Healthy diet, no vegetables???

Dani_M_1984

I am just wondering if there is anyone else out there like me who really wants to have a great healthy diet but doesn't eat any vegetables? I love potatoes and can eat peas but don't like them very much. Any other vegetable I've tried I don't like. I'm a pretty plain eater but love pasta, eggs, chicken, cheese etc. Any ideas on nice recipes or dishes I can make that's gonna be helpful for weight loss? Any advice would be great!

Chief_Rocka

There are very few absolutes in nutrition, but veggies ain't optional.

heypurdy

Learn to love vegetables.

pastryari

Chop them up fine and stick them into your meals. I never liked most vegetables (I still don't like a lot of them) but I tried cooking them certain ways and found that I do like them just only a certain way. Play around with trying them differently, whether it be cooking style or seasoning.

For example, I don't like raw cauliflower but I love it roasted w/ some garlic salt, olive oil, & pepper or mashed up.

sunlover89

Nope. Suck it up and make yourself like veggies. I used to hate peppers but I made myself eat them every day for a week, now I love them. You body needs vegetables, they arn't optional. Pasta, cheese etc, your body can do very well and easily without.

VelociMama

Try new ways of cooking them. Steamed and raw veggies are often tasteless, but they are really great for getting in necessary nutrients to your diet.

Pintrest has a ton of great recipes with vegetables.

now_or_never13

Try eating them different ways and keep trying them. Tastes change over time. Veggies also taste different depending on how they are cooked.

Vegetables are part of a healthy diet as they provide many vital vitamins and minerals that your body needs.

Try hiding veggies in things. Cut them up really small and add things like onion, peppers, carrots, tomatos to sauces and other dishes.

Try them steamed, boiled, sauteed, baked, etc. Make a pizza and put veggies on that and see how you like it. Stuff a chicken breast with things like broccoli.

Experiment with spices to make them taste better. Experiement with how you cook them. Dip veggies in dressing.

You have to learn to like them... or at least learn to eat them.

sugarlips1980

You don't like ANY veggies?! Could you try to explore more to see if there are some that you like but just haven't tried? There's a whole load of vitamins and nutrients in veggies, you gotta give them a go!!

rocket_ace

I think the answer is "yes, probably" but then I think overwhelming science is against the idea.

MrsSWW

Yep, learn to love them...

islandnutshel

Learn to love vegetables.

This

One more thought, maybe do an internet search on how to get children to learn to like or eat vegetables.
Follow advice.

jennaworksout

Nope. Suck it up and make yourself like veggies. I used to hate peppers but I made myself eat them every day for a week, now I love them. You body needs vegetables, they arn't optional. Pasta, cheese etc, your body can do very well and easily without.

^^^ this , the more the better!!

Annieapple12

Have you tried steaming or gilling them rather than boiling them?

And I find it hard to believe you have tried every type of vegetable and hate them all, the all taste so different!

sunnyside1213

I am not a veggie lover. I put spinach and kale in my smoothies. I make pumpkin bread and pumpkin cheese cake. I put green onions in my miso. Canned tomatoes in chili and spaghetti. I use eggplant instead of noodles in lasagne. I dip raw broccoli in dip. Anywhere I can sneak them in.

Myndi73

I too hate vegetables. I can only eat carrots (raw) and radishes. All of the others make me gag, no matter how I try and disguise them.

shanmackie

you HAVE to eat vegetables. fruit helps too. learn to roast veggies. i roasted some butternut squash with chopped carrots, and onions the other day in some olive oil and it's SO GOOD. i don't like onions but this makes them very sweet.

TeaBea

OK - potatoes & peas ...... these are starches (think more along the lines as BREAD .... not vegetables ... corn too).

Keep trying to incorporate veggies ...... steamed, roasted, raw, stir fried ..... they say it can take children up to 20 times before liking the taste of some foods.

Veggies are (generally) low calorie, low fat, high fiber and filled with nutrients ..... there must be at least 1 or 2 you can tolerate.

lacurandera1

Having to eat your vegetables is one thing your parents didn't lie about.

Tanja_CHH

You can very easily hide vegetables in your food if you want to include more or have more fruit. Also saying you don't like vegetables might just mean you haven't found the type you like or cooked it the right way. I love mushrooms grilled on a pan, red peppers raw (they go so disgusting cooked), carrots in any way, asparagus boiled but once tried to grill them and couldnt eat them. So its about experimenting and finding what you like. most people don't mind trying out a new sweet or chocolate bar, yet are terrified of trying some new vegetables or fruits or different ways to cook them. Be open minded and don't think all vegetables taste the same.

tallvesl99

veggies are SOOOO good for you and soooo low in calories....learn to season them right! you just haven't had them served properly!

Fairysoul

Vggies are a staple in my house, and my husband hated them, well he learned to like them, I started off by adding them in soups and stir frys, in small pieces.

jonesin_am

IMO veggies aren't an optional addition to a healthy diet. If I were you I would try experimenting with different ones and try different cooking methods. Roasting squash, beets, & carrots brings out their sweet flavor. Grilling veggies gives them a whole new taste too. Also, the veggies don't have to be plain. Add chopped up veggies to an omelette. Make soup with veggies in it. Make a cheese sauce to drizzle on brocolli and cauliflower (that's how I get my kids to eat them). There are tons of ways to get your veggies and it may just mean that you have to retrain your taste buds! Good luck!

ChaseAlder

My husband used to be anti-veggie. He would eat potatoes and corn and that was it. When he discovered that his crazy hard Crossfit schedule was not doing him any good with his heavy, fatty, calorie-loaded meals, he decided diet was the key. He started trying veggies and found out how he liked them cooked. Now he'll eat anything but brussell sprouts.

You have to get over it. Roast them, grill them, put them in the crockpot with meat. Make yourself like them. If you absolutely must, steam and puree them and put them in sauce.

MicheleVer2

Put them in a blender with tomato sauce. You can easily hide vegetables in pasta sauce and you won't even know they are in there. Completely puree them so you can't feel any chunks.

You need vegetables. You need A LOT of vegetables.

krisiepoo

put them in a food processor or puree them and add them to dishes. You won't even know they're there. You need the veg

rainbowbow

While i believe you can eat at a caloric deficit and lose WEIGHT without vegetables i would be too afraid to cut out veggies for the lack of micronutrients/vitamins you would get from them...

cwolfman13

do some experimenting not only with different vegetables, but different methods of preparation...I used to hate broccoli but now I love it...I used to always have it steamed and then started roasting it with some olive oil and garlic...now, YUM! I'm also a big fan of greens, in particular kale and also very fond of spinach...while I don't really like these raw (or much of any veggie raw, which is why I despise salads), I love them lightly wilted with just a little red wine vinegar at the end to give 'em a zing. I eat a serving of greens pretty much every day. Also consider roasted onion and tomato wedges with olive oil. Sauteed snow peas and radish is another favorite of mine. Olive oil roasted asparagus topped with fresh shredded Parmesan is excellent as well.

andiechick

I'm not a great lover of veg...I couldn't sit and eat a salad but I find ways of getting them into my diet. I add some sweet leaf salad to meals and I love beef casserole and homemade broth, the meat makes it easier to eat. I also enjoy chicken fajitas or chicken and prawn paella with loads of peppers and onions, things I never thought I would like but I do now. I'm not saying to force yourself to eat them at every meal, that could turn you the other way, but try a little bit each time and it does get easier and you will start to enjoy them.

Believe me I know exactly how you feel and people telling you just to get on with it doesn't help but if we want to be healthy for life, these are changes we have tot try and make.

Feel free to add me and I'l help you all I can x

Missjulesdid

I used to HATE veggies, but then I realized it was just because my mother was a terrible cook. For real. A big scoop of mushy veggies on a plate. :sick:

Now I eat a LOT of veggies. I actually juice them so I can get a LOT of extras too. Just keep TRYING them all different ways. In soups, in salads, in stirfries, blended up and put in sauces. Make a nice refreshing salad with half romaine and half baby spinach. Throw handsfulls of spinach in your chili. ROAST your veggies with a bit of olive oil, garlic powder and salt... it brings out the sweetness and sooooo yummy. Remember onions and tomatoes are vegetables too dice some small and add to taco meat to kick up your veggie content. Delicious fresh stirfry with some nice ginger flavor.

Winter brussle sprouts and kale are sweeter and lack bitterness.. just because you HATED them in the past, try then in winter and you'll be surpised.

Believe it or not, the more vegetables you eat, the more you start liking them.

Just keep trying them

fastfoodietofitcutie

I'm not a total veggie lover either but I force myself to eat them. I make a spinach smoothie 3-4 times a week which contains almost all my daily fruit and vegetable requirements, and it tastes good! I try to make a vegetable with every dinner, I eat that first before I touch anything else. Do I like it, no, but I do it anyway.

nitrogen_widget

I like veggies but sometimes i'm just too lazy to steam them. LOL!

So I stock my freezer with them frozen steam-able in the bag veggies with the light cheese sauce.
Quick, easy, tastes awesome, & low cals.