Awkward eater

i would suggest that if you've never eaten a vegetable the you need to give it a go-you'll never know if you like them unless you try. Best advice is to start with sweeter veggies uncooked as they have a better texture.

Have you ever eaten a tomato? (i know officially it's a fruit but try some cherry ones anyway!). Also raw carrot-buy just one-a smallish one will be sweeter aswell. I think you'll be suprised!

I was horribly fussy when i was a kid-i would only eat peas and that's because i could swallow them whole! at 39 though I love pretty much all veggies bar green peppers which quite frankly are the spawn of the devil-lol!

Eat what you like.

Drink something like V8 if you really can't stand eating them, but I'd suggest trying out a few different veggies every week to maybe see what you do like. I mean, sure, like other people here have said, you could just not eat them, but then you're missing out on a LOT of vitamins and minerals that, in my opinion, are just going to make you feel better.

I'm told that the key to making most veggies taste good is to roast them with some spices and a bit of olive oil. I'm also very picky and like them all a certain way. I hate cooked carrots but love raw ones, and I hate raw broccoli but hate it cooked. I'm also usually too tired or lazy to bother cooking them, so I like to buy those steam-in-bag frozen veggies. You just throw them in the microwave for 6-8 minutes and you're done (and then you can season them as you like). I don't know about selection where you're at, but here they also have a lot that are pre-seasoned, which are pretty good.

As for fruit, those are pretty much the only two that I eat, as well. You could do worse, honestly. Bananas are a pretty great fruit (lots of potassium).

Luckily you like bananas and bananas are great at disguising the flavours of other foods. I like this smoothie that has spinach in it because of the banana you don't taste it - it's just bright green. Use a scoop of your favourite vanilla protein powder, 2 cup of baby spinach, 1 banana, almond milk/milk, water and ice and then blend.

And then what everyone else has said - try different vegetables you haven't tried yet before. Experiment a little! I've heard all of the health benefits of kale; however, no matter what I do with it, I find it disgusting! haha so don't beat yourself up about it - eat foods that you enjoy so you aren't torturing yourself.

I used to date someone who couldn't stand veg but it worked when I blended them into sauces so I would smoothie cauliflower into a curry sauce or carrots into a tomato sauce. Broccoli is terrible for blending.
Like a few other people have said, theoretically it doesn't matter what you eat, just what the calories add up to. The health benefits of a balanced diet are separate although overlapping of calorie control for weightloss.

My husband is anti veggie as well, but I have found a few with different cooking methods that he seems to like. Butternut squash, cubed and roasted with a tiny bit of brown sugar, cinnamon and a sprinkle of cayenne. Broccoli roasted with olive oil garlic, salt and pepper, then sprinkled with fresh parmesan when it comes out of the oven. Green beans sautéed with a bit of butter, also with garlic, salt, and pepper. Carrots steamed and then lightly coated with a glaze of brown sugar, butter, lemon zest, salt, and pepper. If texture is an issue. Do you like them softer? Cook them longer. Crunchier? Less cook time, or even raw.

Oh I throw all the veggies in a pan, boil them in the chicken stock until potatoes and carrots are soft and blend the *kitten* out of it so it's really smooth, give it a try, the worst that can happen is that you don't like it, but, if you do like it you can keep it in the fridge for a couple of days and have some before each meal xx

amyjaneedavies wrote: »

But I'm going to push through it and just find substitutes. Thank you all for your support and kind messages!

i try to live by 'eat something that grew on a plant' after workouts. because otherwise i wouldn't bother much with vegetable matter either; not that i dislike them, just laziness.

carrots are great. as far as the sugar thing goes, fine-grated carrots with or without a can of pineapple or a little orange juice have seen me through a few of those must-have-something-sweet fits.

Eat less than what you are eating now.
You can lose weight eating apples and bananas and the other things that you usually eat as long as you are reducing your calories.

It's from an Annabel Karmel recipies book,M but I've added shallots to it for a vit c boost, as I said I usually stick extras in.
I have loads of soup recipies as I used to work in a cafe and made all their homemade soups. Carrot and coriander, mushroom, tomato and basil, butternut squash and red pepper, and have a slimming world book with some in too.
I personally love the veg soup one, have tried the others and like the butternut squash n red pepper one too but in smaller quantities.
Just play about with ingredients and always put chicken or veg stock, onion and a potato in and you'll be fine. I find veg stock really bland so I add chicken stock to add flavour.
Hope this helps x