VERY picky eater! NEED RECIPE HELP!

I don't have any recipes, but I have some advice. Eat what you like, just less of it. I'm pretty picky, eat what I like, and have lost a lot of weight. This doesn't have to be hard or torture or forcing yourself to eat food you hate.

Eat the food you do like. Stop labeling food as good or bad. All those foods you say you will eat are not bad for you. They have nutrients. You don't have to give up any of those foods to lose weight or be healthy.

If you want to expand your vegetable choices try raw vegetables, stir fries, roasted or grilled vegetables. Try sweet potatoes, fresh spinach, cabbage, cauliflower, peppers. Combine vegetables with other foods. Put vegetables on pizza. Add vegetables to sauces or soups. My veggie hating dd eats vegetables in soup or pasta sauces. She likes minestrone.
You might like to try making vegetable noodles. You can eat them raw or cook them just 2-3 minutes so they are not mushy.
http://www.budgetbytes.com/
http://www.skinnytaste.com/2015/03/quick-spiralized-zucchini-and-grape.html
http://www.skinnytaste.com/2014/08/kung-pao-chicken-zoodles-for-two.html
http://www.aspicyperspective.com/beet-and-sweet-potato-salad/
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http://www.pipandebby.com/pip-ebby/2015/4/7/sauteed-cabbage.html

Dear OP- why cook at all? Why not just eat the foods you like, and count the calories?

Buy a bag of chicken nuggets/tenders/breaded chicken patties and use that to meet your protien goals. serve it with the veggies you like to eat.

You like fruit, thats cool, have some fruit for breakfast, maybe with a glass of milk/cup of yogurt/slice of cheese if you like that. Maybe have it for dessert too.

Can you do bread? quite a few of the "light" breads on the market have the same taste and texture as white bread, with less calories, more fiber, and more protien than the regular breads on the market. The mission brand lo-carb tortillas are also a great source of fiber if veggies just are not happening.

I have a kid with sensory processing disorder (possible autism spectrum disorder) and he eats an extremely limited diet. You are hardly alone in being unable to eat a wide variety.

My son doesnt even eat half the variety you do, and my son eats more variety than other people do. Just eat what you can eat, and try not to stress.

There are lots of crunchy mild veggies that you could eat- celery, carrots, snap peas, cauliflower etc. Try them raw with dip as a side dish. If you like chicken make a stirfry and throw in a few unfamiliar veggies with the ones you do like, that way you can try them without committing your whole meal to it. If that goes well, use a different protein next time like shrimp or pork.

alrose wrote:

I AM AN EXTREMELY PICKY EATER!! I have such a hard time eating healthy
because I wasn't fed many different options as a kid.

You, as an ADULT, can change your tastes.
Or you can power through it, do what you know you need to do because it's best for your health.
A widely varied colorful diet has the best chance of getting you the nutrients you need to be healthy.
And what example are you setting for your children?

Try one new thing, in a small amount. I like the idea of throwing it in a stir-fry. Or have some with nonfat
salad dressing as a dip (I like ranch), or hummus, or heck - cover it with melted cheese & decrease the
amount every time you have it. Even kids like cauliflower if it's swimming in cheese sauce!

(Speaking of cauliflower, you can cook it well & smash it up, mix it into mashed potatos.)

For those fruits you don't like or aren't sure about, try _a_ bite. (Though if you don't like mushy & gooey, you're
probably not going to like peaches, which is a crying shame 'cause they taste REALLY good. One of my little
pleasures of summer is biting into a soft, ripe peach & having the juice run down my chin. Maybe try some
that aren't quite completely ripe, so they're still firm?)
Or whirl some frozen fruit with skim milk for a smoothie. Removes all the texture problems, and you're still
getting the nutrition, fiber, etc.

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I would love to hire a personal trainer or order healthy meals from one of those websites

Personal trainers have _nothing_ to do with nutrition.
If one tells you he does, demand to see his educational credentials relating to nutrition or find someone else.
If he's telling you anything other than the basic USDA-recommended things, steering you toward reputable
websites and information, drop him like a hot potato.
And those websites? Expensive, not necessarily healthy. You can make the meals yourself.

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I need ANY easy recipe ideas that can make me eat vegetables, make them less mushy and gooey,
for lack of a better term. PLEASE?

In the top bar is the word "recipes". Hover over that (or click on it).
You can also search by ingredient, meal, and I think method of cooking.
http://www.tasteofhome.com/

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I like when my food is crunchy

So eat veggies raw. Or just lightly steam them, so they're still nicely crunchy & colorful but easier to eat.
My ex-boyfriend's family cooked veggies to mush. I discovered this one night when they announced they
were having asparagus with dinner.
I was _so_ looking forward to it... then I saw a pan full of wilted, almost brown, slimy soft sticks.
I didn't have any.

Try making pizzas on wraps a little pasta sauce/tomato purée with some veg that u do like and then a small sprinkling of cheese on top this is a very low carb and fat pizza with lots of vitamins from the veg but still feels nice and substantial and tasty! Hope this helps ☺️ x

Also - keep in mind the less you cook a veggie, the crunchier it is. So you could try them raw, then steam them for just a couple of minutes, then steam for a little longer, until you can find a way that is palatable for you. Good luck!

I agree with another poster...put those fruits and veggies in a shake! Honestly, texture is not a factor and as long as you put some banana in there, you won't even taste anything else.

Also, load you spaghetti sauce or meatloaf with shredded carrots and zucchini. It cooks away into the meat to where you can barely see it, but keeps the meat very moist.

Lastly, everything in moderation.