Various salad variations with green leafed veggies, carrots, cubed meat/cheese, and a tasty wine or vinegar dressing work well. Variety and that tasted great. Add in tomatoes sometimes and boiled eggs.
Eggplant, baked, then pureed makes for a great side dish with potatoes or you can use it as a base with onions when preparing meat dishes.
Watercress/parsley, green onions and clams can make for a good creamed soup. Kinda like a chowder but tastier.
Squash, baked, with honey and a little butter is a great sweet dish.
What else do I like. Veggie medleys. Like salads but cooked. Cauliflower, carrots, ginger root, broccoli, string beans and a few whole brussels sprouts, sauteed with a little celery. But, to add flavor, take bread crumbs and parmesean and top with those along with a tomato sauce.
Another variation is to brown celery/onions, then add in sliced mushrooms, puree that, combine with sour creamto make a cream base and use as a meat topping. Similar to the eggplant idea.
Stir frys are easy, and even taste well without a good wok.
There's gumbo so you can make it and use okra and more varied veggies. Pilafs, thick stews (like a lamb stew with rosemary, baby corn, baby carrots, sweet peas, and string beans. that can be some 55 % veggie content, not counting potatoes)
How can one have favorite veggies? Some go better with particular foods, and they all taste differently. mmm veggies.
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