I hate vegetables!

Expand your palate. If you dont know how to prepare vegetables strange to you, you're likely not going to like them after you prepare them. Find a friend who knows how to cook and have them introduce you to broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, everything else. The world is a wonder, tasty, fresh place once you open yourself up to the adult world of cuisine.

I dont mean to be insulting, but I think everyone can agree that "I hate vegetables" and "Vegetables are gross" are the utterings of a child-like food mentality.

Well, it's good you like green beans and cooked carrots, especially since they are delicious when cooked with potatoes. Maybe you could try mixing in a small amount of another vegetable, like peas or green onion, and see how it tastes. Maybe there are vegetables out there that you haven't tried yet that would be good.

There are also tons of fruits. Perhaps you could try an apple pear, which tastes kind of like a combination between an apple and a pear (hence the name). Look up fruits that are similar to bananas (like plantains) and see how they taste.

Mixing together with stuff you like will probably help. I don't think there's ever been a vegetable I've had that I liked just by eating it by itself.

My suggestion, try everything you have never tried or haven't tried in a while 2 or 3 times raw and cooked in different ways and see if you might like some vegetables after all.
Try boiling, grilling, frying, pickling, pureeing, any way of cooking a vegetable you can think of.
If you like mashed potatoes you might like mashed cauliflower or broccoli.

If it's the textures I think there's some condition or something you can have where you can't eat certain textures, but I know nothing about that.

I love veggies myself and could eat veggies all day long. be a lot healthier for me too same with fruit.
I went to work with a guy who never ate any vegetables because he hated them instead he ate lots of junk food. not only did it effect him medicially but he also ended up having to wear dentures at age 34 years old also.

incidently I love tomatoes and hate Ketchup and my daughter hates Tomatoes and loves ketchup.

That is so sad, veggies are my absolute favorite food. Remember as you get older your taste for foods changes. What you disliked as a child, you may love as an adult. Try different things. Best of luck to you! :flowerforyou:

I like 'em...but only as garnish. My steak needs something to sit on when it's on my plate.

I always thought I hated beets. The only kind I ever knew were the ones pickled in a can. Ewwww. I have since had fresh beets roasted and they are divine. Try each vegetable prepared in different ways. The internet is chock full of recipes. You may surprise yourself.

Maybe try juicing. Use the ratio 3 veggies to one fruit or half and half.
Or do a smoothie with a veggie and fruit mix.
That way you are taking in your veggies and fruit but in a different way.

Use your grill. Buy a veggie plate for the grill. I buy lots of different veggies: eggplant, baby carrots, parsnips (white carrots), squash, zucchini, onions, bell peppers, ect. I cut my veggies pretty chunky, they hold up better. I throw all of the veggies in a ziplock bag with some oil (evoo, veg). I throw in a ton of dry spices garlic, grill rub mixes (warning check for salt content), Italian seasoning, mrs. dash, ect. Throw everything on a preheated grill turn the veggies after about 4-5 minutes. Amazing flavor. I will eat this alone of throw it into a wrap, or on top of a hot dog. Grilled veggies keep well for the next day. Give it a try. I always eat my grilled veggies.

I would also suggest trying things more than once. There have been some foods that I didn't like the first couple of times I tried them, but love now! Give yourself a chance to get used to new things.

Four options...

1. Try new foods.

2. Try new ways of preparing them. Cooked, steamed, raw, with difference sauces and spices and dips.

3. Eat what you do like. If you like carrots and green beans, eat carrots and green beans.

4. Suck it up. :laugh:

I don't particularly LIKE broccoli or cauliflower, but I get bags of frozen mixed vegetables that include them and have them mixed in with my favorite sides (ie, with rice or pasta). I'll make a Mr. Yuck face at plain steamed broccoli, but I can tolerate eating a few piece if they're in vodka sauce and raviolis, or teriyaki rice, or any other delicious flavor.

Please help! I am trying to improve my nutrition and I hate vegetables. Mostly it's a textural issue (tomatoes are slimy, lettuce is weird, etc) but, despite my mom's best efforts growing up, I hate them. I like potatoes, green beans, and cooked carrots...that's it.

Fruits are also a problem. I only like apples and bananas...any suggestions? I don't want to "burn out" on the limited options I like.

Cooked carrots aren't far off from butternut squash or baked yams. Worth a try. Don't over-cook them to mush (or do) depending on your texture issues.

From green beans, sugar snap peas might be worth trying. Eat whole, raw, or steam or stir fry them a bit.

Try out "asian pears" or actual pears. There are plenty of different types of pears - let them go a bit soft before trying to eat them.

How are you with berries? Blueberries, blackberries, raspberries?

If you can, try buying things you've never seen before - star fruit, rambutan, dragonfruit, lychee... buy a couple and see what happens.

Roasting veggies with a little seasoning and tossed in olive oil is divine! You can do nearly any veggie you think possible. Carrots, peppers (sweet or hot), cabbage, brussel sprouts, asparagus, zucchini, etc.

I'm not huge on the texture of oranges and apples- it's the pulpy feel that gets me every time. So I just don't buy them mostly. I love berries and bananas and I mix them into smoothies when I want one. Now that I'm on that subject- another great way to get some veggies is in smoothies. Seriously, I make green smoothies in the mornings. I have an abundance of frozen fruits and veggies so I throw in about 2 oz of spinach, a handful of alfalfa sprouts, a whole frozen banana- quartered, a cup of berries and about 8 oz of water. Blend it well and I can't taste the spinach or other veggies at all. My 20 month old thinks it is ice cream. You can add any number of things to it- bell peppers, cabbage, etc. And you never have to worry about the texture.

The best advice though is to try new things and things you haven't had in a while with an open mind. If you go into it thinking you are going to hate it, then you will. It could be the greatest food you have ever tried in your life and how would you know if you are busy convincing yourself that you hate it? That's how my dad taught me when I was young and there wasn't a food I wouldn't try. That's not to say you will like everything. I had eel once and I hated it. Also can't stand sauer kraut.

Oh and it helps to know both of the following- how to pick good produce. While I understand the texture issue, there is no reason why lettuce should taste like cardboard. Lettuce should be crisp and fresh. If you are eating cardboard lettuce, it is probably old and wilted and chewy or dried out. Take someone with you who knows how to pick good produce or do some research. All fruits and vegetables have different ways of indicating they are at their ripest. Going under ripe or over ripe could easily sway your opinion of an otherwise tasty veggie. And find someone who knows how to prepare them properly. If you don't want to deal with the texture but enjoy the overall flavor (me with Oranges), learn to cook with them. The textures change in cooked veggies depending on how you prepare them.

Good luck!

I love vegetables. Well, most vegetable. I do not eat brussel sprouts or asparagus... or anything with a weird name. Other than that I'll most likely eat anything! Although, I guess I do tend to smother cooked vegetables in butter...