picky eater.

Sounds like a big lettuce, cucumber and spinach salad every day may be in order! That won't hurt ya none!

But seriously. Have you tried smoothie recipes where you can "hide" the veggies with a little yogurt and berries?

Just stick with what you like. If you like lettuce, eat a salad for lunch. You could also eat a turkey wrap or sandwich with lettuce or spinach.

Also, try new things. When I first started my "diet," I would've told you I hated cabbage, squash, zucchini, cauliflower, and sweet potatoes. I now eat those things on a regular basis. A lot of it for me was learning how to cook them properly and the rest of it was not allowing myself to go back to junk food. A lot of people on here will disagree with this, but to me, a diet is all about picking the lesser of multiple evils. Many people will tell you to still eat junk, just eat less of it. And if that works for you, that's fine. But for me, I wanted to eat healthier, not just lose weight. If that's what you want, then push yourself to find more foods that you can learn to like. Good luck!

i don't like broccoli or cauliflower or eggplant. meh, no big deal.

i like throwing some roasted red peppers and spinach in my sandwiches to get some more veggies in my day.

also, i make this quite frequently: http://www.budgetbytes.com/2012/03/kale-chorizo-frittata/ it's great to get some veggies in for breakfast.

also, a lot of recipes from budgetbytes.com have vegetables in them that are cooked in the meal and you can't taste them. check out the Pastalaya recipe, it has onions, peppers, and celery in it and you can barely taste them.

We need a vegetable sticky.

Buy more veggies and prepare them in different ways. We say that all the time around here, lol. Steam them, make sauces, blend them into other things. ROAST THEM.

Veggies do not have to be eaten plain and can be really, really good if you put some effort into it. Add herbs and spices. Use cookbooks ("The New Vegetarian Cooking For Everyone" is a good one). Use websites like "Oh, She Glows" - which is also a cookbook. Get creative. There are millions of recipes for most of them.

Go buy some veggies you haven't had before and prepare them in yummy ways.

You have to commit to at least trying to broaden your horizon before you say, "I don't like veggies."

Go forth and buy some summer squash! A parsnip! Some edamame (YUM)! Something! Keep trying!

I am also a very picky eater. I get doses of veggies I don't like by cutting them very small and putting them in other things. I don't like onions but, I cut them up in tiny pieces and put them in all sorts of dishes same goes for green peppers. Celery I eat in beef stew because it just takes on the taste of the broth same with carrots. I make zuppa toscana to get some kale in can't taste it but, you get the benefits of eating it. It may be a very childish way of eating veggies but, it works very well for me.

Good news, all vegetables are good and you don't get a huge benefit from switching to a Very Green vegetable from the lovely Green ones you like now. You recognize the danger of boredom, though, and I can relate to this.

You can gradually overcome this through cognitive behavior therapy techniques. Try a new vegetable once a week or once a month and build on the textures you already know you enjoy. Since you like lettuce, try a darker green lettuce like romaine.

Try new recipes but substitute from your growing list of tolerated vegetables.

Do you like any yellow/orange vegetables at all? Yam, squash, or carrot?

The only eggplant I have ever enjoyed was very fresh and prepared the same day it was picked. I think this is an adventure you can leave far in the future.

Alluminati wrote: »

Maybe it's time to grow up and eat Big People Food.

I dont think this helpful, at all.

Well the good thing is you understand and accept that eating enough veggies is the thing that's going to make this easier. I myself am sure of it.

I recently tried to help someone else who had the same problem. As a result of that, i've thought of some other approaches that may help you.

1. develop an appreciation for the nutrient values of different vegetables. Look each one up on nutrition data and notice the vitamins and minerals find out the functions of each of those. This will make you want to get over this hurdle even more.

2. Try cooking things in dishes that disguise the flavours. Chop things up quite small and cook them with meat in casseroles and the like. Cook vegetables well so that their flavours are more diffused. Cook with herbs and spices. Experiment with different cuisines.

3. When making salads, make delicious dressings. I find a good quality mayonnaise makes everything taste better.

4. Try making soups.

5. When cooking, add a reasonable amount of salt to your dishes. Lack of salt makes things bland. If you are not eating junk food or processed foods you should not have a high salt level from cooking with salt.

6. Have you tried adding some finely chopped vegies into plain yoghurt. This salad is called Raita and its indian. Goes well with curries.

7. Try indian curried vegetable dishes. The cauliflower and potato curry is a favourite. Its called aloo gobi. Potato and peas curry is also great. It from punjab. Spinach and paneer is a spicy one you can buy in a packet.

A lot of getting this right is really learning how to cook things properly. So put some effort into learning correct cooking techniques.