Sweet potatoes as an improved potato... Indeed!!
I really love eggplant. Roast and put on top of a laksa, or baba ghanoush, eggplant parmigiana, fried and tossed in a mix of honey, soy and chilli sauce... Drool.
Then it'd be .. hmmm.... Yellow beans in the summer, lightly steamed and tossed with fetta and red onions and vinegar ..
And I couldn't live without garlic, as it's so darn useful...
I could go on!
Yeah ok if I had to choose, it would be garlic. Just because it makes everything better.