I’ve never been a big vegetables person (I’m a young adult) but so far have expanded my pallet quite a bit (beyond just veggies) to stuff like mushrooms, peas(sometimes, in fried rice), lettuce, peppers, tomatoes (used to hate), spinach, eggs (hated scrambled eggs, now make it sunny side up), carrots (still not my favorite), and now celery. I’ve been eating celery for two weeks now and I feel so much better mentally. I used to have some issues with my bowels not moving at all, but that has cleared up. I’ve always had trouble finding a vegetable to eat daily, since I lose appetite in them and they just sit in my fridge. Lettuce used to be my go-to, but I realized I simply hated the taste and texture of it after it sat in the fridge for a day. It usually got damp and soggy over time depending on the leafiness and I never liked the taste. Meanwhile, celery doesn’t really have those issues of becoming damp and tastes sweet/good without anything added to it. Though, I always add PB to make it taste better. Has to be thoroughly washed since it is one of the “dirty” vegetables, though.

Well, anyways, that’s my dull men’s post.

  • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
    4·
    4 days ago

    Do you like the celery roots or the stalks?
    I am very fond of the cooked roots in white roux.
    Never have been especially fond of the stalks, but I know that many people love to eat them e.g. as kind of snack-sticks with different dips.

    • hodgepodgin@lemmy.zipOP
      6·
      4 days ago

      The stalks, I will cut them into finger length segments and glue them together using PB. I eat them as a snack when I get a second at work.

  • CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    Good for you. Celery is not my favourite but that’s probably because I grew up eat ants on a log a little to often.

  • Sharkticon@lemmy.zip
    2·
    3 days ago

    To this day I still do the peanut butter in the celery with little raisins on top. Ants on a log I think we called it. Great snack. Also good on lunches.

  • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    3 days ago

    Tastebuds do change as you age, so you will probably find a lot of things you didn’t like starting to taste better. Also being able to prepare things the way you like them is huge.

  • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
    2·
    4 days ago

    Tomatoes, fresh from the garden, with a bit of balsamic vinegar, is what convinced my husband uncooked tomatoes are delicious!

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    4 days ago

    Try baby carrots with roasted cashews. You don’t need to cook them, just eat them together. They were made for each other. If you like to cook, though, carrot cashew soup is delicious.

    I used to eat baby carrots dipped in this stuff, but I needed to cut down on the salt, so I stopped:

    Peanut butter on celery is a classic snack.

    I’ve never cared much for celery, it has very little nutritional value. But, the seeds are supposed to help with high uric acid, so I started eating it. It’s okay cooked, and I even started liking it. But, I decided it was taking up space that I could use for something more nutritious, so dropped celery in favor of brussel sprouts. Now, I just use ground celery seed as a spice.

  • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    1·
    3 days ago

    I put the stem of thr lettuce in a small bowl of water and cover the lettuce in a loose plastic bag, it keepy my lettuce fresh and crispy for weeks… I do the same trick with my celery, leeks, green onions, and other such vegetables that would otherwise wither and wilt in the fridge.