Can vegetables be addictive??
According to the October issue of Vegnews magazine, frying is the only cooking method that can make a vegetable addictive.
The writer’s obviously never tried Cauliflower “Chicken” Nuggets.
My roommate has decided that recipe is her newest-favorite way to eat vegetables. On a recent trip to the grocery store, I found giant heads of cauliflower on sale for $1.99 each, so I turned them all into cauliflower “chicken” nuggets yesterday, and we couldn’t stop eating them!
Yes, veggies can definitely be addictive.
In a big, red bowl…
It’s like KFC, only better!
And now, for your viewing pleasure, photos of the other veggie lovers in my life:
As it turns out, Batman was very well-named. At night he likes to burrow under the covers and sleep at the bottom of the bed. Like a bat in a dark cave… I don’t know how he can breathe!
Question of the Day:
Are there any veggies you could eat all day long?
Roasted sweet potatoes? Raw carrot sticks? Or maybe you’re even addicted to salad? Did you know there exists a surefire way to make any vegetables addictive?
Completely cover them in Crazy-Good Ranch Dressing.
I challenge any veggie-hater to just try and resist a plate of caramelized, roasted veggies covered in that addictive ranch dressing. Just try.
Tomorrow: cookies!!
Definitely roasted sweet potatoes. I’d cross the Sahara for a bowl. And I’m OBSESSED with the cold leftovers…I’ll just pluck them out of the bowl, no problem, which can lead to …. an empty bowl.
I was going to ask if that was hot sauce in the photo, but then I saw that you said it was bbq. Just wondering, have you tried it with hot sauce? Oh my gosh, it’s pure heaven. I dry roast the little nibs until they’re nice and golden (okay, a little darker than that. I can’t help it, I like the char lol), place them in a bowl pour hot sauce on them. Then I just put a lid/plate over the bowl and shake to coat. I could eat that all day!
..well, I would it cauliflower didn’t leave me so, um.. gassy hahaha.
I haven’t! When I was little, I didn’t like anything spicy… I should really try it now, though. Do you have a favorite brand?
My favorite brand (well, the only brand I’ve ever tried – I’m only a recent hot sauce convert myself) is Tapatio Hot Sauce. I’m not 100% sure if it’s vegan, but looking at the ingredients “water, red peppers, salt, spices, garlic, acetic acid, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate” I wouldn’t see why not.
I love it with everything; veggies, in soup, on bread (as part of a wrap or just a plain topping haha).
OHMYGOSH (sorry, reading through an old post and this caught my eye)! My husband does not like anything with a vinegar taste . . .except Balsamic, yes he’s weird, but LOVES Tapatio Hot Sauce. He also mixes it with Ketcup, yes NOT healthy kind, and eats it on . . .well, this is a vegan site, so you know what I mean! I love it on eggs in the morning. We aren’t vegan, but LOVE CCK recipes 🙂
i’m a crazy green-eater – lettuce, spinach, cabbage, zucchini (which is in fact a fruit)….. lots of things 😀
I love it when you do savoryy posts! Oh who am I kidding? I love all your posts, sweet or savory :).
I am 100% addicted to all vegetables. I truly freak out if I don’t get enough veggies in each and every meal- I’m serious it’s a freak out! ……I think it’s safe to say I’m addicted!
I completely agree that vegetables can be addictive! Especially when cooked correctly (coconut milk braised greens, anyone? yum!). Recently my favorite veggies have been spinach and sweet potatoes. Microwaved mashed sweet potatoes may be my new favorite food (topped with a little almond butter, obviously). 🙂
Almost ANY vegetable when paired with hummus is addictive but especially roasted sweet potato. Yum!
Haha, I just left a comment yesterday on your cauliflower post on how they were like a treat for me at dinnertime! I don’t believe that frying a veggie is what makes them addictive, although with SOME veggies it certainly is the way to go–I only say this really about squash and zucchini because I LOVE to coat them in an egg wash and then dip them in a gluten free flour/cornmeal mixture and then fry in a pan with a little olive oil…we don’t do it often because my body can’t tolerate a lot of fat, but once a month or so… Anyhow, I say that roasting is what makes nearly any veggie addictive because it draws out the natural sugars, and who can resist the crunchy dark edges that roasting gives us! My favorites to roast? Cauliflower, red skinned potatoes, broccoli, and cabbage! I always par-boil or lightly steam the veggies first them toss them around in olive oil, salt and pepper, and then either some tandoori masala seasoning with a pinch of sugar or just some simply granulated garlic powder. Last winter (the REAL winter we had, not this fake winter, completely absent of any snow and filled with 60 and even 70 degree days–I’m not complaining actually, but definitely global warming!) I think I survived off huge bowls of brown rice topped with roasted veggies, and then a side of my from-scratch ranch dressing. (Going to have to give yours a try as mine is mostly dairy and trying to cut that out of my eating…) Sometimes I like to just rip the leaves off the cabbage head, without even steaming first, and then just toss on a baking sheet until the edges get super crispy. It’s really, really good! Not a big fan of kale, but I like that crisped up in the oven as well.
Yes LOL I smiled when I read that, because I was working on this post at that very same moment! 🙂
Yum! That looks great! veggies I could eat all day long? Bell Peppers! I love them!!!
Haha i can prove that study wrong with cumin mashed sweet potatoes, garlic and soy sauce sauteed broccoli, and eggplant mashed up into baba ghanoush. 🙂 Not to mention fruits…
Ohh Katie it’s so funny you ask that question. I am forcing myself NOT to eat carrots for a little while. I’ve been eating so many that MY HANDS ARE ORANGE. My roomie thought it was from a self-tanner or something. Nope. Just carotene. So I just have a bag of baby carrots sitting in the fridge. My puppy likes them, though, so he gets to eat them.
Yes! This! Me too. I know it’s not unhealthy, and the orange goes away, but it LOOKS weird! I don’t want to look yellow, and so I have to ration all the pumpkin/carrots/sweet potatoes I eat. Wah!
I will eat an entire head of cauliflower when I use this recipe: http://rhiw.blogspot.com/2010/01/oven-roasted-cauliflower-with-rosemary.html.
Katie, if you’re not familiar with Tess Challis, you should be!! (I’ve already told her about your awesome blog!)
Aww thanks. I will have to check it out :).
I JUST bought a cauliflower head a couple days ago at the grocery store! Perfect!
Not a single veggie per-se, but I am addicted to the combination of mushrooms, tomatoes, and spinach! Seriously, every day I have a craving for this combination! Topped with a little crumbled feta and I almost explode!!
Hey Katie! We tried your truffle pie the other night (with almonds) and it was super good! MAde a few adjustments though cuz the first time, it had a REALLY bad aftertaste. I added some honey which helped a bit. Added almond milk, and that made a huge difference! No one would believe that it’s raw! Thanks for a good starting point-came up with a recipe that works for me 🙂 Have a great day
p.s.- crust was sooooo good
I love broccoli and carrots both raw and cooked. They are my veggie staples. The cauliflower looks delicious!