Boyfriend doesn't like vegetables.

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  • Terryism
    Terryism Posts: 314 Member
    I sneak veggies into my toddler's foods, but wouldn't try to trick an adult, lol! That being said, one of my favorite things for my boy is to mix veggies into pancakes. Instead of mixing in plain water, I will blend apple juice, spinach, carrots, greek yogurt, and some other berries or fruits. It's delicious! Smoothies are great because the fruit covers up the veggies in my opinion.
  • Lynn_babcock
    Lynn_babcock Posts: 220 Member
    I prefer cast iron skillet for most of my cooking.. just not vegetables.. they stick so bad. So get a good non-stick skillet. I use olive oil and/or the butter no-calorie cooking spray. Broccoli is probably our favorite veggie here. I use granulated garlic, or garlic powder, salt, and some olive oil. If I'm short on calories I'll spray it down with the 0-cal spray. If I'm not too short, or won't be too much over, then I use some olive oil.. more natural. I just don't understand the ability not to like broccoli. We like green beans too but haven't gotten them lately due to local price.

    We also eat a lot of swiss chard and kale.. but those can be hard to eat especially for someone who doesn't like veggies anyways. How does someone get raised not eating vegetables?? Especially dieting.. when you are this hungry anything tastes good it seems :)
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    My boyfriend and I are trying to lose weight together. He doesn't like any vegetables though besides potatoes and green beans. He will not eat them! I have tried...he will not. So, I guess I am looking for suggestion on how to cook and lose weight for someone who doesn't like vegetables....thanks!!!
    I'd tell him to grow up and man up and eat his vegetables. He's not a 4 year old is he. Don't pander to him by doing that he'll never eat them
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    I'm patiently waiting for this thread to evolve into "dump him because he's so abusive."

    But seriously, if he doesn't want vegetables then leave him alone. Don't be telling guys what to eat. That's what moms are for!
  • bagge72
    bagge72 Posts: 1,377 Member
    He sounds like a bit of a baby. Sometimes you just have to force them down, and then you just get use to them, or if he likes fruit, make a fruit smoothie, with carrots, and spinach in it, you can't even taste them.
  • MightyDomo
    MightyDomo Posts: 1,265 Member
    We didn't always like the foods that we eat now (generally a true statement) as we had to learn what foods we liked from infancy. This means that our decisions on what foods we do and do not like can continue to change as we choose to eat them and not reject them for not currently enjoying them.

    He just needs to eat them and find ways to like them, it's not healthy to not eat his veggies and honestly green beans and potatoes do no have enough nutrition to get him buy without absolutely having to take a multivitamin. If you can get him to agree to try different ways of cooking the veggies to find ways to enjoy it then you will have success with him eating more of them.
  • LGcentaur
    LGcentaur Posts: 3
    My husband won't eat a vegetable unless its a potato, corn, or onion. He's not trying to lose weight as he's actually underweight at present, but here are some suggestions I've picked up:

    1. Start him on a daily vitamin so he still meets his nutrient needs.
    2. See if you can get him to drink V-8 and other type drinks.
    3. Hide vegetables where you can - my favorite is adding some spinach to spaghetti sauce.
    4. Mix tiny pieces of other vegetables with the ones he will eat - like chopped red peppers with green beans.
    5. If you can find veggie burgers and hot dogs which still taste similar to meat-based versions and look like meat, see if he'll eat those.
    6. Don't warn him about adding vegetables, just do. Eventually, he'll either stop asking and just eat it or learn to like them.
    7. Find other foods, like Whonu? cookies, which have the nutrition of vegetables without the veggies.

    Good luck!
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    ha.. put them on his plate anyway. lol. I do.

    puree them and mix them into other parts of dinner..there are entire cookbooks dedicated to this deception..

    Buy different veggies.. weird ones.. and insist on trying them together.

    Cook them differenlty. I hate boiled beets, but love them roasted.

    Make it a fun challenge that you two can do togheter. Experiments in the kitchen. LOL. (hence why I call my dinner meals concoctions. LOL)

    imo organic veggies taste better. esp tomatoes.
  • LAW_714
    LAW_714 Posts: 258
    I have to say I'm always confused by people who "hate ALL vegetables". That's a wide, wide variety of flavors, textures, and potential ways of cooking them to dismiss out of hand. Different vegetables don't taste the same way or even have the same sort of texture. butternut squash =/= spinach =/= carrots =/= avocados =/= broccoli =/=onions =/= mushrooms, etc. I can understand disliking the flavor or texture of a certain vegetables, but saying "all"...

    Well, since rolling ones eyes wouldn't be an effective strateg, I'd say, he's a grown man. He can choose what he eats. Make dinner, cook vegetables if you want them. He doesn't have to eat them. If, by avoiding the vegetables that are served, he's still hungry, unless there's some physical problem, he's perfectly capable of going to the refrigerator, the microwave, the oven himself and making/finding more of what he wants.

    If the object is weight loss, and he won't eat vegetables, he might prefer Atkins. Atkins can coexist with vegetable avoidance.

    Oh, and he might want to take a multi-vitamin while he's at it.
  • CookNLift
    CookNLift Posts: 3,660 Member
    Eat healthy and lose the weight, allow him to continue to consume mashed potatoes and string beans. When you lose the weight and he's stuck where he is tell him it's because you sucked it up and ate your veggies.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    Make them anyway. He can eat them. Same as I do with my children.
  • born2drum
    born2drum Posts: 731 Member
    My boyfriend and I are trying to lose weight together. He doesn't like any vegetables though besides potatoes and green beans. He will not eat them! I have tried...he will not. So, I guess I am looking for suggestion on how to cook and lose weight for someone who doesn't like vegetables....thanks!!!

    What is he? 12? Tell him to grow up and eat like a man, lol. ANyways, sweet potatos and yams are amazing especially sweet potato fries. As long as he gets lean meats and dairy then I don't see why you two can't lose weight.
  • babyj0
    babyj0 Posts: 531 Member
    I have the same problem with mine -- except that he doesn't need to lose weight, he wants to bulk up.
    We're moving in together soon, and it's going to be fun cooking for this guy! :grumble:
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    I have the same problem with mine -- except that he doesn't need to lose weight, he wants to bulk up.
    We're moving in together soon, and it's going to be fun cooking for this guy!

    hahahah!! This makes me laugh!!.. My boyfriend and I cook together at least once or twice a week. It's always an interesting mish mosh of foods.. it's traditional southern cooking mashed with italian influence.. ha we'll have fried chicken and collard greens on the table next to zucchini carpachio and antipasta.. lol.

    The best was we once had southern style lasanga with egg rolls and thai curry soup. LOL up side? everyone is happy.. down side?? it takes forever to make Sunday dinner. (and it can get expensive. )
  • babyj0
    babyj0 Posts: 531 Member
    I have the same problem with mine -- except that he doesn't need to lose weight, he wants to bulk up.
    We're moving in together soon, and it's going to be fun cooking for this guy!

    hahahah!! This makes me laugh!!.. My boyfriend and I cook together at least once or twice a week. It's always an interesting mish mosh of foods.. it's traditional southern cooking mashed with italian influence.. ha we'll have fried chicken and collard greens on the table next to zucchini carpachio and antipasta.. lol.

    The best was we once had southern style lasanga with egg rolls and thai curry soup. LOL up side? everyone is happy.. down side?? it takes forever to make Sunday dinner. (and it can get expensive. )

    I forgot to mention how PICKY he is. He wont touch any of the food you just mention, except for the fried chicken. He's also very plain. He's a no onion-no mayo-no cheese-just pickles and the patty type of guy. Ugh! Lol
  • shybelle
    shybelle Posts: 254 Member
    Thanks for all of the suggestions. I feel like I should just clarify that my boyfriend has no problem cooking for himself but it's just something I want to do for him. I will definitely keep I'm cooking them for me and work in ways of getting him to try some vegetables. Thanks again.
  • Woodsmoke
    Woodsmoke Posts: 360 Member
    To be honest you need to tell him he's being a baby. Only children refuse to try things that are good for them.
  • mazdauk
    mazdauk Posts: 1,380 Member
    I used to not like veggies. At least, I thought I didn't like veggies. Turns out I didn't like the way my parents prepared them, or I didn't like the idea of them.
    ^^^ This!

    British food when I was growing up was quite boring - a mixture of left-over rationing ideas and the sudden excitement of being able to buy half a frozen sheep, a 2lb pack of frozen peas, 4 litres of "soft scoop" icecream AND have a freezer big enough for it!:bigsmile: I couldn't identify half the food items in a Richard Scarry book as I'd never seen peppers, courgettes, aubergines, corn on the cob..... When hubby and I bought our first home we were quite "adventurous" having more than just "dried mixed herbs" in our cupboards - the idea of having a pot of fresh herbs on the windowsill would have seemed impossible! And I never ate vegetables other than a small amount of frozen peas or a little onion.

    Veggies are still not my "go to" but there's loads more I eat. Its all about how you cook them - try roasting a selection in the oven with herbs and garlic. I've always exposed my kids to different veg and sure, they started off all Turkey dinosaurs and potato waffles but now they'll eat most things (at 19 and 13 I don't go out of my way to cook something separate unless I don't want to share:laugh: )

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