Teach me to like Broccoli, Kale, Cauliflower, Brussel Sprouts, etc (1 Viewer)

[matuski]

I want to add more variety to my vegetables, to make it easier or more likely for me to eat more of them.

Aside from lettuce, carrots, and asparagus... I still have a 4 year old's attitude with them.

How do you prepare these other veggie's?

I eat a lot of fruit, but I am inconsistent on the greens.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Melted cheese for broccoli, cauliflower and brussel sprouts. For kale, just mixed some in with other greens for a salad.

 

[HellToupee]

Roasted broccoli is the only was I'll eat it. Carrots as well

 

[Galileo]

Broccoli - you won't be excited by this, but I prefer to just steam it. I put nothing on it, but I try to leave a little of the firmness. Do not overcook it and turn it to mush.

Kale - I don't like it. Best I have had was dehydrated kale chips that were heavily seasoned to taste like "pizza" (store bought)

Cauliflower - 1. drizzle with olive oil and season with chili powder, cumin, garlic powder and salt. Bake in the oven until they dry out and start to get a little crispy on the edges. 2. Steam it and then mash it like potatoes. I do it in the food processor for a smooth consistency. Flavor like you would mashed potatoes...I like to add butter, milk, salt, pepper, sometimes some sour cream

Brussel Sprouts - 1. cut into halves, drizzle with olive oil, season with salt and pepper and roast in the oven. 2 cut in halves, saute in olive oil or butter with minced garlic, salt/pepper to taste

 

[McGarnicle]

Yeah I can't stand any of that crap either. Broccoli I can at least tolerate.

Try arugula.

 

[DropKick]

Kale can be fried (heated) with olive oil and garlic and is quite good.

As others mention, cheese will dress up broccoli, cauliflower, etc.

I also like them raw.

The surprising thing is that if you eliminate crap from your diet - sugars and garbage carbs, these other foods just seem that more more tasty.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Brussel Sprouts - steam them, but need to let them keep some texture. Then sauté them in bacon fat with garlic and pepper. Finish off with some lemon juice

Broccoli - just steam it. Again, leave some snap to it. Salt and pepper when done

 

[facook]

Roast any of those veggies with coconut oil and a little salt and they are money.

Stir fry kale with bacon. aleo:

 

[joffer]

steamed broccoli good

 

[GOB]

Whatever you decide to do with your veggies, post the results to Facebook.

 

[Fennis]

Roasted Garlic Cauliflower

 

[the moops]

Don't put cheese on any of that ####. I mean, I love cheese as much as anyone, if not more, buy cheese has no place on delicious veggies like broccoli and cauliflower.

Kale salad is the way to go. Use it as a substitute for whatever green you normally use. Or make Kale chips.

Roasted cauliflower with some curry powder and use some yogurt based sauce. Delicious.

Brocolli is best just slightly steamed so it is bright green but still crunchy. Toss it in your favorite stir fry if you don't like it as is, or with butter.

 

[Willie Neslon]

Buy one of these.

Today i enjoyed a bunch of baby carrots, broccoli and spinach as well as an apple. The fiber is liquified. The machine pulverizes the vegetables into a smooth consistency. It was dark green in color and delicious. Tomorrow I'm having kale, carrots, avocado, the avocado pit, apple and banana. It sounds like a chainsaw chopping down a tree inside our kitchen but it has been worth every penny.

 

[chauncey]

Some tasty recipes in this thread. I always go with the Wiilie method, throw all that healthy #### in the bullet and drink it down. Which reminds me, I bought two grocery bags full of fruits and vegetables on Sunday and they haven't been touched.

 

[msommer]

One of these days I'm going to make roast teriyaki broccoli.

For salads arugula and fresh spinach leaves (without stems) work very well

Other than that I use the Willie method for getting veggies in the kids, mostly in sauces

Blending peeled tomato, carrot, onion, garlic and celery makes a nice base for a pasta sauce

 

[jamny]

Not a fan of any of those. I can tolerate kale.

Plenty of other vegetables.

 

[Fariq]

I like broccoli, kale and brussel sprouts but hate cauliflower.

 

[MattFancy]

Kale chips are the way to go. My wife sprinkles some garlic and olive oil on them and bakes them in the over for like 10 minutes. Kinda tastes like popcorn.

 

[NutterButter]

Butter is your friend

 

[pollardsvision]

Roasted cauliflower is awesome.

For broccoli, I prefer to give it a very quick saute over high heat (2-3 min. tops), then put a little liquid in the skillet and cover another 2-3 min.

Light seasoning during this and its phenomenal. Perfect, quick side.

I think so many kids hate veggies because they've only had them ruined from overcooking and/or boiling.

 

[MattFancy]

My wife uses recipes from skinnytaste.com

They have alot of good veggie ideas. We had Cauliflower mash with cheese the other night. Kinda tasted like cheesy mashed potatoes.

 

[jamny]

I think so many kids hate veggies because they've only had them ruined from overcooking and/or boiling.

Tell me about it. When I was a kid, I had to eat what my mom made. No substitutes. My mom would make liver and I wasn't even allowed to put ketchup on it. WTF! What kind of child torture was that. My father didn't like asparagus so of course we never had to have asparagus but sure, broccoli and cauliflower were ok. :X Plain and boiled. I found out years later that I love asparagus!

Our Christmas meal was always Grunkohl (Kale) with sausage. German tradition, I guess. The running joke in the family was my father lighting a candle and putting a little notch in it to see if I could finish my dinner before the candle went down to the notch. Very funny!

Mom also didn't know how to cook cabbage. I loved it once I had my Polish MiL's stuffed cabbage. Delicious!

 

[jfranco77]

Yeah the cauliflower mashed potatoes are money. Otherwise I can't eat it.

Love spinach though. I could eat that #### all day. Just add a little feta, some cranberries and a little balsamic and olive oil and eat it like a salad.

 

[Apple Jack]

Putting cheese on it is bad idea. Cheese constipates, countering much of the point of making yourself of veggies.

Sprouts cut in half and baked with a little oil, sea salt and pepper are freaking awesome. Slightly steam broccoli and cauliflower with a little sea salt. Also like cauliflower raw.

 

[eoMMan]

Did you not eat them growing up? Your parents didn't feed you veggies?

 

[parasaurolophus]

I cut the brussels sprouts in half and cook them in a skillet with balsamic vinegar.

Kale my wife tosses in a big bowl with some olive oil and garlic salt. Then we put it on baking sheets and put in oven until it has a bit of crispness to the edges.

 

[tonydead]

Raw. But if you must cook; bacon and onions.

 

[NutterButter]

Raw broccoli with an onion dip is very good

 

[Bogeys]

Brussel Sprouts - steam them, but need to let them keep some texture. Then sauté them in bacon fat with garlic and pepper. Finish off with some lemon juice

Broccoli - just steam it. Again, leave some snap to it. Salt and pepper when done

I also steam the Brussel Sprouts, but instead of bacon fat I saute them with olive oil, salt and pepper. I am sure the bacon fat tastes better though.

 

[Wrigley]

Mix kale with some dirt for even more dirt flavor

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Buy one of these.

Today i enjoyed a bunch of baby carrots, broccoli and spinach as well as an apple. The fiber is liquified. The machine pulverizes the vegetables into a smooth consistency. It was dark green in color and delicious. Tomorrow I'm having kale, carrots, avocado, the avocado pit, apple and banana. It sounds like a chainsaw chopping down a tree inside our kitchen but it has been worth every penny.

A $350 blender?

 

[NutterButter]

Buy one of these.

Today i enjoyed a bunch of baby carrots, broccoli and spinach as well as an apple. The fiber is liquified. The machine pulverizes the vegetables into a smooth consistency. It was dark green in color and delicious. Tomorrow I'm having kale, carrots, avocado, the avocado pit, apple and banana. It sounds like a chainsaw chopping down a tree inside our kitchen but it has been worth every penny.

A $350 blender?

will it blend?

 

[Ned]

Love spinach though. I could eat that #### all day. Just add a little feta, some cranberries and a little balsamic and olive oil and eat it like a salad.

Big spinach fan here too. Spinach is our lettuce.

Try eating broccoli raw. It's infinitely better tasting than cooked, IMO.

 

[jamny]

Love spinach. Creamed spinach is the best but just steamed is fine too.

 

[lod01]

I love Broccili

 

[glumpy]

Mom also didn't know how to cook cabbage. I loved it once I had my Polish MiL's stuffed cabbage. Delicious!

mmmmm forgot about that! my mom used to make it too--now I'm craving!

 

[jamny]

Mom also didn't know how to cook cabbage. I loved it once I had my Polish MiL's stuffed cabbage. Delicious!

mmmmm forgot about that! my mom used to make it too--now I'm craving!

Golumpki!

 

[TheWalkmen]

Cook your broccoli in some boiling water with kosher salt until al dente.

Sprinkle your sprouts with olive oil and then season with kosher salt and pepper. Include bacon and onion for some added flavor. The key is to parboil the sprouts before baking or grilling them (in a grill pan).

For your kale, buy the pre-washed bagged stuff and then chop it up finer with a chef's knife and make a salad with it. Mix your own dressing with some olive oil, some fig infused (or other infused) balsamic vinegar, lemon, salt and pepper.

If you do cauliflower, do it just as you do the broccoli.

 

[E-Z Glider]

We belong to a CSA, so I know a lot about cooking and eating veggies that you (and your kids) dont like. Ill go from worst to best.

Brussel Sprouts - You either like em, or you dont. I love them roasted or steamed with a little S&P (and maybe vinegar), but no matter how you cook them, they still taste like brussel sprouts.

Kale - Baked chips is the only answer. Its easy and its not bad tasting (note, I didnt say good). Kale is very bitter and the leaves are substantial (you cant really hide it). There's really no other good way to eat this without making is unhealthy (ie: adding butter/greasy meats/cheeses/etc).

Broccoli - Lightly steamed (dont overcook!). Salt, pepper, maybe a little lemon juice is good for me. My kids dip in a little ranch. If they can eat it and not complain, it should be palatable to anyone. Make a lot and the key is to eat it first while its still hot and you're still hungry. If you wait till its cold and the last thing on your plate and it will taste like ###.

Cauliflower - Roasted. This one takes time, but is worth it. I double the recipe and eat it all week. Cut 1 head of cauliflower and 1 medium onion into uniform pieces. Add 6-8 small whole cloves of garlic and 4 sprigs of Thyme. Toss is all in 3 Tablespoons of olive oil. Roast it in the oven at 425 for 40 minutes (I just lay a sheet of foil on the rack - easy cleanup). Remove veggies, toss with 1/3 Cup of Parmesan and roast for another 15 minutes. I usually add sun dried tomatoes and toss it with some 100% whole wheat pasta. Excellent, healthy meal.

Here's how I like a couple other of the super-foods...

Beets - I like to peel and slice them raw, stuff them in a mason jar and quick-pickle them. Boil 1C water + 1C vinegar + 2TBSP salt + 1TBSP Tabasco. Pour into jar and seal. Ready in 24 hours. Keep in fridge as snack.

Sweet Potatoes - Peel and slice into rounds. Toss in olive oil and bake at 400 for 40 minutes. Again, I just use foil on the rack. They will get brown and almost sticky on the outside. Oven temps will vary, so keep an eye on it. May take longer. These are great with any meal.

 

[Brony]

Well since you hate the taste of broccoli, I recommend that you steam it or eat it raw. That way when you eat it, it really brings out the nasty "broccoli" flavor that you will find absolutely vile. Bon appetit!

 

[shader]

I've always hated Brussel sprouts. My wife made a weird bacon and brussel sprouts mix the other day. It was great

 

[Nigel]

Buy one of these.

Today i enjoyed a bunch of baby carrots, broccoli and spinach as well as an apple. The fiber is liquified. The machine pulverizes the vegetables into a smooth consistency. It was dark green in color and delicious. Tomorrow I'm having kale, carrots, avocado, the avocado pit, apple and banana. It sounds like a chainsaw chopping down a tree inside our kitchen but it has been worth every penny.

A $350 blender?

Seems ridiculous, but until you have a high end blender it's impossible to appreciate how great they are. Wife bought a Vitamix and I thought she was nuts. Use it every day and it will last forever, worth every penny.

 

[Thunderlips]

Brussel Sprouts.....little brown sugar, garlic and butter....pan cook them. Excellent.

 

[Reegus]

Man up maybe?

 

[Exit 1]

You guys are kind of defeating the purpose of eating vegetables by piling on sugar, cheese, butter, etc.

 

[Willie Neslon]

Buy one of these.

Today i enjoyed a bunch of baby carrots, broccoli and spinach as well as an apple. The fiber is liquified. The machine pulverizes the vegetables into a smooth consistency. It was dark green in color and delicious. Tomorrow I'm having kale, carrots, avocado, the avocado pit, apple and banana. It sounds like a chainsaw chopping down a tree inside our kitchen but it has been worth every penny.

A $350 blender?

Yes. It turns everything you put in it into a perfectly smooth consistency. The design sucks the food down to the blade and crushes it rather than slicing it. No plunger needed like the Vitamix. Put watermelon in it rind and all. No need to peel the orange and waste those valuable nutrients. The best thing I ever bought. My daily vegetable intake went up about 800%.

 

[NutterButter]

Love spinach. Creamed spinach is the best but just steamed is fine too.

Ah yes, so delicious.

 

[NutterButter]

You guys are kind of defeating the purpose of eating vegetables by piling on sugar, cheese, butter, etc.

Does stuffed cabbage defeat the purpose. I love stuffed cabbage. In all seriousness, I'm not overweight so I put butter on the veggies b/c it makes them so delicious. If the mission is to eat more veggies, then put yummie stuff on them to make them taste better. You'll eat a lot of veggies that way.

 

[Jackstraw]

Kale is money in most broth based soups. Shred it fairly fine and add at the last minute.

 

[jamny]

You guys are kind of defeating the purpose of eating vegetables by piling on sugar, cheese, butter, etc.

Does stuffed cabbage defeat the purpose. I love stuffed cabbage. In all seriousness, I'm not overweight so I put butter on the veggies b/c it makes them so delicious. If the mission is to eat more veggies, then put yummie stuff on them to make them taste better. You'll eat a lot of veggies that way.

Exactly. The op asked what to do to make them taste better so he could eat more of them. A little salt or olive oil isn't going to do it if you don't like the taste.