I want to eat healthy but I hate veggies.

A piece of fruit is better than a piece of cake. Js....

I am not a big veggie fan either. However, I do eat raw veggies. I think they taste better raw than cooked and cooking can take out some of the nutrients from them. Also I like the texture better raw too. I like raw celery with low fat cream cheese as a snack. Carrots and Cauliflower with light ranch dressing. Or a salad with apples, cucumbers, dried cranberries and low fat cheddar cheese. Or a stirfry where the veggies are lightly cooked and still have snap to them.

learn to like them. Your body will crave them after a while.

me too, but get em down. I have found that raw veggies are easier to get down than cooked, especially canned, and I cut them big so I can eat them with my fingers.

Seconding roasting vegetables -- it's amazing.

Also, keep trying things -- new veggies, new ways of preparing them. I hated many vegetables for a long time, but it turns out I didn't hate the veggies themselves -- just how they'd always been prepared for me. Check out some recipes at AllRecipes or Cooks.com and find interesting ways to add veggies to your food. And this may sound silly, but some parenting blogs have ideas for how to "sneak" veggies into kids' food -- like puree butternut squash into mac and cheese so they can't taste it. Some of this might work for you!

I also have learned to LOVE vegetable juice as a way to get some servings in. You don't get the fiber, true, but you get good nutrients. Usually I have 4 oz with my breakfast. Sometimes I'll have 4 oz mixed with beer later in the day

They said it above. Roasting. Changes everything. You'll never look at a turnip the same way again.

Roast them - I've found that roasting veggies gives them the most luxurious flavor EVER. Spray cut veggies with nonstick spray and sprinkle with seasonings, then roast them at 425 until they're browned and delicious. Good veggies for roasting: broccoli, carrots, brussels sprouts, bell peppers and onions.

Interesting choices, never tried to roast brussells my favourites are parsnips but in summer aubergines , bell peppers and courgettes which are actually fruits! Add onion and garlic and they are all really sweet and yummy

dressings that have the least calories are vinegar based or mustard base (also has vinegar in it)

but it would be a good idea to have a dressing with a little olive or other type healthy oil, or nuts, seeds, fatty fish,
something with healthy fats to help absorb and digest the vitamin A in your food. avocado is popular.
also, sometimes if i have oranges in a salad, i don't need very much dressing, or any. depends what kind of salad it is, and how much.

I have a shake almost every day which includes: baby spinach, kale, 1/2 banana, shredded carrots, protein powder, blueberries, strawberries, flax seed and cinnamon. Tastes nothing like veggies (which I love anyway). Try something like this and you'll love your veggies.

Quite a few people don't 'like' veggies because they take some prep time.
Lack of know how or just lazy (me) whatever the reasons.
Look up Jessica Seinfeld's cookbook Deceptively Delicious.
It is mostly about how to prepare and hide veggies almost anywhere.
And only the cook knows they're there.

As for dressings. The bottles are all labeled these days.
Read the nutrition labels of your favourites, do some comparisons.
Then decide if the flavour is worth the extra; fat, sodium , calories whatever.

Okay. Thanks for the ideas, everyone! Although roasting them would mean taking some effort but I'll try it out. I'm curious, if I'm gonna have a green salad, what kind of dressing would have the least calories?

Oh, and I love fruits btw so that's not a problem for me.

it does not take much time, very little prep. Example tonight we are having roasted cauliflower and broccoli. You cut, wash, put in a bag or a bowl, put a bit of coconut oil and a bit of seasoning and in the oven. I cook it for 20 minutes while the other food is cooking or being prepped and done. I have this at dinner time. For lunches I make salads.... love salads.

Okay. Thanks for the ideas, everyone! Although roasting them would mean taking some effort but I'll try it out. I'm curious, if I'm gonna have a green salad, what kind of dressing would have the least calories?

Oh, and I love fruits btw so that's not a problem for me.

Most vinagrettes are typically the healthier choice to go with. When I'm at a restaurant, I'll order a vinagrette on the side when I can't read the nutrition labels. Since you're more of a fruit fan, I'd suggest going with something like a raspberry vinagrette. A little bit goes a long way since it's really thin...and it is so good! Add a few slices of apples, strawberries, walnuts-- you have yourself an easy, delicious salad. I've even been known to use a capful of bolthouse smoothies as a psuedo dressing when I had nothing else.

I'm not much of a veggie fan either-- my husband makes fun of me for it. But the trick is to disguise them. Cook/mix them into things you won't taste-- omlettes, casseroles, smoothies, etc. Do you like mashed potatoes? My trick for mixed veggies (bleh!) is to stir them up in my mashed potatoes, then you can't even taste them. Veggies like onions, peppers, lettuce, spinach are great on sandwiches because they add crunch & aren't strong tasting.

Hope this helps!

Try Juicing, Them first of all than you might grow a taste for them, Than start eating them in whole Trust mee i used to think that veggies n fruits are not healthy for me, But know i know that they should be the main part of the diet,!

So don't eat veggies. I hate veggies and have lost every single pound without eating them.