What is a particular "health" food that you can't stand?

I second the cauliflower-everything. Haven't tried it, and won't - Cauliflower is not rice, pizza crust or mashed potatoes! I am not a fan of any type of cooked greens, unfortunately. I really want to like spinach, collard greens, kale, etc. but I turn my nose up at them every time

Kale. Cauliflower.
Both just vile. in any way, shape or form.

Cottage cheese. Porridge. It's a texture thing...

Low-fat yogurt.

It's been around for a long time - a marketing gimmick from the 80s and 90s. Unless you're going for a heavy full-fat, such as Greek-style or Balkan yogurt which is usually more than 6% fat, yogurt is a food that has always been lower in fat compared with other foods. But, "fat" was the new enemy of dieters in the 80s/90s, and replacing a bit of fat with gelatin and sugar was a cheap way to seduce the gullible masses into believing they were being healthier consumers. But this fad never went away and now the dairy shelves have been taken over: 95% of the yogurt is labeled either "low-fat" or fat-free". It's disgusting junk (taste-wise) and I will always hate it.

I like cauliflower but I agree it does not serve as a substitute for anything other than itself. I don't believe anyone who tries to convince me otherwise. I made cauliflower "mashed potatoes" for thanksgiving once and thought my husband would divorce me for a minute there... "thanks for ruining thanksgiving" - he was right it was bad.

I hate beets. Ive even tried to force myself to keep trying them different ways if they are presented to me but they always just taste like dirt IMO.

Why has no one said Brussels sprouts?? ...gag...

Avocados ... YUCK! I can't stand the texture and it's just bland to me. Cauliflower is just nasty lol.

cbl40 wrote: »

Oatmeal. And don't even get me started with mixing protein powder into oatmeal. That *kitten* is nasty.

The only time I eat oatmeal is when they are in cookies or my homemade granola bars lol

I cannot stand anything that pretends to be something else. I like cauliflower, when it is supposed to be cauliflower, prepared as cauliflower. Why anyone would want to pretend it is pizza, I have no idea.
I do not eat "trendy" foods, that are hard to find, expensive, cannot be prepared in my normal recipes and have supposedly magical properties.
From the "normal" healthy foods, I do not particularly like tomato salads, which is especially weird since I live in the Mediterranean. I have learnt to eat them after many years of trying, mostly because it is practically impossible to avoid them when I live, they are a side dish to everything.

kimiej825 wrote: »

I'm probably the only one who's going to say this: coconut - I can't eat anything that smells like it came out of a tanning lotion bottle. I think it's a texture thing too.

Blasphemy! *takes my coconuts and storms off in a huff to eat them by myself* hahaha. More for meeee. Nom nom nom.

i love cauliflower when it's cauliflower. not when it's trying to be something it's not.

but screw kale, quinoa, green tea, any variation of seeds (unless they're sesame seeds on a burger bun), anything with the claim that it's gluten, dairy, fat, sodium, carb, and refined-sugar free.

ChristabelMB wrote: »

Anything that you have to go to specific health shops to buy. If I can't buy from my regular supermarket I think its *kitten*. That includes chia seeds, flax seeds, protein shakes ect.

... I got chia seeds and protein powder at my local supermarket. They had flax seeds too but I prefer the chia.

Ugh my old roommate was really into juicing and for whatever reason whenever she'd add kale to the mix I wanted to throw up from the smell to the point where now, four years later, I still avoid kale.

Tomatoes and cheese, and almost healthy recipe I've seen has that combo.

For me it's protein powder, and most protein bars. Also not terribly fond of eggplant.

I love kale. I had some fresh from my garden for lunch today (mixed into some leftover rice and topped with a fried egg).