Diet Tips Needed for Fruit and Vegetable Haters

You don't have to eat fruits and vegs, but it's advisable due to the vitamins and minerals. I love to make smoothies in my nutribullet, I can pack quite a bit of fruit and veg into it.

Have you tried a veggie or lentil soup? I find that veggies taste pretty mild in a soup. You wouldn't happen to like bananas, avocados, dried fruit, nuts, seeds, root vegetables, potatoes..? How about berries? Not that you have to eat them to lose weight, but if you haven't tried these, perhaps you could!

You could also look at recipes that center around the veggies you can stand. That way you could cram your edible veggies in more often!

Have you tried preparing your vegetables differently? Most root vegetables do very well in the oven.

who told you you have to eat fruits and veggies?

SonyaCele wrote: »

learn to love vegetables. And don't eat corn, its livestock food.

Livestock eat oats. Should we eliminate that, too? (Dr. Johnson's prejudices aside.)

Corns are a grain, not a veg, but if you're not going to eat much fruit and veg, you should work other plant foods into your diet (grains, legumes, nuts, seeds).

Eat the fruits and vegetables that you like. If you're up for it, every once in a while try a new veg or fruit or try one you think you don't like prepared in a new way. If you can manage it, you may find that if you'll something new several tries (you don't have to eat a whole lot of it each time), you may find it becomes more palatable over time.

Since you only like apples as apple sauce, you might try cooking and pureeing other fruits (and even veggies), and eating them, either mixed with applesauce or on their own.

Shredded vegetables in ground meat works well. I hide zucchini in all my kids food. lol. Don't rule out everything, there are a LOT of ways to cook and prepare vegetables. I kept bringing home brussel sprouts, like, 4 or 5 times. And, every time, we were disgusted. The 6th time, my husband said "why do you keep doing this? they are terrible" and I tried a new recipe and we both LOVED it.

I started by buying a package of frozen vegetables and adding to other foods I like. I now eat two packages a week. A lot of bulk with very few calories. Not that difficult...

I second the "try them" option. I wouldn't entertain the though of Brussel sprouts as a child, but tried them as an adult and discovered I LOVE them. Same goes for yellow beans. I don't much care for most cooked veggies, but I do like raw veggies with some light ranch dip or tatziki sauce. I can second the "hide them" option as well. I'm not a fan of mushrooms, but I will mince them in a food processor to reduce the amount of ground meat in chilli and spaghetti sauce which makes for a lower calorie sauce. I also add zucchini to a lot of baked goods like banana bread as an oil substitute. Some experimentation will be in order for you to adjust to a new, healthier menu plan. I'm also a huge fan of vegetable soup. 1 cup is two full servings of vegetables with very few calories.

ronmayes wrote: »

Thanks again for the suggestions. Since I'm basically a meat eater, I'm thinking about working in more turkey burgers, vegiburger, etc.. I can tolerate those quite well, and it seems that they would help to satisfy my appetite. Any thoughts about meat substitutes?

Veggie burgers are tasty, but that's just a name. They don't really provide the nutrition that vegetables do, they're usually made mostly of processed legume proteins.

Turkey burgers definitely do not fit the bill. lol

Seriously dude, put the vegetables in your mouth and be done with it.

I love to cook brussels sprouts with bacon and balsamic vinegar, or season broccoli and roast it in the oven. If you avoid fruits/veggies then just be sure that what you are eating is not processed food and that you get plenty of vitamins and fiber from supplements