Salad Anyone?

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Whenever you want vegetables people always want to serve you a salad.  And everyone knows the way you turn a salad into a meal is by adding those seven chunks of chicken on top or better yet, sometimes you will even get a whole chicken breast. And it's cold, always cold, I'm not on a raw diet, I want hot food. Or what about those steamed, flavorless vegetables, you know the ones?

I could do without the meat. I am not a vegan or vegetarian, I am just not all that crazy about beef, chicken, lamb or pork. My food rules are; there are no rules. I'll eat what I feel like eating. Sometimes I'll eat a few slices of bacon or a steak and sometimes I won't. Well, I probably have never turned down bacon but, you get the point.

I grew up and California, land of abundant vegetables, and I had never, ever heard one person say they don't eat vegetables. Now, I am sure there are people in California who don't eat vegetables but no one would dare say it out loud, in public. I live in another state now and I hear it all the time. I am checking out at the grocery store and the clerk will ask, "What's that?" I proceed to define my vegetable purchases to which they will reply, "Oh, I don't eat vegetables." I would think that they were joking but I have witnessed people ordering taco salads with just meat, beans and cheese.

There is such a wide variety of vegetables to choose from. I believe people would enjoy them and eat them more if we didn't have such a strong association between vegetables and salad. I know if I had to eat salad every day I would just be ill-tempered. I am sharing a few yummy vegetable meals and sides just in case you want to break the salad habit.

Recipe - 86 Lemons

This dish has two of my favorites, mushrooms and asparagus.

Recipe - Domestic Superhero

Noodles and vegetables make great companions.

Sweet Corn Sourgum Stuffed Peppers - Naturally Ella

Now this girl knows her way around a vegetable...one of my favorite blogs.

Recipe - Damn Delicious

It's basically a guacamole filled egg roll, the epitome of deliciousness. No peas in the guacamole please.

Tuscan Bean Soap - The Wunderlust Kitchen

Soups like this one are always filling and scrumptious. Something magical happens when you take simple ingredients and just let then simmer.