In honor of St. Patrick's Day - What are your favorite green foods? Forum Topic

Mar 17, 2010 8:37am KateBrown 344 posts Staff	I thought it would be fun to share our favorite green foods. We all know that we need to eat our greens everyday – what are your go to green foods? I like: Green tea – I sip on three cups a day Kale – I saute it with a little olive oil, garlic and salt (amazingly delicious) Spinach – A giant spinach salad with goat cheese, strawberries, and walnuts hits the spot during the summer months. Broccoli – When I am craving something crunchy, broccoli always does the trick. Edamame – I could scarf a giant bowl of steamed edamame and I always get it for an app when I go out for sushi. What about you?

Mar 17, 2010 8:55am JEB1974 40 posts	1. Celery, love it. 2. Broccoli – Also my 3yr olds favorite so we eat plenty 3. Mange tout – either raw in salad or steamed 4. Savoy cabbage – steamed with a bit of nutmeg 5. Green fruit pastilles – probably shouldn’t admit that on here ;)

Mar 17, 2010 8:56am KateBrown 344 posts Staff	Wow – Savoy cabbage with nutmeg sounds so good – maybe I’ll put that on my menu for tonight.

Mar 17, 2010 9:14am cccc 266 posts	I like most green stuff… rape blossoms (soon the season) romanesco cabbage basil pesto fava beans, especially the Spring mini-favas eaten raw Catalan leeks (grilled, it’s the end of season) avocado sorrel wasabi (but not what passes as wasabi and gets out of tubes, I mean the plant) kiwi (I don’t like them to be yellow) green papaya (idem, keep the yellow ones, the green in Thai salad, yum yum…) kabosu lemon and lime rhubarb reine-claud plums matcha anything… (cakes, ice creams…) pistacchio anything… pandanus anything … pumpkin seeds, to avoid binging on the 3 former. I like the edamame tofu too.

Mar 17, 2010 9:49am berlinoise 137 posts	What a great topic (I’m Irish, so this isn’t entirely objective ;-) I love broccoli, green beans, green asparagus, leeks, fava beans, brussels sprouts, spinach, cabbage, zucchini, kiwis……and I’m pretty sure I’m leaving out loads of things I normally eat. Now I’m hungry!

Mar 17, 2010 10:52am AngryGeologist 27 posts	I’ve been on a kale kick, lately- that’s probably mostly because of the recent greens recipes in the New York Times. I add it to bulgur just as it’s done cooking, and just let it wilt. Fresh spinach, with olive oil and red pepper flakes- that’s good just by itself, or added to Mexican food. I’ve always liked broccoli. Edamame I can eat like potato chips. Oh, and peas! I love peas- steamed with a little bit of butter or lemon pepper, or fresh, right out of the pods and raw.

Mar 17, 2010 11:14am apulliam 14 posts	hmmmm… arugula baby spinach brussel sprouts (roasted) pistachios basil pesto green curry honey dew avocado kiwi asparagus mint chocolate chip ice cream – :) zucchini edamame ….ah! there are soooo many. i’m starving now.

Mar 17, 2010 2:13pm IrishEyes 131 posts	It might sound strange, but as JEB1974 mentioned with the savoy cabbage, a pinch of nutmeg is great with most dark greens including my favorite, spinach. I also like it added to Irish Colcannon – kale mashed with potato, a bit of milk, butter (Smart Balance, actually), and leek or onion. I may be mostly Irish, but I’ve never met a cabbage I liked. There are several things on the lists I’ve never tried, I’ll have to find some of them. (Love the mint choc. chip ice cream entry!!)

Mar 17, 2010 5:52pm KateBrown 344 posts Staff	Because of this conversation, I went to the grocery store to get supplies for my fav. spinach salad, lol! Here it is: http://twitgoo.com/kuj3n

Mar 17, 2010 6:57pm TheAng 773 posts ...	I love spinach most of all but also green peppers, romaine lettuce, green apples, edamame and broccoli. Also – spinach, spinach, spinach and.. spinach. :)

Mar 17, 2010 7:55pm kathboo2010 36 posts	I’m not a huge green food person, but really like brocollini and brocolli. Edamame – always have this when I go out for Japanese food. Rocket, baby spinach leaves and lettuce are staples in my salad… but can’t exactly say they are up there with my favourite foods!

Mar 18, 2010 9:23am thor79 115 posts	Little late…but this was all I could think of: Green Grapes Granny Smith’s Apples

Mar 20, 2010 11:31pm TheAng 773 posts ...	I can’t believe that I forgot me new favorite fruit – d’anjou pears! Those little guys are green and awesome!