I hate vegetables

Smoothies may work well for you if it's the texture that bothers you. You can hide all sorts of greens in there.

I've used spinach, kale, escarole. You can hide carrots and cucumers in there too. Basically what I do is combine spinach (or other green leafy) with orange juice and water. Then I add frozen fruits (pineapples, mangoes and peaches work really well because there are no seeds) a few carrots or cukes and a half a banana.

If it gets too thick, add a little more juice or water. It tastes REALLY good and there is no offensive texture to worry about. My kids like them too, and they're PICKY.

Some really great ideas!

Do you have a local Farmer's Market or Community Farm? One way that I get my family to try new things is to go to the Farmer's Market and just start exploring. Meeting the folks who grow the local produce, learning about it, trying samples- it becomes so much more appealing than the cold grocery store enviroment. A local, organic strawberry tastes nothing like a grocery store strawberry. The blueberries that I pick on top of a local mountian taste NOTHING like grocery store blueberries (seriously!!)! Micro greens, sorrel, ramps, new asparagus, fiddleheads are all things that can be found by the season and locale that you probably won't find in your grocery store. I really hope that you can discover some things that you love :flowerforyou:

Now that another poster mentioned it, it might be pertinent to note that I do have Asperger's syndrome. So if you don't, your food issues might not be the same as mine. But it's a possible explanation. I wasn't diagnosed until college - my parents just thought I was a shy, freaky eater with a hair-trigger temper, and since I was "brilliant," they didn't think I could possibly have a mental/developmental handicap. So, they force-fed me on occasion, which made my phobias of food worse, and eventually triggered an eating disorder.

Whatever the cause, finding it is the first step to fixing it.

I just commented on someone else's topic about bolognese. Do you like pasta bolognese? Surprise! It's 20 - 40% minced veggies by volume. Want to make a killer bolognese? Try this as a base recipe:

http://culinariaitalia.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/ragu-alla-bolognese-authentic-recipe/

EDIT: I used to think I hated food in general. Meats, fishes, veggies, fruit. When I moved out on my own I learned that I was a repressed foodie--just that my parents didn't know or care to cook worth a damn. I rarely go out to eat (and never, ever to fast food or places that I deem do not cook with love), but I digress. As soon as I took in interest in cooking, my food palate began to expand. Now, I have an herb garden and for the first time I can eat raw chives, basil, mint, thyme, cilantro, oregano and rosemary...straight from the source. Maybe you are like me and just don't know it yet.

Also, wanted to add that this is a simple case of what we eat what we know. You have acquired a taste for carbs and your body now craves them. But you'll have to completely retrain your body and your tastebuds to get used to new foods. Losing weight and getting healthy is not JUST about modifying what you eat and retraining your body, you have to retrain your brain AND your tastebuds too! What a challenge! But you can do it if you decide to.

So what do you eat? Honest question, no snark.

I had the same question. I guess bread and cheese?

I don't like vegetables either--except for corn, carrots, green beans and peas. Yet, I have managed to lose 40 pounds and I am a LOT older than most of you.

At this stage of life, I am unlikely to change. I try to work in fruits and limit bad foods. Portion control is key. I wish I could be a vegetable lover but I'm honest enough to know--it's not going to happen. Try to eat healthier and if your numbers are good--cholesterol etc (mine are excellent) then that will have to be enough.

So I am looking for those people out there who hate fruits and vegetables. The problem I am having is I HATEEEEE them. The only way I can get them in my diet is if they are in a smoothie and it has to be blended until there are no chunks. I hate a smoothie that has chunks in it. I have a texture problem. I dont eat red meat or pork. I eat chicken on occasion but I dont like to eat it every day. Loosing weight with all these food problems is the hardest thing ever. Does any one have any suggestions out there for food ideas for someone who hates fruits and veggies and meat?

Nothing wrong with having a smoothie or two to get your vegetables and fruit each day. Do you like cake and ice-cream or sorbet? They are both easy ways of hiding vegetables and fruit as well eg carrot cake, beetroot cake, avocado ice cream, pumpkin ice cream, fruit sorbets and the like. Not exactly like ice cream in taste of course as you don't have so much sugar but the texture and meltyness is the same and actually quite nice. Beetroot, bean and chocolate cake is awesome too

Do you roast your vegetables? I used to hate vegetables, too, until I started roasting them and experimenting a little. Vegetables can really be delicious.

Hi guys,

It's been a few months since the last post, but I just wanted to say that I'm a vegetable hater too. Haven't had a bite of vegetables before I was 24. Just the thought of them makes me go ugh.. Well, I completely agree with blending the stuff. For breakfast, I like to blend one banana and and orange for fruits and a carrot for vegetables. (Well, that's what I did until the blender broke down :P). I hide my broccoli by making green mashed potatoes - half potatoes and half broccoli. I always have to have rice or some other side dish I love with a little big of vegetables, and I eat them as fast as possible and with a spoonful of something else I like of so I don't let my self feel the strange texture and taste (If I don't then I gag too, unfortunately). So basically, I also hide them. I couldn't possibly have a meal that is consisted exclusively of vegetables. It's lame and pitiful, but it's better than nothing, right? And I'm convinced that in time, I will learn to like them. I hope. Maybe. One day.

I noticed a lot of people mentioning gagging and feeling ill after a bite of vegetables. What you do in that case is curse loudly (at least that's what I do ), then take a moment, tell yourself that it's just green beans, and then try again. After you commanded your brain into accepting the strange and foreign substance into your body, it should go better. The bottom line is to convince your brain that what you are putting in your mouth is just food and that it's there to help you.

Wel, just my two cents. I hope it helps some poor soul who also doesn't like the darn vegetables