccoli tempura is my jam man

 

[Cappuccino]

No joke tho! Broccoli tempura is my jam man

i had them in Hong Kong its salty as hell. The batter they pack with salt not sure what you muricans put on probs cheese or somthing lol