Help - Picky Eater

stephcaines
stephcaines Posts: 1
edited November 14 in Food and Nutrition
Hi everyone,

I will admit that I am an extremely picky eater. I'll essentially only eat things you may find on a kids menu (pizza, mac and cheese, chicken...) and I do not eat vegetables, eggs, or seafood.

Does anyone have any ideas of how I can work vegetables into my diet? I have recently started putting kale/spinach into smoothies and making baked kale chips so that's a start... I could try juicing as well I guess.

The main problem I have is texture. For example, I tried to eat a chicken wrap with onions in it and was having the hardest time with the crunch of the onions mixed with the soft chicken.

Anyways, I just recently started doing Crossfit and I'm SO hungry all of the time but I don't want to be eating pizza every day after working out. I'm not out of shape or overweight, but I would like to tone a little bit and just BE HEALTHY. Any recipe ideas would be amazing? I'm just getting sick of eating the same thing over and over as my meals are pretty basic.

PS. I get made of my eating habits literally everyday so before you start being mean and saying I have scurvy or something.. I take a buttload of vitamins every day.

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  • AmazonMayan
    AmazonMayan Posts: 1,168 Member
    edited March 2015
    Pureed veggies added into stuff is usually a good start. If you like the taste of the onion, cook them then put them in the blender with a little plain yogurt or mayo and make a flavored spread. You can add other veggies too.

    If you like hummus, that is really easy to get some greens and carrots and bell peppers etc in. Same with pasta/pizza sauces. You can add pureed veggies and not even notice they are there. Put it into soups/stews too.

    Roasted veggies takes on different flavors and texture. If you end up not liking that, puree it lol.

    I wanted to add: please don't juice or you lose out on the benefits of the fiber in the veggies. You can use a blender or nutribullet type blender instead and keep the good stuff. If it's too thick, add some water.
  • crystalewhite
    crystalewhite Posts: 422 Member
    edited March 2015
    Keep trying different ways of preparing vegetables. I am very picky too but I find some vegetables that I hate raw are very delicious roasted (i.e. broccoli). Cooked peas gross me out with their mushiness, but are really good raw. Try things again every so often, I found my tastes changed over time too.
    You could also try some veggies on your pizza
  • SconnieCat
    SconnieCat Posts: 770 Member
    I love making carrot fries. Same principle as french fries only juilenne your carrots, and bake them in the oven with a little olive oil, garlic powder and salt/pepper (feel free to use some Mrs. Dash seasoning if you're watching your sodium intake).

    If it's a textural thing for you, try sauteeing some green beans or asparagus in olive oil with garlic. You can cook the veggies as much as you'd like to your desired "doneness".

    I also love grilling and roasting veggies. One of my favorite things to do is grill zucchini, yellow squash, red peppers, and some red onion and then chop up the veggies and put them on half of a whole wheat wrap with feta cheese. Fold one side of the wrap over and grill (like you're making a veggie quesadilla). Feel free to sub out some of the vegetables to fit your tastes.

    Since there is a TON of support with the crossfit community, I'd also talk to some people at your gym. They'll be able to offer great advice.
  • OtekahSunshield
    OtekahSunshield Posts: 42 Member
    Following because I'm the EXACT same way. There's only a couple veggies I can tolerate, and mostly if they're canned and cooked. I can list the veggies I'll eat on one hand.
  • Lasmartchika
    Lasmartchika Posts: 3,440 Member
    AmazonMayan wrote: »
    Pureed veggies added into stuff is usually a good start. If you like the taste of the onion, cook them then put them in the blender with a little plain yogurt or mayo and make a flavored spread. You can add other veggies too.

    If you like hummus, that is really easy to get some greens and carrots and bell peppers etc in. Same with pasta/pizza sauces. You can add pureed veggies and not even notice they are there. Put it into soups/stews too.

    Roasted veggies takes on different flavors and texture. If you end up not liking that, puree it lol.

    I wanted to add: please don't juice or you lose out on the benefits of the fiber in the veggies. You can use a blender or nutribullet type blender instead and keep the good stuff. If it's too thick, add some water.

    This is exactly what I do!! I puree onions and whatever vegetable I don't like the texture of (like cooked tomato :confounded: , while I love them raw!! LOL, crazy me!! :smiley: ) But I know the veggies do give a delicious flavor to the food, so I puree it. The taste is there, and there's no worrying about that icky texture feeling on the tongue. :tongue: I swear I still have taste buds like a kid myself. But I find ways to work veggies into my meals, like in rice, chicken, soups... all with pureed veggies. :drinker: Although I do love some veggies raw, so you'd just have to go ahead and buy a couple and taste them in different ways, cooked, grilled, raw, whatever. :flowerforyou:
  • slideaway1
    slideaway1 Posts: 1,006 Member
    Those bags of steamed veg that you put in the microwave are nice. I have mixed carrot, broccoli, peas and beans in a garlic dressing. I think most people are naturally inclined to want to eat processed/fast food stuff. Society wants to push us that way so don't be to hard on yourself for enjoying certain comfort calorific foods like Pizza and pasta etc. Even that wont make you fat if you hit your calorie goals. I take multivitamins too, but still try to get my veg in although I don't particularly find them satisfying from a taste perspective. I just have to think of the bigger picture, there good for me!
  • fruitydelicious
    fruitydelicious Posts: 664 Member
    I feel for you!! I was an Exremely picky eater growing up but have slowly developed a taste for certain vegatables fish & nuts as an adult. But took a lllloooonnnnggg time. (I'm in my 40's) I suggest you start slow with the least repulsive food and eat it a lot of different ways ( like others suggested) then when you are comfortable with it, pick another veggie or food you want to get used to and start the process over again. Your taste buds can adjust , but some flavors and textures may always be too difficult for you to eat. I have a list of items I have given up trying to like. Mostly are very strong bitter flavor or overly fishy. I don't have a problem with texture. I use smoothies to drink spinach and I also like salad stuff. Soup is also an option, purée it to get rid of bothersome textures. Hope this sparks some ideas for you!!
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