What's your favorite less-ordinary vegetable, and how do you like to cook it?

[yeddie]

Steamed xuxu with butter is delicious. Oddly enough you can do something similar with seedless cucumber. Cooking veggies like cucumber and radish might sound weird, but the results can be delightful.

Some other favorites: Leeks, rutabagas, fennel and celeriac.

 

[bjw76]

Honey roast parsnips are a good change up from carrots and potatoes

 

[Mr. Blonde]

Spinach. I make it Korean style. Blanched in boiling water for about 4-5 mins. Drain and then mix with sesame oil and salt...it's delicious

 

[deluge]

Speaking of Korean, anyone like Kimchi? Dunno if it qualifies, as it's already prepared. The Asian market I shop at makes it fresh (is that an oxymoron?) and it's so good, very spicy too.

 

[Mr. Blonde]

Kimchi is great. I make it myself. I'll attach a video. It's actually simple and so good when you do it yourself

 

[Mr. Blonde]

View: https://youtu.be/6pm9A0EQmi8?si=FTkhwzt57r1gi67H

The exemptions i do are: salt instead of little shrimp and use a couple tablespoons of apricot jam (or peach) instead of the liquid sweetener.

Enjoy.

 

[ppwDE]

Squash. Technically a fruit, but culinarily a vegetable. I love to make my potato portion much bigger with it by adding 300-400 grams of Squash.

 

[piccolo101]

Pumpkin, specifically the ones popular in South Korea. When I used to live there, I would eat it all the time in the Fall. You can roast or steam, and make it into this delicious porridge/soup called hobajuk (호박죽). Plus you can roast the seeds for a delicious snack!

 

[Telecasted]

Chayote and baby bok choy. I also love thai chili peppers, which are hot little sob's but lots of flavor and a great way to heat up a recipe.

 

[miameow]

Brussels sprouts! Love these roasted in the oven with carrots, parsnips, and carrots. A Sunday roast classic.

 

[CathyGoesFar]

Kohlrabi

It's delicious but definitely a harder one to get a good one at the store. It's a cool weather crop and they get woody when too large or if it's too hot. Slice and dip. It has sort of a mild cabbage taste.

Broccoli stalks

Peel, slice, and roast. Don't use very thick ones. They also have a woody core.

 

[FarmgirlRebel]

Sauteed Asparagus w/hollandaise sauce....num.. or sauteed Asparagus w/garlic cloves and parmesean ...all sauteed zucchini, onions w/greek seasoning and parm

 

[randompersonrandom]

Kohlrabi

It's delicious but definitely a harder one to get a good one at the store. It's a cool weather crop and they get woody when too large or if it's too hot. Slice and dip. It has sort of a mild cabbage taste.

Broccoli stalks

Peel, slice, and roast. Don't use very thick ones. They also have a woody core.

so funny--I JUST came back here to post kohlrabi, which I'm eating for the first time as we speak, and see you beat me to it! I roasted it. It's like roasted turnips, but sweeter.

 

[Loscar]

I like making a quick ratatouille . Sliced onions, eggplant, red bell peppers, tomatoes. Hard sautee them first with a little salt and pepper. Remove them from the pan, sweat some garlic, add some tomato paste, veggies, put it the oven for 30 minutes and presto!

 

[amosmylove]

Not sure if these are considered common or uncommon, but I've been on a Brussels sprouts bender and my whole life before the last 6 months I'd never cared for them. Had them maybe 2 times a year at family gatherings. Now it's 3x a week.

Butter, olive oil, salt, pepper and minced garlic in a cast iron skillet. Don't overcook- otherwise, eww.

I also like asparagus and fresh green beans, cooked basically the exact same way.

I've got at least 6 different varieties of 'green' beans in my garden... only a couple more weeks till they'll be on the table every night.

We try to only buy organic produce so growing our own saves my family of 7 a TON of money.

 

[HereKittyKitty]

Speaking of Korean, anyone like Kimchi? Dunno if it qualifies, as it's already prepared. The Asian market I shop at makes it fresh (is that an oxymoron?) and it's so good, very spicy too.

Kimchi is a favorite of mine. My local Korean grocery makes it too. It keeps all the bad juju away. I love a good kimchi set too.

Spicy braised tofu? Not veggie but amazingly good. I was thinking of making spicy shredded chicken using the same recipe.

@Mr. Blonde Thanks for the recipe.

 

[FarmgirlRebel]

Kimchi is a favorite of mine. My local Korean grocery makes it too. It keeps all the bad juju away. I love a good kimchi set too.

Spicy braised tofu? Not veggie but amazingly good. I was thinking of making spicy shredded chicken using the same recipe.

@Mr. Blonde Thanks for the recipe.

Here is something to try, kimchi on brats instead of kraut...it's really good.