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Favourite vegetable

230 replies

Justagirlwholovesaboy · 04/03/2019 02:34

If you could only ever have one which would it be? I’m going for baby carrots. Disclaimer I’m not vegan or vegetarian, I just love veg

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MitziK · 04/03/2019 17:48

Potatoes, without a doubt.

Second place would be parsnips.

Mmmhmmokdear · 04/03/2019 17:49

Aubergine

WoollyMummoth · 04/03/2019 17:53

I know many of you think celery is the vegetable of the devil but it is my absolute favourite!
Closely followed by sweet corn.

mydogisthebest · 04/03/2019 18:22

Oh how did I forget beetroot? Not sure if beetroot or spinach is my favourite

Lovingbenidorm · 04/03/2019 21:13

I really like sweet corn but I can’t help wondering what good it’s doing us when it can go through our entire GI tract and immerse looking the same as when it went in 🤔
It’s clearly indestructible
In the event of a nuclear war they say that sweet corn will rule the earth..........
Or is that cockroaches........
Or is it cockroaches wearing sweet corn suits....hmmmmm🧐

Lovingbenidorm · 04/03/2019 21:14

mydog doesn’t spinach make your teeth feel funny?

DaveCoachesgavemetheclap · 04/03/2019 21:18

Potatoes, closely followed by peas (or cauliflower)

DianaPrincessOfThemyscira · 04/03/2019 21:21

Broccoli, or potatoes and parsnips if they’re allowed.

SuziQ10 · 04/03/2019 21:28

Green beans (with butter on top)

PrismGuile · 04/03/2019 21:31

I agree with cabbage because I'm not classing any tubers as veg.

Or maybe peas...

Why would you need cabbage for breakfast? Have tomatoes... a fruit 😂

Lovingbenidorm · 04/03/2019 21:33

Peas are brilliant, they go with EVERYTHING!

BeanTownNancy · 04/03/2019 21:34

As a diabetic, potato is a carb, not a veg (that's my excuse so I don't have to choose between potatoes and my one true love...)

#teamCABBAGE
Sautéed with butter and black pepper.

I also put spinach in a lot of food because it's an easy and tasteless source of goodness - I buy chopped frozen spinach and toss handfuls in everything. 2yo's macaroni cheese, done. So I probably eat more spinach, but I don't enjoy it.

cricketmum84 · 04/03/2019 21:34

Cauliflower for me! You can literally do anything with it! Rice, steaks, caulk cheese, boiled cauli, pizza base, wraps....

JoinTheDots · 04/03/2019 21:38

Celeriac
(I am not counting potatoes though, they would win hands down if I allowed them into the competition)

Absofuckinglutely · 04/03/2019 21:46

I'm amazed at the popularity of cabbage on this thread. I rarely buy it, but it's now on my shopping list. Do you just steam it?

I'm between broccoli and cauliflower. I could seriously live on them both and not sure I can choose between them. They are probably in my top 5 favourite foods, which shouldn't unbearably virtuous but I seriously love them and usually smother them in cheese

Absofuckinglutely · 04/03/2019 21:47

*sounds, not shouldn't!

SauvingnonBlanketyBlanc · 04/03/2019 21:56

Potatoes obviously then sprouts

SmiledWithTheRisingSun · 04/03/2019 22:00

I LOVE peas!

And cauliflower. And cabbage. And aubergines. And celery. And potatoes. And avocados (yeah yeah I know it's a fruit). And broccoli. And all legumes. And asparagus. And Jerusalem fartichoke. And peppers. And courgettes. And sweet potatoes. And spring onions.

I could go on.

Lovingbenidorm · 04/03/2019 22:05

Glad to see so many going #teamcabbage 😁
I think it’s acceptable to include sprouts (the bonsai cabbage), spring greens, red cabbage, white cabbage, savoy and pointed
Go the humble 🥬 !

kingfisherblue33 · 04/03/2019 22:09

Baked tomatoes
Red cabbage
Brussels sprouts

Love em so much I had to choose three!

theonetowalkinthesun · 04/03/2019 22:10

Peas!!!

Lovingbenidorm · 04/03/2019 22:12

Smiled you’ve got to choose one!

AdaColeman · 04/03/2019 22:18

Asparagus gets my vote, because you can eat it hot or cold, as a side dish or on its own, for instance with mayonnaise or vinaigrette.

Does anyone still salt aubergine? I thought that had gone out years ago.

Chocfritter · 04/03/2019 22:18

Stir fried curly Kale.. Just mmmmm...

Lovingbenidorm · 04/03/2019 22:23

Ada I thought you had to salt it but a couple of posters put me right, no need anymore