Looking for Veggies for People who Hate Veggies!

Hmmm.. Grilled or roasted vegetables are super easy and super yummy. Just use a little olive oil, salt and pepper.

It's not really accurate to say that veggies have lots of carbs. Veggies like spinach, other greens, zucchini etc have pretty low amounts of carbs.

I cannot stand most veggies, or any fruit cooked. Don't care for the mushy texture they have. I eat more veggies when they are raw, so maybe try that? Salads, with baby spinach are amazing! Raw carrots, snap peas, green beans, etc, just seem to taste better raw.

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Check out www.skinnytaste.com. She has great recipes and uses a lot of vegetables. Everything I've tried on her site has been super good and easy to tweak to fit my pantry and tastes. I can't even tell you how often I've pimped out her site but it really has a lot of good stuff. Plus if you follow her recipe as is, she has nutritional values listed with each recipe.

Anyways, this recipe is absolutely wonderful. http://www.skinnytaste.com/2010/05/turkey-burgers-with-zucchini.html



It keeps the burgers super juicy and you can't taste the zucchini. You can see a bit of green but hopefully that won't bug them too much. I had a 10 year old tell me they tasted better than McDonald's burgers. I know this isn't saying much for adults, but that's a pretty big deal for a kid. Slap a slice of cheese on it and that should trick them completely

If you do a search for Zucchini (or other vegetables) on her page a bunch of recipes come up, including delicious things like Zucchini Lasagna and Pineapple Zucchini Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Also if they love pasta, you can pulse a bunch of different vegetables in the food processor and the saute them off with the onions for the pasta sauce. It gives you a chunkier sauce, but you can't really taste them. Really easy to toss in some carrots and zucchini. Good luck!

Spaghetti Squash is a great option to substitute for pasta. Roast the squash in the over (sliced in half, open side down on a baking sheet) and cook at about 375 for 45 minutes - depending on size of squash. Once it's done let it cool then use a fork to scrape out the squash into spaghetti like strands... you can use it just like pasta. Good luck!

salads are always good and easy. it's really hard to give you more without more info lol

or try low carb spinich alfredo pizza or something like that lol

I like to cut up several cleaned jacket potatoes, a quarter pumpkin, three medium-large carrots, and a few sweet potatoes.

I aim for "cubes" of about 4-6cm (2 inches).

Drop all the cubes into a large strong plastic bag.

Add a tablespoon (or 2) of olive oil. Knead and rotate the plastic bag until each cube has a thin olive oil layer all over.

Add a heaped teaspoon of mixed herbs, a level teaspoon of curry powder, about two teaspoons of cracked peppercorns, a teaspoon of dried chives, and a dessertspoon of sesame (or poppy) seeds. Close the bag and knead/rotate again.

Place coated vege pieces onto a baking tray and place in the oven for 70-90 minutes at 150C-180C (300F-350F).

Serve hot or cold. Salt optional before or after cooking.

I just recently bought a juicer to get some more veggies and fruits into my diet daily. I mix my fruits with my veggies...i find the more fruit that i include the better it tastes. I only drink a juice once a day and i still eat regular meals. Now the fruits will put lots of calories in there...so be mindful of the amount you are using

My husband would only eat green beans and tomatoes when i met him as well. He now will eat every vegetable except mushrooms. I think he just never tried other vegetables before and just assumed that he didn't like them or never had them cooked the right way.

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He hates soup. He hates a lot of foods, honestly. He is highly particular about everything, and he can taste everything.

To sound harsh ... "he" needs to shut it and grow up, unless you're speaking of a 4 year old. Mind you, if you're dating an adult acting like a 4 year old, then probably best to either rethink your options or give him a swift kick. Preferably in the bollocks, but in the head works nearly as well. A ninja kick.

If you're the sole meal maker in the house, then make what you like and is best for everyone. If "he" chooses not to eat it, then "he" can fend for himself. That would require a bit of an adult decision of which it appears he's not accustomed. Be calm, stand your ground, and say, "If you don't like it, then that is okay. Honestly, it is. You're more than welcome to make something on your own." ta-da Grown-up time.

You can get a lot of veg into a pasta sauce, especially if you blend it smooth - mushrooms, courgettes and onions will all blend into a tomato sauce without altering the colour too much (and alerting your vegiphobe to the presence of the enemy!).

I find that people who don't like vegetables (particularly kids) will happily eat them on a pizza, especially if cut up small. And kids will also more readily eat vegetables they've had a sticky little hand in preparing - "build your own pizza" can encourage them to use different colours and veggies to make pictures, faces etc.

Another way in for adults who don't like their greens is to put them in curries - the flavour is covered by the spicing but the fibre etc is still there. You can also do vegetable tempura with a sweet chili dipping sauce - most people will yum that up quite happily.

I have issues with food textures, 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.

How about 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.

Here’s a recipe for an artichoke/green 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 baking pan 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 local grocery - 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. And there’s always a V-Fusion drink.

Good luck!!