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    Vegetables? Eww Yuk

    Posts: 27 Member
    edited February 20 in Food and Nutrition
    I'm finding it hard to stick to most diet plans when so many involve foods I just don't like. I know it sounds childish, but my taste buds simply won't allow certain foods. Are there any "healthy" foods that you just don't like to eat, regardless of how healthy it may be?

    My NO List:
    Beets
    Bok choy
    Brussels sprout
    Celery
    Kale
    Chard
    Watercress
    Avocado
    Bell peppers
    Eggplant
    Olives
    Sweet pepper
    Zucchini
    Artichoke
    Cauliflower
    Asparagus
    Leeks
    Onions
    Parsnip
    Radish
    Rutabaga
    Taro
    Turnip
    Water chestnut

    I'm prepared for the onslaught of "Oh, really? How can you not like ******? They're amazing!" Believe me, I have tried and tried for years to like these foods, but it just doesn't do well on my tongue.

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    • Posts: 7,724 Member
      Onions for the most part.

      That's a pretty impressive list you've actually tried! I'm now curious which ones do you like?
    • Posts: 819 Member
      Like I tell my kids, "You don't have to like it, you just have to eat it."

      Or not... it's your health.
    • Posts: 312 Member
      Just include foods you like, then. Your diet will be more sustainable that way.

      I was a really picky eater as a child; the only vegetable I would eat was potato (mashed or as chips). As I have grown older, I have begun to be able to eat almost anything, although I still don't like beetroot, celery and brussell sprouts.
    • Posts: 616 Member
      The only vegetables I can't see on your "yuk" list are carrots and lettuce.
    • Posts: 3,452 Member
      I hate to be that person, but have you tried any of those roasted, marinated, caramelized? The difference in taste is amazing.
    • Posts: 178 Member
      Try eating them as chips, soups, green smoothies, roast veggies etc.
    • Posts: 270 Member
      My ex was like that, I hated going out to eat with her because she was so picky she always wanted them to make her something not even close to being on the menu. Embarrassing...
    • Posts: 2,474 Member
      I hate to be that person, but have you tried any of those roasted, marinated, caramelized? The difference in taste is amazing.

      Yeah this!
    • Posts: 733 Member
      On the plus side, that allows for sweet potatoes and carrots (Vitamin A), broccoli and tomatoes (Vitamin C), spinach and garbanzos (iron), lentils and avocados (potassium), green peas and mushrooms (Vitamins B1/B2)... The key diet plan is eating fewer calories than you burn which these also allow.

      I think you should be just fine with these. :)
    • Posts: 78
      My list is almost identical but I'd have to add Mushrooms and Tomatoes to it. I do love my Beets and Zucchini however.
      I manage just fine on the veggies I do like and will eat.

      Lettuce (unless its iceberg variety... yuck!)
      Raw Spinach
      Broccoli
      Zucchini
      Squash
      Almost any variety of beans
      Red, Yellow or orange peppers (I find they are sweeter)
      Cucumbers
      Sweet potatoes
      Corn
      Carrots
    • Posts: 19,251 Member
      I used to only like a few vegetables. Fortunately, with my change in eating, my tastes changed. Now the only healthy thing I don't like is mushrooms.
    • Posts: 178 Member
      show previous quotes

      Yeah this!

      I agree with this, too.
    • Posts: 70 Member
      This!

      I love my veges, and salads, and fruit. Love love love them. And after seeing this I am so grateful that I do. It would be incredibly hard to have so many hated foods. But then again if I had a few more maybe I wouldn't be in this mess in the first place :laugh:
      I hate to be that person, but have you tried any of those roasted, marinated, caramelized? The difference in taste is amazing.
    • Posts: 70 Member
      Me too. Take the humble eggplant for instance. Grilled with and then without olive oil makes it two completely different foods, one I find palatable and one not so much...
      show previous quotes

      I agree with this, too.
    • Posts: 1,959 Member
      Should of had a V8! lol seriously I don't like veggies or fruit either. I drink a glass of V8 Vfusion everyday and I eat the motts healthy harvest flavored applesauce to get my fruit in.
      The veggies/fruits I will eat are as followed:
      green beans
      carrots
      corn
      onions
      tomatoes
      potatoes
      spinach
      bell peppers
      beans (pinto, kidney, refried)
      bananas
      apples
      pears
      celery
      black olives
      avocado
      pumpkin
      peas
    • Posts: 1,184 Member
      It's shorter to list the vegetables I will eat...

      Bell peppers
      Cabbage ( :heart: )
      Tomatoes
      Pickles
      Olives
      Carrots
      Broccoli
      Zucchini
      Potatoes (NOT sweet ones :sick: )
      Peas
      Eggplant
      Onions ( :heart: )
      Spinach
      Corn

      Anything else, no thanks.
      As for fruit, only figs, sometimes apples and grapes.
    • Posts: 1,017 Member
      I love most vegetables, but the only ones I don't like are eggplant and zucchini. It's more the texture for me, than taste.
    • Posts: 1,842 Member
      I love vegetables! All vegetables! Raw, roasted, grilled, boiled, steamed, stir fried, BBQ'd, mashed, grated, sautéed, made into burgers, blended into smoothies....yum!
    • Posts: 1,298 Member
      What about squash and broccoli? Not all hope is lost!
    • Posts: 4,585 Member
      Bok choy is surprising to me....that is one vegetable that has very little flavor and, instead, picks up the flavors it is cooked in. Maybe you can give it another shot cut up into a soup or stir fry.
    • Posts: 27 Member
      I suppose I should have added in the ones I do like. The ones which I do like I very much like them and will eat them daily.

      My YES list:
      Broccoli
      Cabbage
      Lettuce
      Spinach
      Peas
      Cucumber
      Pumkin
      Squash
      Tomato
      Corn
      Black-eyed peas
      Chickpeas
      Fava
      Garbanzo
      Green Beans
      Lentil
      Lima
      Okra
      Peanut
      Runner bean
      Snap pea
      Snow pea
      Soybean
      Carrots (my favorite)
      Potato
      Sweet Potato
      Yam

      I'm crazy about fruit, and have a smoothie for breakfast 3-4 times a week.

      And yes, in the multiple attempts to like the "No" foods, I've tried them in a variety of methods cooked.
    • Posts: 44
      Beans. Ugh. I hate beans, any form of beans.

      I eat everything. I love everything. Except beans, man. Get 'em away!
    • Posts: 270 Member
      Do you like juice? You can drink your veggies in the form of fresh juice. The more fruit juice in the mix, the better it tastes. If you can drink orange juice, you can drink carrot orange juice with a few greens in there no problem.
    • Posts: 7,088 Member
      Please add brussel sprouts to your list! Eww! I don't like them at all! :-)
    • Posts: 432 Member
      Are we just talking about vegetables? Because there are quite a few fruits listed up there. I have more fruit I can't stand than vegetables, but I've actually aquired a taste for certain foods by eating them enough in small doses.
    • Posts: 380 Member
      I guess im only one addicted to veggies then, havent found one i dont like yet :D
    • Posts: 817 Member
      I think your error is in expecting to like them. You have been allowed to think (by your parents, I guess) that liking a food is relevant.

      it's an error borne of not having any famines when they were growing up to teach them that having food at all is a bonus, and liking it is completely off the charts super double bonus.

      When we raise children to eat a food, we offer it 10 times. At the 10th time the child will have started to get used to the mouth feel, gotten over any 'ick' reactions he might have had, (ick reactions are psychological and happen to teenaged girls who are developing affectations in an attempt to look 'cute', also. They are not physiological and they are not relevant to survival. They are only able to survive in an environment where survival itself is already guaranteed.)

      So anyway, choose the vegetables you DO like, write a list of them, and every week buy one more vegetable, and try it ten times. I don't mean that silly 'teeniest bite with the tips of the teeth' gobshyte I've seen teenagers do. I mean chuck a whole mouthful in, think of England and eat it as fast as you can, and swallow it.

      you do that ten times and by the 10th time you will have worked out all of your difficulties and gotten over your dislike. Remember: it's 100% psychological and your parents let you get away with that. Or, to put it another way, you were spoiled. If you can 'unspoil' yourself by the time you have children you can save them from your problem, which is that having limited yourself in terms of what food you will eat, you've cut out all the non-fattening ones and are left only with the fattening ones.
    • Posts: 45 Member
      When I was younger, I hated a lot of vegetables. However, as I have grown, I have found I love a lot of vegetables. There are a few I don't like.

      However, pet peeve: Potatoes and corn are not vegetables they are tubers and grains. Beans are not vegetables, they are legumes. Not that it matters at all to anyone else, but my mom drilled this into my head a long time ago.

      My hate list:
      Broccoli, cauliflower, cooked spinach, collards, turnip greens, and english peas.

      There are certain vegetables that I ONLY eat raw and NEVER cooked such as rutabagas, spinach, and turnip roots.
    • Posts: 60 Member
      Hated brussel sprouts as a kid until last year, then my friend made them for me roasted in the oven with bacon... I then tried different variations until I came to love them steamed and plain.

      Basically weening myself from decadent to basic got me in to a more diverse veggie love.
    • Posts: 85 Member
      Your YES list:
      Corn, carrots, string beans, spinach, black eyed peas, broccoli, cucumber, Endive, fennel, mushroom, peas, sweet potato, potatoes, tomato (yeah I know it’s a fruit), yams, Cabbage, Mustard greens, Arugula, Chickpea
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