Season Your Vegetables Like You Mean It
Apr 21, 2026 · 4 min read
The reason people think they hate greens is that nobody taught them to season. Salt, acid, char, and a measured fat fix everything.
The reason most people think they hate vegetables is simple: they've been eating unseasoned vegetables. Steamed broccoli with no salt tastes like grass. Roasted broccoli with olive oil, garlic, and salt tastes like something worth eating.
The four things that make vegetables taste good:
1. Salt — more than you think, before cooking. 2. Acid — a squeeze of lemon or a splash of vinegar at the end brightens everything. 3. Char — high heat (425°F) until the edges brown. That char is flavor. 4. Measured fat — one tablespoon of olive oil per sheet pan. Enough to roast, not enough to blow the budget.
Learn this formula and greens stop being punishment.
The takeaway
Salt before cooking, char at high heat, finish with acid. One tablespoon of oil is enough. Stop eating unseasoned vegetables.
Browse the recipes or copy the sample menu to put this into practice today.