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What veg could you not live without?

(63 Posts)
chloe1984 Sat 17-Jan-15 15:19:22

Tomatoes and butternut squash.

rosequartz Sat 17-Jan-15 14:43:04

I do like caulis, but if I had to choose it would be broccoli.

DM used to tell me that all the goodness of the cabbage was in the stalk.
Like that fairy tale about eating your crusts .....

Galen Sat 17-Jan-15 14:41:41

Greens? Poison used to come in green bottles! It's a warning I tell yougrin

Soutra Sat 17-Jan-15 14:36:17

I could sohappily live without broccoli, in my opinion an overrated vegetable which seems to have taken over from the much more delicately flavoured humble cauliflower!
So, caulis I think and good old carrots!

rosequartz Sat 17-Jan-15 14:33:38

Are we excluding potatoes from this?

Then probably broccoli - and onions.

Riverwalk Sat 17-Jan-15 14:30:14

Would have to be onions.

janerowena Sat 17-Jan-15 14:25:13

Onions definitely. I would cheat and say any member of the allium family - leeks, garlic and shallots.

You can substitute any other vegetable for each other, but nothing replaces an onion.

soontobe Sat 17-Jan-15 14:23:59

ooh broccoli, yes. I think greens are important.

ninathenana Sat 17-Jan-15 14:18:18

Onions and tomatoes for flavour, but also broccoli simply because I love it.

soontobe Sat 17-Jan-15 13:57:21

onions, carrots, beans.

tanith Sat 17-Jan-15 13:47:36

Yep onions definately, carrots and tomatoes.. so many dishes are enhanced by all three

loopylou Sat 17-Jan-15 13:39:11

Definitely onions but also tomatoes. And runner beans fresh from the garden.

J52 Sat 17-Jan-15 13:37:25

I was just preparing some veg and decided that I could not live without onions. Their flavour and variety enhance most savoury food. Also, they become sweet when caramelised. I wondered what veg other GNs couldn't live without?