Kale is great, especially as it is available fresh well into winter here. It is not uncommon to brush the snow off of it when harvesting. Oddly, I find kale (like carrots and brussel sprouts), really to be at its best after the first frost. I like mine lightly fried in a pan with garlic.

I love Kale, but my favorite now is Collard Greens (w/ or w/out pork ;)

Roasted veggies from the oven.

I like to steam broccoli until it's still crunchy, then heat up some olive oil with garlic and hot pepper flakes. Pour it over the broccoli.

Try Some of the recipe's in Mark Bitman's Book How to Cook Everything or James Peterson's Vegetables. Both have some really great and really tasty vegetables, as well how to pick tasty ones at the store/farmers market, etc. I cook for a living and those are some of my most used books for vegetable ideas.

Paul

Have you ever tried Edamame? That Japanese for soybeans. Most supermarkets, Trader Joes, Natural markets now sell them FROZEN in pod. Just boil them up, drain and then sprinkle w/ salt. Then you eat them... they are a hot veggie... Place pod in mouth and pull out beans w/ teeth. Thow out pod.

Use this as a Replacement for a giant bowl of popcorn or chips- they are fun, delicious, Protien.. I haven't met one person who hasnt like them! And also, it makes you look pretty cool when you get to introduce them to someone else... lol

see here if confused :) http://members.tripod.com/aerogreen/edamame.htm

Soybeans are actually not that good for you...they inhibit absorption of other vitamins and they have thyroid inhibitors which can mess up your endocrine system(maybe that's why Japanese are usually short?) I dunno just a guess...but yea dont feed them to kids esp. most of the reason soybeans are so popular is because the industry had to find a way to increase its profits so they villified saturated fat and animal meat(the grain fed stuff isnt that good for you anyway tho) and told ppl veggie oil and margarine was the way to go. If you knew how vegetable oil and margarine were made you prolly wouldnt eat it...but hey...it definitely helps out the cotton, rapeseed, and soybean industries.

Try eating more asian food. Thai, Indian, Chinese, Japanese or even head more towards middle eastern dishes. Avoid the American friendly beef dishes or Americanized shops and look for places to eat at with lots of the ethnicity whos food it is eating there. ORder noodle dishes with tofu and veggies or a curry dish with tofu and veggies and rice. Even a Kebob dish at an armenian joint with come with sides of healthy grains and veggies. Get out there and explore and dont be afriad.

really. The world is full of spices. Check them out. Not all veggies come out of a can and packed in water. Plenty of veggie recipies about. Often I would readily trade in a meat entree for a vegee entree should that veggie caserole have spices such as ginger, curry, cumin, nutmeg, cloves, or paprika. the possibilities are endless. I'd say spices mesh with veggie dishes more readilythan meat dishes even.

I always use allot of fat when I cook mine, fat + veggies = good