Husband doesn't like fruits and veggies

Well.. Thats a hard nut to crack...

So he has tried *every* fruit and veg and doesn't like any of them? Sounds like he's just gotten used to saying "I don't like that" and/or smothering it in salt.

If he was a child you'd make him try it a few times (without salt) before removing it from his diet...

So he is a self confessed salad dodger, well it's quite easy let him know that he either changes his eating habbits or he just get bigger. There is no magic cure for losing weght and unless you eat better it don't happen.

Tell him to put on his big boy underwear and start figuring out what he likes.

There are sooooo many different fruits and veggies with different textures and so many way to eat/cook them. Maybe he'd like roasting? My kids LOVE roasted brussel sprouts and cauliflower. Just some Olive oil, salt and pepper. He just needs to experiment. I think that's a big blanket statement and probably an excuse not to eat more healthy. I can't imagine what a diet without them would look like. Good luck! He's lucky to have a caring wife!

I am not sure you can do much about the texture but you could make a vegetable satay for instance, or make him a healthy dipping sauce. I use natural greek style yogurt, some garlic and lemon juice when I get a little sick of veggies.

If you check my blog I have a pumpkin, chickpea, cauliflower satay receipe in there... ooops forgot the link

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Kym1610/view/my-tried-and-true-reciepes-119373

You can't do anything for him. If he doesn't want to eat it, he won't. And it shouldn't be on you to make him. If he wants to "diet" (terrible word btw), then he'll come around in time and realize he has to eat whole grains, fruits and veggies, healthy fats and lean protein.

How about soups? I'm not a big fan of fruits or veggies, so I bought a soup maker and chuck all the green stuff in there. 30 minutes later I'm getting my 5 a day.

I also moved from porridge oats for breakfast to having a smoothie with oats, blueberries, banana and some protein powder. Best tasting breakfast ever.

try cooking them in different ways. roast carrots are really tasty, and the tiny baby ones are really sweet. If you do mash potato use carrot and parsnip in it as they taste sweet. Butternut squash is tasty

My husband doesn't like veggies and he will eat some fruits. I put the veggies in a stir fry and he will eat them. You try some of the fruit and veggie drinks- V8, Fusion. Not sure how they taste but at least you will know he is getting some veggies. I can understand the texture thing. Our daughter wouldn't eat certain vegtables. Unitl we asked she said that they feel weird on her tongue. After checking with the pediatrician. He confirmed that the senses for everyone is different and she indeed maybe experiencing a problem with the textures. But for the most part she will eat veggies but just certains ones. have you tried fresh cucumbers, squash? My husband will eat those while in season. If that doesn't work a viatmin will help him get the nutrients his body needs if he ate the veggies.

Haven't read the whole thing, so forgive me if I'm repeating.

I have gone from not being able to eat any raw veggies to now being able to eat and enjoy salad. I used to literally get sick when I bit into a raw veggie due to the texture. But now I'm eating lots of raw veggies, and loving them. I've done it by just continually trying. Have him try the veggies prepared in different ways. I found that I loved almost every vegetable roasted with a little olive oil, salt, and pepper. I also started putting finely chopped carrots in celery (and sometimes onions) in everything I could think of: meatloaf, lasagna, casseroles, potato salad, or anything that could be mixed up to kind of "hide" those veggies. After a while, I looked for minimally-offensive veggies to put on my sandwiches like a couple of leaves of baby spinach. Then when I got used to that, I'd put on a few more. Then I added tomato slices. Then I tried shredded lettuce. If I found I couldn't stomach it one day, I'd just eat as much as I could and then pick them off, and try again the next time. And now, like I said, I'm eating salads almost every day. There are rules -- I have to have something dry and crunchy like sliced almonds or crispy onions, because I still have texture issues with just the leaves, and if I have chicken or tuna in the salad it's better. But I'm eating them, and that's the important part.

But at the end of the day, HE has to want it. You can give him suggestions and help him, but if he doesn't want to learn to like fruits and veggies, he won't be open to it.

I think disguise is your best option, I grate veg into a spag bol, love to cook it long and slow, makes fab sauce with minimal meat content, low low low on cals. Served with baked potato can be a man meal. Agree with others soups are good too. Roasted mediterranean veg roasted with a spray of oil is good in soup, flavour really full. have used same soupy mixture to casserole chicken in, served with basmati and wild rice was yummy.

Good luck in your efforts with him x

Look for recipes that disguise them. I have started putting Zuccini in my spaghetti sauce, suddenly, my husband realizes he likes zuccini. Next I'm trying to see how he likes mashed cauliflower....I also have found that if I steam the crap out of them then he goes for it, but each time I cook them a little less. I know steaming them takes the nutrients out, but if you then throw the water into a pot for rice, you get the nutrients back because it goes into the rice.

I honestly never thought of re-using the water from steamed veggies for rice!! That's an awesome idea...I'm gonna try that next time I make veggies and rice.

I agree with everyone who basically said "man up or shut up." Your husband is an adult...if he doesn't like what you cook and eat, then let him know that he's more than welcome to cook or go out and get his own food. There is absolutely NO reason whatsoever that you can't stick to whatever regimen you've started for yourself, all because someone else doesn't like it. Once he knows this (he knows it now, but it apparently hasn't sunken in yet ), I predict that your eating habits will wear off on him, and he'll even want to try new foods with you. That's what happened with my boyfriend...he hated morningstar farms veggie products, which I started eating about a month ago, and now he loves the "veggie corndogs" and even eats the "veggie chicken sandwiches" with me. When we first moved in together, he flat-out said "I hate vegetables, and I won't eat them." Now he's bringing veggies home with him from work, and we eat them all the time. I wish you the best of luck!!

My dad hates fruit and has refused to eat it his whole life but was ordered on a diet by his doctor about a month ago. My stepmom told me she's had success getting him to eat fruit by adding to things he already likes, in small portions of course so its not overpowering. What he told me he didn't like about it was certain textures so for him its been about finding things that don't offend him that way, not the tastes. Basically he only likes fruits without seeds in them that have a relatively smooth texture. If you can figure out what it is that your husband really doesn't like about fruits and veggies you can probably find some good healthy foods that he will eat.

I use my food processor and shred up carrots, celery, onion, squash, zucchini, cabbage and whatever odd and end veggies we have around. I then toss this shred into EVERYTHING. A cup or two into any soup, chili, meatloaf (granted ours is made from soy), spaghetti sauce. I have found that the texture issue doesn't come into play when everything is shredded because shreds are too small to encounter the texture.

Spinach (frozen) is the only veggie I haven't been able to disguise much but that is due to the flavor not the texture. I have found that fresh spinach doesn't have the same flavor and can easily be added to soups, chilis and other foods.

I have found that fresh spinach doesn't have the same flavor and can easily be added to soups, chilis and other foods.

I do this, we go through tons of fresh spinach. I don't like it raw, but I throw a little into everything I make, it wilts down very nicely.