Healthy (-ier) foods that grew on you

I cannot think of one thing on my menu that I started to eat for health effect reasons that I didn't like. I increased the proportion of those foods in my diet though, like veggies, fruit, wholegrain things etc.

My goal from the beginning was to get help changing my relationship with food, and learn to enjoy those foods that I like but in managed portions that fit within my daily caloric intake while making sure that I come close to hitting my Macro's... I will never label foods into categories of Good or Bad.... Best of Luck

Broccoli is a huge one for me. I love steamed broccoli with a bit of smoked salt.

Also, I used to stay away from bread/rice/cereal because I wasn't a fan of the taste, and if I did eat it I would only eat the white, heavily processed, sugar added (white rice with raisins and brown sugar was the only way I'd eat rice) kinds. If I had a hankering for carbs I would eat candy. Now I have no trouble with healthy grains (quinoa, brown rice, etc) and hate white bread. I love bread with some texture and heartiness like Dave's Killer.

I'm also starting to like fruit more!

brocoli, zucchini and ... tomatoes! Yes tomatoes i still can't enjoy it when i eat raw (only exception home grown garden! ) but i make sure to have it in a salad. i use tomatoes in a homemade bruschettas over salad.

Cottage cheese -- I used to be so turned off my the texture. Now I top salads with it, use it as a spread on wraps, dip veggies sticks in it, add it to scrambled eggs, mix it with frozen berries (highly recommended, by the way!) ... and on occasion, just eat it straight. YUM.

Also fish. I used to be really turned off by seafood (unless it was battered!) until my sister gave me some tips on preparing it. Snapper or red emperor fillets pan-fried in coconut oil is now one of my favourite super-easy weeknight dinners. I also had no idea I liked tuna so much until a few months ago -- tinned, seared, raw sashimi style ... OM NOM NOM.

And beetroots. How did I ever not like beetroots? I have no explanation for my past self's tastebuds on this one!

#1 for me is spinach, in every form except canned. I used to put it in a salad or rich cheesy appetizer dip only, but it is AMAZING to me now...like it's actually one of my favorite foods and I eat it twice a week, minimum.

I have always liked eggs somewhat but now I love them.

Plain Greek yogurt is growing on me lately. I barely even add any honey/nuts to it...or just a handful of grapes or berries makes it plenty sweet to me.

Greek yogurt and real dark chocolate.

I'm a foodie so normally I won't eat what I don't like the taste of (food must taste good, not just eaten fuel) but I really wanted to give greek yogurt a try for its health benefits. I tried plain greek yogurt and the sourness was too much so I went with the fruit on the bottom varieties for a while. Then one day I bought one of those "flip" kinds with the fruit stuff on the side, tried the yogurt by itself and decided I liked it plain so that's mostly what I buy now.

And becoming used to dark chocolate had a wonderful side effect of saving me from stuffing myself with junk treats! Now that I'm used to the really good dark stuff (85% or more cacoa), not just any old chocolate bar will do. If I want some, I have to go to a store that carries that kind of chocolate and be prepared to spend a bit more for the quality. It's not 100%, I'll stil cave for lower quality dark chocolate now and then (like Hershey or Dove) but most of the time it's just not worth those calories.

What a great thread! For me, oatmeal (without extra sugar), roasted carrots, broccoli any kind of way, tofu, tuna, oysters and mussels. I also had no idea how much I loved tomatoes!

Avocados.

That said, I still don't eat lettuce or tomato.