adding vegetables to your diet

Best ways I've landed on for adding vegetables to your diet by making plenty of the more bitter ones more palatable include:

Stir fry:
When done right, you end up with vegetables that are very firm & crunchy, yet all their natural bitterness is gone, leaving them much easier to stomach. Unfortunately, between me & someone else who agrees, neither one of us can figure out what we're missing. We know you are supposed to blanche them, then toss them in a hot wok with oil, but don't know what else we aren't getting to get that top knotch Chinese restaurant quality.

Succotash:
Cutting up green peppers into very small pieces & cooking them with corn, for whatever reason, takes all the natural bitterness out of the peppers, and so succotash is probably the best, if not one of the best, possible ways to eat them.

Salsa:
Homemade salsa, for whatever bizarre reason, has a completely different flavor than store bought altogether & it is frigging delicious. I also have discovered a fun trick to enhance the flavor of tomatoes, if they are getting tasteless- marjoram. I don't know why, but adding some dried marjoram to anything tomato based fully rejuvenates & brings out tomato flavor that was lacking.

Haven't tried too many wild veggies so far, but I imagine several of these tricks are doable with them.

Thos are great ways to add vegetables.

I like a salad with lots of different veggies.  I used to make what I called 5 Alive Salad that contained five different vegetables along with the lettuce.

Soups are one of the easiest ways to get lots of different vegetables:

https://permies.com/t/135866/Favorite-Soup

https://permies.com/t/150350/Turn-Fall-Vegetable-Soup

Meat Loaf could be another way to add vegetables:

https://permies.com/t/152554/Dinner-Meatloaf

https://permies.com/t/103149/History-Meatloaf-Ways-Eat

Though my favorite way to add vegetable is with pizza!

Really good ideas! I have also heard that fermentation to varying degrees can greatly change the flavor of vegetables, especially leafy greens. This can also lend itself really well to complex flavors and is awesome for healthy probiotics!

Another trick for veggies that are often used for kids is blending veggies and mixing them into strongly flavored sauces and the like.

Hope this helps,
Eric S.

Sometimes I go on a smoothie kick for a while. I like it for getting more raw vegetables into my diet, and it's especially useful for leafy greens that are a little too fibrous or slightly bitter for me other ways. It's also good for me as a breakfast because I don't feel like eating breakfast most days, but this goes down nice.

I use one apple or banana, a dollop of plain yogurt, and a big handful of vegetables. Sometimes other fruit if they're around. The fruit usually provides enough sweetness for my taste, but if it isn't sweet enough, I add some dried fruits, or fruit juice, or actual sweetener.

Roasting bitter vegetables will not only relieve them of their bitterness, but develops a sweetness.  Probably the result of caramelization.  I roast broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, onions, mushrooms, and mmm cabbage.  I put them in at 400 degrees F. for 20-25 minutes (depending on the size of the pieces).  So delicious!