Veggies!!! What is your take?

lisamarie2181

Hey everyone!

How do you feel about veggies? Love them? Hate them? Somewhere inbetween? Eat them because you know they are healthy but don't really enjoy them? lol

I have heard that your palate changes every 7 years, so I gave some veggies a try again that i used to hate in the past, and now I LOVE them! I used to hate onions, peppers, cilantro, brussel sprouts - now they are a norm in my kitchen. I have learned to love cooking and experimenting with foods, and I feel that my variety has increase alot since I gave some veggies a retry. And it has actually opened me up to trying some new ones that have intimidated me in the past (mostly because I didn't know what to do with them!)

For all who are not such big fans, why do you think that is? maybe your parents weren't the best at cooking and didn't make them well? just never experimented much with different kinds? don't know how to cook them?

And for the veggies eaters, has there been any new veggies you have added to your diet since starting your healthy lifestyle that you didn't used to eat before?

And corn and potatoes don't count, most seem to love those lol

Would love to hear your opinions!!

cutesmile79

I think I like most veggies, but don't get a chance to really consume them (other than snacks) much because my husband only likes peas, lima beans & broccoli. I kinda have gotten him to like eggplant though.

bodyzen

I love veggies! I'm a fruit-lover at heart of course, but I always make sure I get my daily greens. I've recently fallen in love with spiralized zucchini spaghetti and I am never going back to the processed stuff! My favs are probably: cucumber (love that fresh crunch), peas, and sweet peppers of all kinds! Now I'm hungry again... haha!

slkehl

I like zucchini, cucumbers, bell peppers, mushrooms, and tomatoes. I know I don't get enough. I've been working on adding them to dishes, like pasta, tuna, ect. Mixing them in makes them more palatable.

ndblades

INtresting about the "palate change" -- I would agree,,,, I used to hate all veggies, except corn, potatos and carrots,,, now those are the 3 veggies I rarely eat! I love most of them now. Peas and brussel sprouts I still don't care for however.

dakotababy

I LOVE veggies - i didn't know it probably 4 months ago. But someone told me "why eat something you don't even enjoy?" and i recalled this while coming up with recipes/meal plans. There are tons of different veggies - keep trying different ones until you find the ones you like and enjoy.

jozzler

I love all veggies apart from celery. I won't eat it raw, but will eat it cooked in a dish if i have to. Sprouts are my fave, i've been known to eat a massive plate of them on their own just with gravy on :laugh: Carrots are a bit boring i think. I love butternut squash too. I roast it and make it into chips instead of using potatoes with plenty of salt and vinegar on. I love fried onions. mushy peas - yum. Basically, i'll just eat anything, i'm a major foodie. :laugh:

BlackKat75

I love pretty much all veggies, but right now I'm on a big spinach kick. Such a wonderful vegetable and super easy to add to lots of different recipes after quickly wilting. We spent a lot of the summer eating roasted peppers and onions made on the grill, which were delicious. I'm looking forward to cooler days and making some roast parsnips, which are just divine!! My husband has a less adventurous palate than I do, but since I've been doing most of the cooking lately, he's been pretty brave at trying things I know he wouldn't ordinarily eat!

tommygirl15

I love vegetables!! That's interesting information about the 7-year palate thing.

I used to really dislike squash, but now I LOVE squash. Brussel sprouts are also something I never liked before - maybe I should give them another go

lisamarie2181

I like zucchini, cucumbers, bell peppers, mushrooms, and tomatoes. I know I don't get enough. I've been working on adding them to dishes, like pasta, tuna, ect. Mixing them in makes them more palatable.

This is what I do all the time!! Every time I make Chili, soup, or anything I throw in as many veggies as I can! Chili and soup is nice because no matter what I throw in there it tastes like chili or soup! lol Even when I make some new recipes I try and throw more veggies in.

I LOVE veggies - i didn't know it probably 4 months ago. But someone told me "why eat something you don't even enjoy?" and i recalled this while coming up with recipes/meal plans. There are tons of different veggies - keep trying different ones until you find the ones you like and enjoy.

I also agree with this, there are SOOOO many veggies out there, if you don't like Brussel Sprouts, don't eat them!! I feel the more veggies you eat the more you may want to try. I used to be very intimidated by eggplant because I had no idea what to do with it, so I started looking up recipes and I found some good ones and now I love eggplant!

Great responses so far, so nice to see some do enjoy their veggies!

I am single and it is so funny I find alot of men that I have dated HATE veggies! So hard to cook for them lol I always thought it was mostly men because of this, but I have noticed more women are in the same boat, so always wondered why that was. I know some that I have talked to said when they tried them they were horrible and never touched them again. I feel like that was because of the bad cook making them lol

lisamarie2181

I love all veggies apart from celery. I won't eat it raw, but will eat it cooked in a dish if i have to. Sprouts are my fave, i've been known to eat a massive plate of them on their own just with gravy on :laugh: Carrots are a bit boring i think. I love butternut squash too. I roast it and make it into chips instead of using potatoes with plenty of salt and vinegar on. I love fried onions. mushy peas - yum. Basically, i'll just eat anything, i'm a major foodie. :laugh:

Never heard of doing that with butternut squash, thanks for the idea!! Gonna have to try that one soon! I just discovered spaghetti squash a few weeks ago and fell in love! lol

if you love fried onions, try sweet onions on the grill, taste like onion rings without the breading! YUMMM!!!

lisamarie2181

I love vegetables!! That's interesting information about the 7-year palate thing.

I used to really dislike squash, but now I LOVE squash. Brussel sprouts are also something I never liked before - maybe I should give them another go

Yeah I don't know how scientifically (is that a word? lol) true it is, but someone said it to me and I was like hmmm, maybe I should retry things, and I am sooo glad I did! I LOVE my veggies now!

Completely agree with the squash by the way, I love it too!

PandaPants0612

LOVE! In fact, more than half of my daily intake is usually comprised of fruits and veggies.

If I didn't love chicken & turkey so much (or could stomach the taste of "fake" meats), I would be a vegetarian, but I need to keep that protein up

gracieabem

I would definitely recommended people retry veggies that they currently dislike. Some that I have really ended up loving -

- pumpkin (a bowl of roasted pumpkin with the skin on would be my last meal given a choice, I love them that much now)
- mushrooms (now I love their meaty texture)
- sweet potato (used to be too sweet???)
- asparagus (yeah, didn't realise that the fresh stuff was so delicious!)

The only veggie that I'm not fussed on is corn, but even then I'll eat it if it's there. I suggest trying or retrying a veggie every week or fortnight. You may very well surprise yourself. And try it in a different way. How many of us had awful, over cooked, boiled brussels sprouts growing up? They are the most delicious veggie ever if done well. So it may also just be the cooking method.

I recently discovered artichokes because I had never bothered to try them. Yum. What a waste of 27 years lol.

Oh and to answer the original question - I love veggies!

jenilla1

I love vegetables. The only 3 I can think of that I don't care for are: okra, eggplant, and sweet potatoes/yams. I will eat them, but I don't seek them out on purpose. Everything else is golden.

ETA: The poster beneath me reminded me of parsnips. Don't like those much...

Cimolestes

Love them all including all the brassica family. Having an allotment means we can experiment with growing unusual and old varieties to see if we like them too. Our own asparagus bed has been really good too. There's only two I really wouldn't choose and they are parsnip and marrow.

jenilla1

...Sprouts are my fave, i've been known to eat a massive plate of them on their own just with gravy on...

:huh:

DawnieB1977

I love vegetables, and always have done. My mum always made us lots of veggies and home-made meals, so I grew up eating well.

Even my kids love veggies - my 3 year old son loves broccoli, and my 1 year old daughter will eat anything!

This evening I cut up a courgette (zucchini) and fried it in a bit of oil, some chilli powder and lemon juice. You're supposed to add garlic too, but I was too lazy to chop some up! That's from the Jamie Oliver cook book. He has some lovely veg recipes in there. Another one I do sometimes is potatoes, carrots, peas and broccoli all together and mashed with mint sauce.

When it gets colder I like to make soup - loads of veggies and some lentils.

If I make shepherd's pie I use sweet potato mash on top instead of normal potatoes.

bushidowoman

I used to never eat raw veggies, now I eat as many of them raw as I can. I've found that it takes some planning to get in the recommended fresh fruits and veggies, but if I plan it and do it, I have less room for junk. Which means I take in less calories. It's kind of like water...keep it available and go to that first!
I've also discovered that I feel better--less sluggish more energy. And I'm sick less often.

Brunner26_2

Love'em. I feel bad for people who want lose weight but say they hate vegetables.

TheLittleVoice91

cant get enough of those bad boys mr broccoli is my fave