I listened!
I'm one of those people who is still in the "grow what you eat" camp, with a side order of "eat what you grow".
I'm the crazy one in my family, so the rest of them are various levels of reluctantly along for the ride. To that end, I have an orchard, chickens, feeder pigs, and working on getting a milk cow. I'm planting potatoes, squash (summer and winter), lettuces, tomatoes, cucumbers, and the like. Familiar stuff the family will eat.
In addition, I'm going to work towards perennial veggies, sunchokes being a primary one thanks to your encouragement, and trying to prepare them in "familiar" ways to transition the family to them. Also, I'm contemplating foraging, nettles being high on the list right now because they're in season, abundant, and easily identifiable!