What Is Your Favorite Vegetable?

So what is everyone's favorite vegetable and how to do prepare/cook it? 

hmmm... i cant choose. it's either between broccoli or okra.

 

i just always heat them up in the microwave! yummm

Onions, ANY way! lol

or asparagus, grilled, with butter or olive oil and garlic.

Asparagus is my favorite food, not just my favorite vegetable.  Typically I just steam it and eat it plain, or roast it in the oven with just a little bit of brushed on olive oil.  Grilled is good too.

I actually really like asparagus. I have to get the thinnest "stalks" I can find...they are much more tender. (from my experience) I cut them in 3rds...and throw out the bottom...they seem to stringy to me. I put them in a pan with water and some salt and boil till they are tender, but not limp...about 10 minutes. MMMMMMmmm!

Tomatoes!! Without a doubt my favorite - they're so yummy.  I like them raw on salads or stewed in marinara sauces and I'm just starting to get used to the taste of V8 so that's another way they're so great. 

ooo onions!

& GARLIC!!!

 

*drools*

Toss up between broccoli & Brussels sprouts. They're at their best steamed for 3.5 minutes, and then sauteed with 1 tsp canola oil, 1/2 tsp garam masala, with 1 tbsp fresh parmesan cheese added at the end. They get all caramelizes & cheesy & masala-y! It's heaven on a plate!

squash (all kinds)  I love it. Love peppers, all colors.

MUSHROOMS!!! HOLY CRAP! When i have them at home i boil them in water and brown rice vinigar, and if i'm feeling a little bit impish i'll put a dash of oil in for even more deliciousness. my favourite are the ones at wild oat's salad bar... they are better than intercource. mmmm.. safeway's are ok... they're fun to eat! but they're way too flavorful and you can really taste it.

i've also had a dipping carrots and cukes in bbq sauce fetish lately. haha... i'm such a shut in

I have to agree with Torli, brussel sprouts and broccoli.  I have one or the other every day.  Steamed, and a tsp. of brummel and brown spread.

Lately it's been spinach. raw.
I also am obsessed with broccoli. yummmm. I steam it & it's amazing.

broccoli has always been my favorite. and i know its technically not a vegetable, but a "starch" but potatoes. i have one every night, and i know they're calorie packed compared to the veggies, but they are like a drug to me. i love spinach too :)

so yeah, i definitely cant choose either.

Oh my God, there are soooo many.  Vegetables may seem boring, but when you get into the many ways to prepare them, they take on a whole new life.

I love oven-roasted broccoli, zucchini, brussels sprouts, carrots, cauliflower, and mushrooms, sprinkled with garlic powder and a little olive oil.  I love mushrooms dipped in hummus.  I even love to chop up the previously mentioned vegetables and mix them in with garlicky, savory oatmeal. 

Fried green tomatoes rock my socks (even though they aren't "healthy...")

I also love turnips mashed with a little skim milk and butter, with a tiny bit of Splenda and black pepper sprinkled in.  This is a lot like mashed potatoes to me but with literally 1/4 of the calories and hardly any fat.

But my favorite vegetable dish of all time would have to be a baked sweet potato with brown sugar and a little butter.  I eat them skin and all.  OMG.  Nature's candy.

That's all I can think of for now.  But vegetables are amazing, so versatile and good for you.

Edit: I also remembered that broccoli is great in pasta sauce.  I love how the trees soak up the marinara and give the sauce such good texture.  I make a great vegetarian marinara sauce with broccoli florets mixed in instead of meat.  Delicious!

I love all veggies (except mushrooms, yecch) so it's hard to choose...here's my top 5

1. Heirloom tomatoes in season (drool)

2. Artichokes

3. Broccoli

4. Asparagus

5. Beets!

as for the starchy ones, I love sweet potatoes, sweet summer corn, fresh sugar snap peas...oh man I'm aching for summer to come!

mmmm steamed broccoli, ussually with braggs liquid seasoning or becel and herbamare. YUM

Oh, I forgot about fresh tomatoes.  My mom grew the most delicious fresh tomatoes in her garden last summer, and just showered me with them.  I loved to make juicy tomato and hummus or tomato and mayo sandwiches.  They are also so good as the base of a homemade pasta sauce, or on a homemade pizza.

mushrooms, brocolli, cauliflower & tomatoes

Too hard to choose, I love all veggies.  I steam, saute, or bake.  I never boil or nuke, as it tends to leave them soggy and tasteless.  I love to have left over steamed veggies with cottage cheese for breakfast or lunch.  Add some salsa for a yummy punch!

Don't knock it tell you try it! 

Sugar snap peas!  When they're fresh off the vine, still a little warm from the sunshine.... heaven on earth!

grilled broccoli, without a doubt.