I don't like Vegetables!

Just eat what you like.

Try adding more pureed vegetables to the tomato sauce? Steamed/boiled/roasted red pepper might work. Or carrot.

Sneak them into smoothies is my best advice... also the more you eat them the more you will like them... half the battle is keeping an open mind, if you vehemently believe and say you hate them you are actively convincing yourself of that.

If you really want to start eating vegetables to get the great nutrients and low calorie benefits you will, if it's not important enough to you, you won't. The only person who can make that happen is you!

I recommend RAW bell peppers, carrots, and cucumbers because they are all sweet and less "vegetable-y" tasting. Also if you like ranch dressing you can make it with Greek yogurt and a powdered ranch packet so it's guilt free and high protein!

TavistockToad wrote: »

So don't eat them. Just eat in a deficit if you want to lose weight?

This is true, purely for weight loss the only thing that matters is eating fewer calories than your body expends. However, vegetables have a lot of important micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) that contribute to good health and, more pertinent to weight loss in particular, they tend to be high in fibre and are a great way to get bulk into your meals without adding a lot of calories (I eat a salad in a bowl the size of my torso pretty much every day for less than 500 calories.)

OP, have you tried preparing vegetables in a bunch of different styles? If you normally steam them, roast them. If you normally try them raw, steam them. Add low-calorie flavouring like soy sauce, sriracha, balsamic vinegar, fresh or dried herbs, garlic, or lemon. My husband will eat just about anything if I roast it and top with salt, pepper, garlic, lemon, a few flakes of Parmesan or Asiago, and a tiny drizzle of good white truffle oil, for example, or we both love to toss steamed vegetables in a little sesame oil, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, and chili. We go very light on the oil and cheese but pick strong flavours that still add a lot of punch in small quantities. I also make a kind of mock tabbouleh with cucumber, tomato, bell pepper, or whatever else I have in the fridge chopped small with lots of fresh mint, cilantro, lemon, and a little feta and a scoop of quinoa. Can you tell we like lemon?

My favourite way to dress a salad (usually of leaf lettuce, cucumber, tomato, bell pepper, broccoli, carrot, celery, and chicken or tuna) is with the juice of a whole lemon and a 1/2 tbsp of olive oil and salt. If you like creamy dressings or a lot of dressing, you can either cut back on the dressing or cut it with something lower-calorie (like plain yogurt or mustard or red wine vinegar if it's a vinaigrette). If you toss the salad really well (I use a lid and shake like crazy) you can use a small amount of the calorie dense stuff and still get tons of taste. Pickled stuff is great for this too and I will toss pickled jalapenos or diced dill pickles in lots of salads to get some more flavour in.

I also dislike almost all vegetables. I make myself eat a side of them a few times a week, and just eat them quickly before eating the rest of the meal. Otherwise I just eat the things I like within my calorie goal, and take a multivitamin every day.

(Sorry I don't have any tips, but you're not alone!)

chelsea94renee wrote: »

It's both taste & texture. I don't mind tomato sauce, but I don't like tomatoes in any form, whole, diced, sliced, cooked, nada!!

Keep trying to slowly work them in. Five years ago, I would have been grossed out at the sight of a cooked tomato. Now I can eat small pieces. I can even eat spinach in some forms, haha!

Lots of good suggestions! I would also try them in soups - lots of different recipes to try and odds are good you will like a few of them.

My husband is picky about vegetables and I have found pureeing them in soups and sauces works sometimes. But mostly I just fix him the ones he will eat and make all the ones I like for me.

chelsea94renee wrote: »

It's both taste & texture. I don't mind tomato sauce, but I don't like tomatoes in any form, whole, diced, sliced, cooked, nada!!

I like lots of vegetables, and am an avid gardener, but the only way I like tomatoes is canned sauce or when they are canned and petite diced.

Try other veggies in new forms. Lots of people rave about roasting vegetables, and now is a good time of year to try that. (Assuming you are sufficiently north of the equator.)

I like kale and eat it many ways but it is the least kale-like in a smoothie. Many leafy greens work well in smoothies. The only way I like Swiss chard raw is in a smoothie or if they are baby greens with other greens in a salad.

I find canned cream corn to be vile but like cream and corn so make my own creamed corn.

Like we say in yoga, 80 postures; 1,000 variations

Do try getting a nicely illustrated vegetable cookbook from the library and have fun experimenting.

Fellow veggie hater.

I've recently realized that I really like zuccini when I sautee it with lemon. Also, riced cauliflower. You can season it however you like.

My trick is to sauce em' up.

I buy mixed frozen veggies from Coscto. They are good and I don't have to learn to pick and store veggies. Just steam and use.

Tonight I'm just adding spaghetti sauce on top. They are also good with a curry or just to add some bulk to any soup you already have.

A sense of adventure really helps. I still don't like mushrooms.

I'm not overly fond of them either, but I have found a few ways to sneak more in. I do like salsa (even though I can't stand onions, tomatoes or peppers, weird, I know). I don't like cooked spinach, but tossing some fresh raw leaves in a salad or on a sandwich is good. You can sneak a little avacado into your ranch dressing, and wont taste it, but gets you a few more good nutrients. I recently started using spaghetti squash instead of noodles. I will admit i was quite hesitant to try this, but WOW, I prefer it now. I do think that how you cook it counts. I find eating raw vegetables is much tastier than cooked ones.