No veggies. Healthy eating?

I oftentimes blend up veggies to add to my kids' meals - I blend them and add them to meatloaf, spagetti sauce, etc. they never know and they get their veggies.

Hi,
you can hide veggies in nut breads. just add the diced or shredded veggies to the mix. I like walnut banana bread with added carrot. served warm with butter dripping off. you can add almost any dry or slightly damp veggie to walnut banana bread.
BTW add less sugar if you use carrots.
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choke it down. force the issue until its grows on you. even if you puke a couple times. you need to eat vegetables if you want to be healthy, let alone lose weight.

roast cauliflower with coconut oil....or if you like more savory then garlic and rosemary and/or thyme.
or invest in some good seasoning blend like spike's seasoning or trader joe's "21 seasoning salute" (people love that but it's not my favorite).

i also second what others say about making a fruit smoothie and sneaking in vegetables like spinach, romaine lettuce, cucumbers...things like kale might be too strong for you right now..

also you can buy some chocolate protein powder and blend a scoop of it with a cup of skim milk and add a couple handfuls of spinach - even add in a touch of stevia and/or some frozen berries and/or cocoa powder and you absolutely WILL NOT taste the spinach. I do 1 scoop protein, 4 cups baby spinach, 1tsp cocoa powder and 1/2 cup berries with 1-1.5c coconut milk. DELISH. but you might want to take the spinach level down a notch...it really does taste like a chocolate smoothie. just make sure your protein is high quality!

Diced onions, peppers, mushrooms etc are staples in my house. One of my favorites is southwest sloppy joes. Diced veggies (I do all of the above plus jalapenos) with meat. To reduce calories, I make sure to use a lot more veggies than meat. Once you add the meat, seasoning, and tomato paste, the final product tastes great. Give it a shot sometime!

I'm going to try this!

What texture do you have a problem with? Have you tried raw? How about stirfried? Chopping them into little dice so they just slip down with a mince (ground beef) dish like pasta sauce? What about soup, home made, boil a mix of veg up then whizz through the blender to make a soup?

Buy the Seinfeld book on how to sneak veggies to your kids.

It works on my husband

I don't like most veggies so I don't eat them. I will not eat food I do not like, that's just silliness. I get the nutrition I need from meat, eggs, a small amount of veggies (I do like bell peppers, onions, lettuce and cauliflower), cheese and butter, evoo, and then small amounts of nuts, berries and bananas and natural carbs like rice, plantains and potatoes. With an occasional piece of dark chocolate thrown in for fun Oh, and I looove mushrooms-eat these everyday. There is nothing better than big stuffing mushrooms baked in evoo, and then filled with pork sausage, diced onion and then topped with bacon and cheddar yum!

I put them in omelets and on pizzas, but I like veggies, so this probably won't work for you.

I like carrots and spinach - both raw. I WILL if I have to eat snow peas raw or asparagus cooked. I choose not to. lol. I count potatoes as healthy but a starch...my fruits are limited to apples. Raisins occassionally, and bananas and grapes if they are in the proper stage or ripeness. I have to have smooth sauces on anything that is sauced, other than that I don't use condiments at all.

If you WANT to branch out and try new things, by all means do it!!! I have tried new things that I love (like rice!! yum!), but it can be done without a full array of veggies Just saying

You have to really experiment to find new things you like. Don't be afraid to try. Let me say that roasting is incredible, both texture and flavor and works with all kinds of veggies. I won't suggest you choke stuff down, but for heaven's sake, don't give up. Try try try. If my ultra picky second child can absolutely fall in love with roasted brussel sprouts, I'm POSITIVE there's more out there you just haven't tried yet, that you'll like. Good luck!

^This!

Keep trying "new" veggies, new cooking methods, new recipes. Gradually you will find some veggies you like.

Re: texture. Raw VS. Frozen VS. Fresh ..... there are big differences. Some veggies are not very good frozen (green beans and carrots) ....Some veggies are better undercooked (maybe that's just me) .... I like my "fresh" green beans a little firm.... you will develop your own taste preferences.

Just cook all your veggies in a pot roast. Works for me. When I make beef stew, it's more carrots, onions and mushrooms than it is beef. Mashing cooked cauliflower is a huge favorite of people on this site and, 50/50 with potatoes, I really like it.

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