Picky eater!

I am in the same boat as you. I am a very picky eater. No fruits or veggies. So I have to make adjustments where I can and slowly work myself into trying new foods. One thing that I have done is cut out (as much as possible) red meat. I eat chicken or turkey. I also control my portion sizes and eat only what I really need. Pasta is another weakness of mine but I switched to whole grain pasta. Not sure how much that is helping but the way I look at it is every little bit helps.

Thank you for posting it made me feel a little better knowing I am not the only one that is struggling with the diet part of the this. I am also interested in any additional information or guidance from this tread.

i know where your coming from. I have been a picky eater for 30 some yrs. but i have been slowing trying new things and things that i wouln't eat before. some things are okay and some not so ok. i have come to love salad as long as it has some form of italian dressing and some meat even if its turkey or chicken. also vegetable soup masks the taste of a lot of vegetables. i like rice with beans or chicken and maybe some steamed (soft) veggies ie: carrots, peas, green beans, add a little and i do mean little soy sauce and its perfect. also for noodles with some soy sauce doesn't even need meat. i know you don't have a scale but maybe measure with a coffee cup after being cooked. also tuna with miracle whip is good and cheap. lol good luck.

I have to ask but when was the last time you tried fruit and veggies? I was a hopeless picky eater when I was younger and only learned to like many vegetables after I went to university. It's been a few years since then but I definitely eat way more fruits and veggies now. If you aren't sure about trying them on their own try adding them into things you do like such as pasta sauce. You could even look into the cookbook Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld--it has recipes that hide the veggies in them. Worth checking it out! Good luck

No worries. A blender could be your best friend. One of the veggies I still don't really enjoy is cauliflower but some people on this site have posted a recipe for pizza crust made from cauliflower and cheese--I must admit I am intrigued! Good luck with trying out some new foods!

wow I thought I was the only one who does not eat vegetables. I will eat most fruit but vegies no way. I love finding that I am not alone and there are great ideas. Ya'll have inspired me. We can do this together.

I used to hate veggies. When I decided to try to get healthier, I decided to eat them anyway. They are growing on me, but I do usually like to mix them in with my other foods, like stirfry, fajitas, pizza, salads... I also found out I could blend spinnach in protein smoothies, and it doesn't change the flavor at all, It just turns them green. I add mint extract, and make it taste like mint icecream.

Do you like beans cooked other ways besides baked? You can always make a turkey chili- its a good way to "hide" some veggies if you arent that fond of the taste of them, since you can add peppers, corn, tomatoes etc to it and still have it be very low calorie. Beans are amazing- you can use them to make pretty much anything. If you want to lower the calories and put more veggies in, try making a black or garbanzo bean burger. For black bean burgers you can make a more southwest flavor by adding the corn, a small amount of chilis, or whatever you want to it. That way you are still getting the protein without the high fat of red meats.

Also, I would reccomend trying pretty much any of the winter squashes (my favorite is acorn squash). You can bake it with a little brown sugar and it ends up having the texture of mashed potatoes with a sweet flavor

One of the other ways that i like to "hide" the veggies is by using eggs- you can make a fritatta or quiche with different types of veggies (personally im a fan of spinach/mushroom/tomato)- just cut them very finely and top with a lower fat cheese so that you dont get a super strong flavor from the veggies.

You can also make different soups- like making a chicken noodle soup (that generally has onion, celery, carrot in it) and use a whole wheat pasta or quinoa instead of your regular pasta noodles.

Last suggestion (until i think of more things to say)- one of my favorite ways to get my husband to eat more veggies is to make wontons with them. You can mix a low fat cream cheese, chicken, frozen spinach, onion, or pretty much any other vegetable that you want to try to add, then using a muffin pan, put 1 wonton wrapper in each one and then fill with a spoonfull of the creamcheese mix- then just bake it up. 2 wontons would be about 1 serving, and you dont have the calories from frying it, but you still get a delish creamy chicken with the crunchy outside and veggies packed inside.

Check out the moosewood restaurant cookbooks- they have so many great recipes that are mostly vegetarian (but of course you can add meat to them if you want to)