I hate vegetables!

Definitely go to a store with a great produce section and just start trying something new every week. Google some good recipes for cooking the veggies, suck it up, and eat your food! You'll find things you like.

I've also found creating smoothies out of fruits we like and adding in greens and fresh mint is a good way to get my hubby to take in more veggies. You can make a great smoothie with apples, carrots, fruits you like and throw in some kale, cucumbers, celery. The fruits take over the flavor usually and it's a sweet treat.

Good luck! Keep on trying.

I have issues with food textures, too. Especially vegetables. I’ve tried to be adventurous in the last couple of years and have tried new things. But I find the best thing for me is to “hide” them into other foods. FYI: Almost anything can be hidden in a red gravy (spaghetti sauce).

Check out some mommy blogs on how to ‘hide’ veggies in your food. The Jessica Seinfeld blog’s been suggested. Here are two others. Even if you don’t use the recipes (some of them aren’t the healthiest or the lowest in calories) but they can give you some great ideas.

http://thesneakychef.com/

http://weelicious.com/

I made the beet pancakes from weelicious this weekend. My kids LOVED them. I thought they were okay – edible but not great.

Do you like eggs? Your options are limitless with adding veggies to scrambled eggs or omelettes.
I will eat spinach and orange bell peppers scrambled in a couple of eggs. I cut up ¼ pepper and sauté in olive oil in frying pan. I use the bagged spinach found in the lettuce section. I break some up and put in bowl, add water and micro it for a couple of minutes. I find it less ‘slimy’ than sautéing in a frying pan. I drain and squeeze out the excess water then add it to pan. Mix couple of eggs throw it in add sprinkle some pepper. Sometimes I add cheddar cheese.

How about artichokes? You said you like green beans so here’s a recipe for artichoke/bean casserole. 2 cans of green beans and 1 can artichoke hearts. Rinse the snap beans. I don’t have the recipe with me at the moment, so play with the measurements til you’re happy. ½ cup Italian bread crumbs, ¼ cup parmesan cheese, salt and pepper and few cloves garlic. Mince the garlic, throw all ingredients in bowl, add ¼ cup of olive oil and mix. Throw in dish and cook on @350 degrees for thirty minutes.


Stir fry’s a good option, too. I just found this recipe a couple of weeks ago and it’s so yummy that I have made it three times since. My sodium levels must be sky high. Ingredients:
1 lb shrimp (I use the frozen 51/70 count from Rouses - thawed, rinsed thoroughly and patted dry)
1 bag frozen veggies (I use Bird's Eye steam fresh 12 oz. broccoli, carrots, snow peas and water chestnuts) 1 small onion – chopped 3 cloves/toes garlic – minced 1tbs or so of olive oil
Sauce: 4 tbs. oyster sauce, 2 tbs. soy sauce, and 2 tbs water (try to find low-sodium if you can)

In a large frying pan, saute onion in olive oil for few minutes. Cook veggies in the micro according to the package. Add garlic to the pan and saute for minute or so. Add the shrimp to the pan and cook til they are pinkish. Add your veggies and cook for minute or so while you make the sauce. Add the sauce to the pan and simmer for couple of minutes. Voila!

Serve with or over rice, if desired. I'm sure you can make with beef or chicken instead of shrimp. The original recipe called for mushrooms and fresh broccoli instead of frozen veggies. But I don't like mushrooms and I had this bag of veggies in the fridge when I decided to make it and it worked out nicely.


Slice zucchini and squash and dip in egg wash then a breadcrumb/parmesan mix. Bake in oven at 425 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

Smoothies are good and there's a kazillion options there.

I, too, will turn to a V-Fusion drink.

Good luck!!

Just saving my spot for later. Lots of good ideas!

I'm not a huge cooked veggie fan - so I tend to eat mine raw. Here are some of my fave ways to eat and prepare veggies:

*Raw green peppers and cucumbers are delicious as a snack.
*Make a dressing of 1-2 tblsp of low fat may + 2 tsp Splenda + 2 tsp vinegar. Mix up and add to some broccoli and red onion pieces. Toss in a few bacon bits too for a delicious summer salad.
*Fajitas! Green peppers + onions
*Large tossed salad = lettuce + grape tomatoes + shredded carrots + cucumber slices + mushroom pieces. Add some diced eggs, chicken and 2 tblsp of your favorite low fat dressing
*Turkey bacon wrapped asparagus - wrap up a few asparagus spears in turkey bacon (or regular bacon too if you can). Grill or cook in the microwave. Delicious!

I should clarify the "lettuce is weird" statement. Lettuce to me feels like cardboard in my mouth.

I'm loving all the suggestions! Thanks!

Some varieties of lettuce are stiffer than others. Me, I like a crisp lettuce .... but red leaf lettuce is wimpy (drives me crazy). You might try red leaf lettuce chopped up and added to a sandwich. If you can tollerate that (maybe work on it) .... then you can build up to a red leaf lettuce salad.

Veggie textures will change with cooking methods and freezing. You might like a veggie raw .... but hate it cooked. Certain veggies are terrible frozen & others are excellent that way.

PARSNIPS ..... if you like cooked carrots .... these are yummy (very similar flavor) .... they look like white carrots... and cook quickly.

only way to get past it is to try it. as a kid brussel sprouts = farts. but my bf loves them and made me some, just boiled plain and i liked them. they taste like cauliflower & broccoli combined. we pick veggies we like mainly but one a week is something new. even if we dislike it, we finish it. then we know for sure and can move on to the next one.