Foods you didn't like and now do

seltzermint555

Going way back, I hated so many vegetables because my mom wasn't good at preparing them. My childhood was made up of overcooked green beans, iceberg lettuce salads with croutons (which I still hate), canned corn, etc. Around college time, I started to order more grown up things in restaurants and "discovered" well prepared veggies and diverse salads. Broccoli lightly steamed was probably the biggest surprise, I don't think I even tried it until around age 25 and it has been a huge favorite since then.

As for my "MFP years" I think the biggest change has been the way I view healthier foods like vegetables - squash, carrots, spinach, beets, and so on. Whereas I used to include them as a "I should eat more veggies" thing, I now actually crave them. In years past I could have been totally satisfied with a diet of pizza and burgers. Now if I have a couple meals like that, I really miss vegetables and make a special effort to have them even if it means going out of my way to prepare them.

neuronutrition

Penthesilea514 wrote: »

I eat so many more veggies now: mushrooms, brussel sprouts, avocados, kohlrabi, etc. I LOVE them.

I am not super picky to begin with, I just prioritized the wrong things before. Now? I feel like there are SO MANY TASTY OPTIONS. So much food, so little time

An unusual one for me that I really like was a cold beet salad that was pretty spicy and had peanuts in it. I would not have picked that as a side before but I was curious about the combo. It was delicious

SAME! Now that I'm prioritizing a whole, plant-based diet I find myself steaming beets pretty much every other day. Never loved them before, now I don't know how I lived without them for so long.

neuronutrition

spdaphne wrote: »

Tofu I now like and will cook, a lemon tofu recipe I tried when I was recipe testing for a blogger's cookbook.

Yesss, tofu is so versatile. Oh She Glows has a super easy recipe for crispy garlic tofu - I eat it with bok choy and a bit of ginger soy sauce a few times a week. Sooo good!

fireytiger

Bell peppers and onions are the two biggest ones I can think of. I used to hate both, now I love them in just about everything!

ashbabe25

Avocado. I couldn't stand it when I was younger but I love it now.

samasam799

Its probably veggies as growing up I never like veggies but now I I love veggies especially salads

nowine4me

I hated the thought of cottage cheese and had only tried it once maybe 20 years ago. Gave it another shot and loved it.

MOJayhawker

Brussels sprouts. I put them in the oven and roast them with spice or grill in foil. Good stuff now.
I'll eat fresh kale in a salad but mixed with other greens. Has a funky taste by itself. It's a good additive to soups or meatloaf too.
I eat spinach more too. I hate it boiled or steamed but it's a great additive to soups or in a salad. Mix it with some soft cream cheese and Italian herbs and make a spread for breads or stuff a chicken breast or pork chop.

ksharrell48

Used to hate oysters (texture thing) and Brussels sprouts. Every Halloween my mother would make oyster stew and I had to choke it down. Then I was at a restaurant known for their fresh seafood a few years ago and decided to try the fried oyster special - I was hooked! I'm still not a fan of them raw, though. And once I tried roasting B. sprouts in coconut oil, I can eat them every night:)

mcgriffrenee

onions. i used to hate them, now i love them in everything. still hate red onions tho

leanitup123

Never been a picky eater, but used to HATE mustard.

booyahboonah

Brussels sprouts. Love to throw in a little parmesan and bacon

Noreenmarie1234

hated chocolate as a kid now I love it lol

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leanitup123

booyahboonah wrote: »

Brussels sprouts. Love to throw in a little parmesan and bacon

Best grilled with some bacon and blue cheese.

Evamutt

When I was growing up, my parents (legal immigrants) made all kinds of sausage from scratch every October. I only liked one kind but in adult life sausages are my favorite things to eat

jennypapage

i can't say there was something i hated/didn't like,which i now eat. What happened is, i am much more willing to try new things now than i was before. I have tried so many vegetables in the past year, and i ended up liking most of them.Before, i wouldn't even try them just by the way they looked or smelled. So i am more daring with my food. Every week i buy something new from the supermarket to try. Not only veggies, but fruit and grains and fish and all sort of things.And if i don't like them the first time, i might try again using a different cooking method.
This happened recently with polenta.Hated the taste when i cooked it for the first time (package instructions). Then i found a recipe for polenta chips and i loved it.Ended up making it 2 days in a row. Now i have another recipe i want to try, so i can see if i like it that way too.

Grimmibohne

Raw veggies. I was always the type to rather eat carrots once they were in a soup or stew. Now I'd say I eat a cooked meal maybe once a week. It really hit home when I went to a restaurant last week and decided to treat myself to some rice with mango-curry-sauce. They added bean-sprout salad. And I really had to force myself to eat the cooked food, although I loved that meal before. The sprout salad on the other hand was gone in an instance. I just keep on noticing that I now have a tendency to choose raw food over cooked food. Not out of wanting to loose weight, but actually feeling like I would like it better.

LifeIs420

all the vegetables... raw or cooked...