I hate veggies

cjtgma
cjtgma Posts: 2 Member
edited November 28 in Food and Nutrition
oh I eat them,but it's not fun. I'd love some suggestions for hiding them in food that doesn't make me gag. Thanks

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Have you tried roasting veggies?
  • cjtgma
    cjtgma Posts: 2 Member
    Roasting helps, but they still taste like veggies
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Cover them in cheese.
  • Tofuli
    Tofuli Posts: 79 Member
    Slowly introduce more of them into your diet, put them in heavily flavoured foods like curry or chilli or blend them into heavily flavoured soups and smoothies. I can't help too much though because I love love love veggies, like basically every single one! But I used to hate them when I was younger..
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    You cannot hate all vegies. There is so many different types, tastes, textures and preparation methods.... It's not like they all taste like boiled brussel sprouts.

    Stop telling yourself you don't like them. Try different ones in different ways.
  • Alalai
    Alalai Posts: 16 Member
    I eat most of my vegetables raw in a salad but it does get boring eating salads all the time. I discovered I like cauliflower so I've been adding that to different dishes. I found that if I eat veggie in casseroles or with melted cheese I get used to the taste/texture and and I can add more and more vegetables slowly. I'm still not a big fan but I'm learning. Oh and I'll eat roasted garlic all by itself... Don't plan on kissing anyone any time soon tho if you try that lol
  • BioQueen
    BioQueen Posts: 694 Member
    Try lots of different kinds!

    Also, you can hide them. I love veggies, but for breakfast I will make this egg and toast thing where I butter toast, do a over easy egg with cheese on top, but in-between I have sautéed mushrooms and spinach. I seriously can't taste them most of the time.
  • Nikki10129
    Nikki10129 Posts: 292 Member
    Blend them into things, I find spinach an especially nice one to just throw into anything, sure the colour becomes pretty weird but you can't taste it. I'll usually throw a handful in a smoothie
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    You gag from vegetables?
  • YokiLenko
    YokiLenko Posts: 89 Member
    I like trying different dressings. One of my favorites is chipotle ranch dressing and a second in a raspberry vinaigrette. But same with what these guys are saying. If you roast them is a little bit of parmesan or even garlic salt it makes it taste better. Smoothies are also good. I like making a carrot, mango, orange smoothie. The texture is less smooth but the taste is there.

    What vegetables ARE you eating?
  • lorib642
    lorib642 Posts: 1,942 Member
    edited January 2016
    This is probably a silly question but do you need to eat vegetables?

    OP A lot of people are drinking smoothies with all kinds of ingredients. If you want to eat some veggies I believe you could find some you could tolerate.
  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    Low-sodium v8. I hate veggies too but I can handle swallowing this.
  • kandisn7
    kandisn7 Posts: 66 Member
    I love fresh vegetables in a good soup. I use beef broth, garlic, cabbage, onion, zucchini, carrots, kidney beans, tomatoes, basil, oregano, pepper, and sea salt.
  • lorib642
    lorib642 Posts: 1,942 Member
    kandisn7 wrote: »
    I love fresh vegetables in a good soup. I use beef broth, garlic, cabbage, onion, zucchini, carrots, kidney beans, tomatoes, basil, oregano, pepper, and sea salt.

    Can I come over for dinner? :). Sounds good
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    I have a great veggie lasagna recipe. The veggies are roasted, and once you layer them in pasta and smother in cheese, you can't really tell. Although I like most veg, so take that for what it's worth.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    if you dont like them dont eat them, oh my goodness. just make sure you are getting your nutrients from other sources.
  • vixtris
    vixtris Posts: 688 Member
    ^what she said. I don't like veggies. Well most of them anyways. I'll eat green beans, potatoes, and corn, thats about it. You don't need to eat 'healthy' to lose weight.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    Don't eat vegetables if you don't want.
  • californiagirl2012
    californiagirl2012 Posts: 2,625 Member
    Try them in different ways and if you still don't like them don't eat them. There are some I don't like, and some that don't agree with my digestion, and some that must be cooked or roasted and seasoned, but life is too short to eat things you don't like. I'm sure glad I like some because I think it's hard to get fiber otherwise, and I like to fill up with veggies in soup or salad, with meat and carbs - yum! I guess you should find a good fiber supplement and some good vitamins.
  • californiagirl2012
    californiagirl2012 Posts: 2,625 Member
    PS there are plenty of ways to prepare them, the Internet is flooded with amazing recipes, and some good links posted here by others.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    What veggie do you hate the least and why?
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    Each bite of veg with one bite of meat (or your entree I guess). Yum!
  • janellec885
    janellec885 Posts: 16 Member
    I feel ya. I'm not a veggie person either. Especially leafy greens that are good for me, make me gag! I do not eat salad of any kind. Spinach is the devil. Romaine is close behind. I never found a dressing that was tolerable. (Taco salad w/iceburg lettuce is the ONLY exception.) For me it's the texture.
    I've been putting veggies mixed with fruit in my Nutri-Ninja and making smoothies. It works really well and purees everything beyond recognition. Very smooth and uniform texture. No nasty chunks. I hate chunks, or bits or anything.
    My favorite recipe is: half cup each of frozen pear, fresh frozen pineapple, frozen strawberries, frozen steamed carrots and kale (good, fresh, not old!!). I add enough water so it will blend and sweetener to taste. It looks bad, but tastes really good!! Promise! Add a little kale at a time and see where your tolerance level is. I can get to 1/2 cup packed before I can detect it. The pineapple really hides it. Something is better than nothing!
    I also make home made veg. soup and puree it. ahhh... nice and smooth.
  • morg987
    morg987 Posts: 7 Member
    You could try blending greens into a smoothie starting from a small amount to a cup, As your taste buds should adjust, banana pear or pineapple and kale are some goodies or berry banana and spinach
    Grated carrot or courgette in curries goes very unnoticed and by sneaking them in you may actually begin to crave them!
    You could blend them into soups as well maybe?
    Vegetables are abundant with vitamins and minerals so personally I would suggest you do include them!
    Be open to trying new vegies and finding ones you enjoy!
  • nikkilovessweets
    nikkilovessweets Posts: 30 Member
    A blendtec will be your new best friend
  • larali1980
    larali1980 Posts: 162 Member
    I echo the smoothie idea. I really don't care for veggies much myself but I try not to tell myself that because it just makes it worse. I just focus on how good I feel after I eat some veggies. You know it's true, you feel good after eating a veggie meal, as opposed to feeling fat and sick and bloated after an unhealthy meal! And as I tell my kids, the more you eat them the more you will learn to like them.
  • Odilerubia
    Odilerubia Posts: 80 Member
    Try the following: stirfry in a little olive oil all kind of veggies. Turn the stove on low and leave to simmer. Add all types of herbs and spices. Then blend to a sauce. Use for either pasta or lasagna sauce or as a pizzasauze. If you make a very thin crisp bottom for pizza and put not too much cheese on top, you can use pizza in your diet to lose weight. The different vegetables on top (dice or cut in small pieces) taste so different on top of a pizza.
    Make fresh guacamole with low fat yoghurt instead of sourcream! By the way: it takes 10 days of eating a small bite from a new introduced flavour, e.g. vegetables, to get used to. With other words: if you would eat ten days in a row one slice of bellpepper, after those 10 days you still might not be a big fan, but you are indifferent to the taste.
    Also, like commented above: get out of your brain the I dont like it anyway thought. It it the negative committee you have to shut up. I used to attack any technical problem like that: well I know for sure I wont be able to fix it, since Im not technical. Until I decided to say: Hey, Im pretty smart, Ill probably figure this one out as well. Guess what?
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    Do you like spicy food? One of my favourite is cauliflower fritters.
    Mash up cauliflower with a pinch of turmeric and a teaspoon of chilli powder, whisk an egg in to it. Drop in to small pancake shapes in a non-stick frying pan. These are lovely and don't take up a lot of calories.
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