What are your "go-to" green vegetables?

[Anonymous]

We are a small family and prefer packaged greens when available to prevent waste. Our favorite is Sweet Kale Chopped Kit that includes red and white cabbages.

We also like raw:
mini cucumbers
green beans
Sugar Snap Peas (warning sometime is bitter)
Snow Peas
Edamame (shelled, unsalted)
Cauliflower
Bell peppers in all colors
grape tomatoes

Steamed Kabocha squash

Sautéed Enoki and King Oyster Mushrooms

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zucchini. I sauté them, roast them, and make casseroles with them.

That’s a gourd- a fruit.

We are using culinary terms here, not botanical ones.

[Anonymous]

Romanesco when available at farmers market (I think Sept/Oct)
Broccolini
Swiss chard
tuscan kale salad
Homemade kale chips
Kalettes when I can find at farmers market (hybrid of brussel sprouts and kale)
Green beans
Brussel sprouts
Cabbage
Asparagus
Spinach
Broccoli

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zucchini. I sauté them, roast them, and make casseroles with them.

That’s a gourd- a fruit.

We are using culinary terms here, not botanical ones.

+100

To insufferably pedantic PP taking issue with the classification of zucchini, please go away and let the rest of us discuss veggie/“fruit” options!

[Anonymous]

Kids like broccoli and nothing else.
I like spinach - frozen is easier and I can work it in to any recipe.
DH likes all sorts of salad stuff and green beans, which the rest of us are not fans of.

So we rotate between those.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zucchini. I sauté them, roast them, and make casseroles with them.

That’s a gourd- a fruit.

Yeah, yeah, I know.

OP can go ahead and ban them from her house.

You know some people are told by their physicians to include more green vegetables in their diet so adding a zucchini would not help that from a health perspective. No need to be rolling your eyes when you’re the one suggesting a fruit when someone’s asking for a green veg.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zucchini. I sauté them, roast them, and make casseroles with them.

That’s a gourd- a fruit.

We are using culinary terms here, not botanical ones.

+100

To insufferably pedantic PP taking issue with the classification of zucchini, please go away and let the rest of us discuss veggie/“fruit” options!

OP specifically asked for a green vegetable. There’s probably a reason for that. They didn’t ask about all vegetables, including those that people commonly miscategorize as vegetables. I’m waiting for someone to suggest a watermelon because it’s green on the outside. What a dumb dumb one would look like if you go to your doctor and tell them what a healthy, green vegetable theyre adding to their diet with zucchini LOL.

[Anonymous]

My favorite green vegetable is also zucchini

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zucchini. I sauté them, roast them, and make casseroles with them.

That’s a gourd- a fruit.

Yeah, yeah, I know.

OP can go ahead and ban them from her house.

You know some people are told by their physicians to include more green vegetables in their diet so adding a zucchini would not help that from a health perspective. No need to be rolling your eyes when you’re the one suggesting a fruit when someone’s asking for a green veg.

Because OP said she was under doctor’s orders to include more green vegetables in her diet.

Oh, wait…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zucchini. I sauté them, roast them, and make casseroles with them.

That’s a gourd- a fruit.

We are using culinary terms here, not botanical ones.

+100

To insufferably pedantic PP taking issue with the classification of zucchini, please go away and let the rest of us discuss veggie/“fruit” options!

OP specifically asked for a green vegetable. There’s probably a reason for that. They didn’t ask about all vegetables, including those that people commonly miscategorize as vegetables. I’m waiting for someone to suggest a watermelon because it’s green on the outside. What a dumb dumb one would look like if you go to your doctor and tell them what a healthy, green vegetable theyre adding to their diet with zucchini LOL.

I’d bet a million dollars that any doctor recommending green vegetables is ALSO referring to culinary vegetables…

[Anonymous]

Thanks for this great thread- arguments aside.

Roasted, steamed, added to soups or stir fried

Broccoli
Green beans
Snap peas
Peppers
Peas
Salad - Spinach, Kale etc
Cabbage
Bok choy
Brussel sprouts
Asparagus

[Anonymous]

I love a big summer veggie bowl of zucchini, tomatoes, and cucumbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zucchini. I sauté them, roast them, and make casseroles with them.

That’s a gourd- a fruit.

Yeah, yeah, I know.

OP can go ahead and ban them from her house.

You know some people are told by their physicians to include more green vegetables in their diet so adding a zucchini would not help that from a health perspective. No need to be rolling your eyes when you’re the one suggesting a fruit when someone’s asking for a green veg.

Are you arguing that zucchini isn't healthy or beneficial to add to the diet?

Eating a variety of plants is an important part of a healthy diet. Zucchini fits in well with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zucchini. I sauté them, roast them, and make casseroles with them.

That’s a gourd- a fruit.

We are using culinary terms here, not botanical ones.

+100

To insufferably pedantic PP taking issue with the classification of zucchini, please go away and let the rest of us discuss veggie/“fruit” options!

OP specifically asked for a green vegetable. There’s probably a reason for that. They didn’t ask about all vegetables, including those that people commonly miscategorize as vegetables. I’m waiting for someone to suggest a watermelon because it’s green on the outside. What a dumb dumb one would look like if you go to your doctor and tell them what a healthy, green vegetable theyre adding to their diet with zucchini LOL.

I’ve never heard anyone over the age of 12 use this phrase, and not since the ‘80s.

We always have spinach, kale, broccoli, cabbage, and green onions on hand. I grow zucchini and cucumber every summer and love those as well.

Grated zucchini is great mixed with any ground or finely chopped protein on your choice, your favorite spices (we like harissa and sumac), bound with an egg, formed into Pattie’s, and grilled, broiled, or pan-seared.

[Anonymous]

We usually have these vegetables with our meals.

Bok choy
Shanghai choy
Yu choy
Chinese broccoli
Chinese long bean
Persian cucumbers
Chinese eggplant
Cabbage