Giveaway #3: Matthew Biggs’s Complete Book of Vegetables
This book is a must-have for every serious vegetable gardener and inquisitive foodie. You can read my complete review here. If you would like to get your hands on a copy, here’s how.
Tell me: What is your favourite vegetable dish?
In the COMMENTS section you find below, enter your name and give your answer. I will draw from these names in a week’s time.
The competition closes on Sunday, the 22nd of February and the winner will be announced on Monday, the 23rd. I look forward to hearing your answers!
P.S. The book will be shipped anywhere in the world. Just because you live in Burkina Faso doesn’t mean you can’t play along. So give it a whirl!
The winner is …
Lucky (comment) number 7 – Ciel!
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P.S. For those who are wondering how I chose the winner I used random.org’s Random Integer Generator. No favouritism has been practised. 
Cauliflower cheese!
I’m dying to try Hugh Fernley-Whittingstalls Cheese Cauliflower incarnation though. Yum!
Katie xox
by katie
on 16. Feb, 2009
Spicy edamame. No, roasted cauliflower. No, wait, roasted asparagus with balsamic and soy sauce. Umm..and can’t forget steamed artichokes
by Vicki
on 16. Feb, 2009
Sweet potatoes!!!! Tossed with olive oil, cumin, garlic and a wee bit ‘o brown sugar.
by The Duo Dishes
on 17. Feb, 2009
My husband makes a killer roasted garlic asparagus.
by Carol
on 17. Feb, 2009
I make Murgh Makhani (Butter Chicken) except I use only cauliflower instead of chicken. With a side of naan, it’s heaven. I use this recipe as my base recipe with my own modifications to taste. Make it as mild or add as much spice as you like. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Indian-Style-Butter-Chicken-Murgh-Makhani/Detail.aspx
by Mel
on 17. Feb, 2009
Are mushrooms veggie enough? I like mixed wild mushrooms saute in butter and just a bit of whatever herb strikes my fancy that day.
Also good is whole lotus root stuffed with mung beans and braised in stock.
by Bonny
on 17. Feb, 2009
Stewed tomatoes – especially served with macaroni and cheese, a sauteed green veg, and cornbread.
by Ciel
on 17. Feb, 2009
Butternut squash, leeks and kale gratin
by Sue
on 17. Feb, 2009
I like zucchini and summer squash roasted with some fresh herbs and olive oil and a little salt.
by Carolyn G
on 17. Feb, 2009
I love roasted peppers with mushroom risotto topped of with asparagus on a bed of Tomato Provencal.
by Dale Clarke
on 17. Feb, 2009
I love a cauliflower, spinach and tomato gratin.
by Margaret
on 17. Feb, 2009
I’m going to say roasted cauliflower, because I never thought I’d like cauliflower!
by Alison
on 17. Feb, 2009
We eat seasonally, so my favourite vegetable changes all the time. At the moment, it’s the very first of the season’s purple sprouting broccoli – when it’s steamed it’s as good as any asparagus (my favourite in May). But then there’s roasted red peppers, chicory and orange salad, creamed parsnips …. hard to choose, really
Joanna
by Joanna
on 17. Feb, 2009
my fave supper is 2 large artichokes, but i don’t think steaming an arti counts as a “dish”.
being japanese, steaming the freshest veg with ginger and tossing with soy and serving with brown rice is the best ever. if i’m especially hungry, after eating the veg & rice, i’ll pour the steaming water over another bowl of rice and top with nori (there are different flavors of chopped nori for rice). does that count as a dish?
how about frying a strip of bacon, tossing a pound of haricot verts in the hot fat until tender. toss a handful of slivered garlic in pan until browned and serve with lemon wedges (or red vinegar) and the crumbled bacon? my totally americanized brother loves that. toasted sliced almonds are very good, if they’re handy. after our mom died, i did all the cooking and it’s the only thing any of my brothers ever told me to make again. of course, works for lots of other veg, but green beans were really cheap when we were kids. i suppose carrots are cheapest now.
btw, lovely site, really enjoy your writing. the pix are superb! keep up the good work
by Jenna
on 17. Feb, 2009
spinach paneer – oh yummy!
by MaryAnne
on 17. Feb, 2009
New potatoes baked with Maldon salt, good olive oil and fresh oregano. YUM!
by Patricia Scarpin
on 17. Feb, 2009
sweetcorn fritters with homemade sweet chilli and tomato relish – yummm !
by cheryl pasquier
on 17. Feb, 2009
I love a really good ratatouille made from my own garden. My Mum used to make it a lot in the summer when I was little so it’s totally comfort food for me. I think it’s one of the best ways to eat courgettes.
thanks for the great site!
by Girl Foodie
on 17. Feb, 2009
Mine is real comfort food, Stuffed onions originally an Italian recipe; read about it on:
http://pebblesoup.blogspot.com/2008/04/good-cook-is-like-sorceress-who.html
a delight
by Solange
on 17. Feb, 2009
Roasted cauliflower with lemon and garlic, no fresh tomatoes sliced and lightly sprinkled with sugar and then scattered with parsley and S&P, and then again how about……with vegetables there should be no one REAL favorite, you would miss out.
by Melynda
on 17. Feb, 2009
So many to choose from but think winner would be a vegetable bake I made with thinly sliced griddled courgettes and aubergine, layered together with a sauce made of fried onions, tomatoes and garlic and topped with grated cheddar and baked
by anne
on 17. Feb, 2009
I was thinking for at least half an hour, finally I made up my mind. OK it’s not sophisticated at all, but hey – who doesn’t love them? Campfire potatoes! Can’t help it even if I’d try
by Olasz
on 17. Feb, 2009
Baked sweet potato fries!
by LB
on 17. Feb, 2009
I love spinach with garlic raisins and pine nuts.
by The Food Hunter
on 17. Feb, 2009
Roasted veggies, any combination.
by Cheryl
on 17. Feb, 2009
It would have to be braised peas with bacon – delish!
by beth
on 17. Feb, 2009
My favourite for fancy occasions is sichuan aubergine fritters stuffed with mushrooms in a fish fragrant sauce… For every day it has to be cauliflower cheese
by Margaretg
on 17. Feb, 2009
My favorite vegetable dish is a tomato salad made from several varieties of tomatoes, fresh from my husband’s garden, drizzled with balsalmic vinegar and olive oil…YUM
by Amy
on 17. Feb, 2009
My favorite vegetable dish is to make a summer layered gratin of squash, zucchini, tomato & Parmesan!
by RecipeGirl
on 18. Feb, 2009
Roasted broccoli. My boyfriend and I have become so addicted to this dish, I make it nearly every night.
by Allison Day
on 18. Feb, 2009
Has to be bell peppers. So juicy and crunchy, nice and versatile.
by Neil
on 18. Feb, 2009
Tough one! If we’re going for a single vegetable dish then it’d be roasted peppers marinated in olive oil, garlic, lemon and parsley. Or chips.
by Wendy
on 18. Feb, 2009
Hmmm…My favorite vegetable dish is sauteed green beans with slivered almonds. Its delish!
by Melissa
on 19. Feb, 2009
I love making an Italian bean dish with onions, beans, tomatoes, basil, garlic, and carrots.
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by Renee G
on 19. Feb, 2009
gado-gado, of course, either it is a bowl of steamed greens or raw ones, it is always good accompanied by light or heavy peanut sauce, depending on how rich you want to have it. I also love it eaten with tempeh goreng (fried tempeh), which is dipped in rice flour, garlic and chopped celery batter, and shallow fry. YUM!
by arfi
on 19. Feb, 2009
My favorite vegetable dish, at the moment, is fried cabbage. Overall, though, it’s anything with carrots.
by Tina W
on 20. Feb, 2009
How about the vegetable thats been a favorite since childhood…french fries!
by Virginia D
on 21. Feb, 2009
It’s soooo hard to choose my very favorite, but I guess for sheer comfort, I’d have to say the traditional Green Bean Casserole. But it has to be the original recipe, no tweaks allowed!
by Jane
on 22. Feb, 2009
Broccoli with tofu in teriyaki sauce over rice noodles
Simplest and fastest to make and I can’t get enough of it. Somehow the tofu and broccoli mild sweetness echo with each other, while their texture complement and the rice noodles wrap the whole dish up. It’s not 7:00 yet but I get hungry just thinking of this broccoli dish
by Ofer
on 09. Mar, 2009