Bare, you seem to eat a lot of asian food.. I'm so jealous.

Asian food is sooo my favorite food. I can eat any of it (mostly except some members of the Animal Kingdom lol)
any day and still love it.

I am still teaching myself how to make some of it at home...

my least favorite? American food lol.....exception being my grandmother's dinners of the past.

I'd have to say in order of favorites:

Asian, anything
Italian
Greek
Moroccan
German
everything else

you?

Bare, Oh my... my favorites.. FOOD..

I LOVE greek and mediterranean food.
I like Italian food, as long as there is no pasta involved. I used to love pasta, but 15 years of no wheat nipped that in the bud, now it mostly just makes me gag.
I haven't had any German food since my dad was alive, he always wanted to be German, he was a nazi sympathizer and a Hitler fanatic. What little I remember, I liked. And I love all types of sausages.
Creole is good, and soul food, I love greens (except for collards), beans of almost any kind and okra.
I was raised in Southern CA, Mexican food is a way of life, and I miss it desperately now. I especially miss the chicken dinners from Cardena's Market that was down the street from my house.
My grandmother used to make what we called "stringy roast," it was braised chuck roast with celery, potatoes and carrots. And she made the BEST refrigerator dinner rolls, none of us can duplicate them, and my mother has the recipe and can't do it either. I found a recipe for parker house rolls that comes close, if you don't stick them in the muffin tins and make them look funny.. lol
I don't really know what American food is, almost every kind of food Americans eat originated somewhere else.

I left lots out, I know I did.
My son made me a Cheesesteak sandwich before he left to do gas station shops this evening.

I am a fan of all greens except collards lol - like you, not crazy about kale, but I love the rest,
especially escarole, pea shoot leaves, gai lan and bok choy.

I have been enjoying great Mexican food here because I know once I am back east, it will be slim pickings...thankfully I can cook Mexican food pretty easily.

Here's how I define American food - it's the standard fare everywhere you go in the US:
Appetizers: chicken wings, fried mozzarella sticks, onion rings, quesadillas (American style), potato skins, pizza rolls
Entrees: any kind of salad with meat thrown on top, hamburgers/cheeseburgers, French dip, club sandwiches,
chicken sandwiches, BLTs, steaks, chicken, fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, chicken fingers, chicken tenders, fish sandwiches, fried fish,

This is what I think of - yuck, when I think of American food, greasy stuff you can get at Applebees as one example.

bowl of saimin
guava soda

Looks like I'm gonna do a salad with tuna. The bread is ready to go into the oven, just waiting for it to warm up. My son started to make yogurt last night, but didn't follow through, so I believe I have a gallon of spoiled milk in the instant pot. And he's ignoring it.

okazuya bento
scoop of macadamia nut ice cream
iced tea

PS/I want to start making homemade yogurt, I think I read I can make some in one of the instant pots.

yep Bare, that's how I make my yogurt. In my instant pot. But somebunny forked up and used ALL of the yogurt in the fridge. So I had to buy some today just to have yogurt to make more.

Went out to the mall with DDs tonight. They all bought Kale smoothies and I got.a concoction of different berries, banana, mango, etc. I love bok choy, gai lan and Chinese okra. Bitter melon too but only if it's paired with a desirable protein.

Can't say I have ever had collard greens unless I did unknowingly, lol. I usually will eat anything green. I don't like kale!

I love Gai Lan, too! So delicious and inexpensive!

How can anyone not like collard greens?!

made,

I've had good collards, but never made by me or in any restaurant. Though I do keep trying. I had a great friend when I was young named Pidie, she made awesome collards. About half the church would show up at her house on Sunday after church just to get awesome collards. She was a GREAT cook.

I tried so many times, and wasted so very much money trying to made edible collards. And I've been to "soul food" restaurants all over the country, I've had super mushy collards, super salty collards, extra tough and bitter collards.. I'll stick with kale, turnip and mustard greens, I can make them and they are always delicious.

oh I forgot two important ones: swiss chard and spinach

I grew up eating swiss chard from the gardens of my grandparents, so that one is native to me.

I remove the ribs, chiffonade the leaves and stir fry them in olive oil with big chunks of garlic

I remain open to collards, just have never found them appealing.
I am sure it's me - I like lightly cooked veggies and maybe all the collards I have ever
eaten are very thoroughly cooked?

It's a shame because they are so full of nutrients...

Bare, there is always spinach here. I use it instead of lettuce in sandwiches and add some to my salads. I don't think I've had swiss chard since I grew it in my garden in CA. I think it was the only leafy green that I could grow successfully, and it produced a LOT. I think it was the only leafy green vegetable I ate all year.. lol

I've never grown it myself, but I often chat with the farmers at the outdoor markets in summer and they often claim that it's an easy plant to grow and it doesn't require a lot of fussing to produce bunches.

Sounds good to me.

I confess to loving baby spinach from the store in everything and keep it around year round.
I sometimes get regular spinach from a local farmer - again in the warmer months, and it's a whole different thing...
larger leaves of course and when you cut it, it oozes dark green liquid and has a strong flavor. I love it...
I hope all that green and flavor mean more nutrients.