This is going to sound crazy, but....

I have a friend who is the same way, no fruits or veggies for him. I would imagine if you make spinach lasagnas or casserole dishes where everything is mixed in you could hide the taste. I wonder if its an unconcious issue, meaning you know there are veggies in something so you convince yourself you wont like it.

blend them up (like with an imulsifier-sp?) with a juice that covers the veggie taste like apple juice. You can do amazing things like that. You may want to try more exotic fruits since the tastes are different. Often your tastes change after adulthood so you may want to try some of them again or try to have friends cook them in without you knowing. They may have some great advice on how to add them to your foods.

:flowerforyou: Maybe you could try a shake, at vitamin mix world they have one with friut, greens, vegetables, and protien and you mix it with anything you want, juice, water, milk!!! Hope that helps!

Eating a lot of spaghetti sauce is actually a good idea (since you seem to like it, and since cooked tomatoes are super healthy).

So here is a suggestion, if you don't do this already, make your own sauce (fresher ingredients, lower sodium) and add a vegetable to the sauce, like squash or eggplant or mushroom or pepper (all "go" with tomato sauce) or even some shredded spinach (or any leafy green vegetable -- kale, chard, etc.) or sliced carrots.

When you make the sauce, use onion and garlic, of course, for flavor and nutrients.

If you don't mind the texture of tomato sauce, look into making pureed soups -- any kind of squash soup is especially tasty. Also good: potato (sweet or white), or carrot. Google for recipes. Someone already mentioned an emulsion blender -- this what you'd need for soup.

That is too bad your family didn't nip this in the bud when you were two. Oh well!

I was never much of a fruit or vegetable eater until I was 15 years old. I ate even more when I went vegetarian from the time I was 16-19years old. A lot of it is inner motivation. When I went vegetarian, I was motivated to try lots of fruits and veggies that I have never eaten before because it was better than eating just meat, dairy, and carbohydrates. I'm an omnivore now, and I love (almost) everything. I see fruits and vegetables as something necessary for fiber content and nutrition. Without them, I'd be incredibly sick and would feel bloated all the time. Isn't that worth trying to eat them?

You have to try a disliked food at least 20 times before you can say you really really don't like it. Consequently if you like NO fruit or vegetables you have an uphill struggle to get over it. Try one at a time - it is a bit soul destroying to think you have to dish up something you don't like over 20 times - and do it for the entire range of fruit and veg - but it might be worth trying a few things. It has to be tried fairly frequently to count. Try nibbling at a fruit over a day

Tried fruit smoothies?

I am lucky in that I love fruit and veg but I totally understand texture as an issue - individually I like bread, butter, milk, cream, sugar and raisins but put them togather in the British classic of Bread and Butter pudding and I heave. Yuk

Wishing you luck

Do you like soups? Maybe try a soup where you blend all the vegies together. I like V8 Fusion, though a lot of people on here seem to be against fruit juices. It doesn't have any extra sugar like their other juices.

I forget the names off hand, but I've seen commercials for sauces and such that have full servings of vegies but they are sneaky for kids who hate veggies. If I remember, I'll get back to you.

Nope, not crazy at all. I was pretty much the same way. Apples were the ONLY fruit I would eat because I didn't like the taste or texture of other fruits. Veggies....yuck. Didn't like them either.... and forget seafood. Most of this is because I am the daughter of what I will call a conservative eater. My mother lives on chicken, beef, pork, potatos and pasta. BUT.......there came a time when I needed to branch out and force myself to give some of these things another chance. I've learned, for instatnce, that I LOVE red and orange bell peppers. The green ones are take it or leave it, but the red and orange...yummy! Carrots are tolerable and I've found that if I cut up some raw brocoli and add in about 5 pieces of bacon cumbled, some carrot strips, a little onion and then mix it up with plain greek yogurt and white wine vinegar, the brocoli salad is quite yummy. Artichokes and Spinach....make a dip and keep it low cal by making substitutions. Those two things together in a heated dip are fantastic! Fruit....I still eat an apple almost every day, but I've learned that I like red grapes and cantelope. Watermelon is good but I've found that yellow watermelon is better! Strawberries are good and my latest revelation....and they are almost in season again is Pomegranates. Oh, they are yummy and I never would have eaten one on my own. The guy I am dating has talked me into trying so many new things, including seafood. Shrimp, crab, lobster, scallops....when prepared the right way are oh so good. Part of it for me was fear of trying new things. Now, I've got myself trained to at least give something a chance, if you don't like it you don't have to finish eating it.....but at least try it! If your out with someone and they are eating something you normally would not eat, ask them if you can try just a small bite. That's how I did it. My mother can't believe the stuff I eat now, lol

Hiding foods from yourself, for the rest of your life, virtually guarantees you will eventually fall off the wagon and gain the weight back. It's just a disengenuous approach to food.

You say it's 90% about the texture, but the entire spectrum of fruit and vegetables incorporate a huge variety of textures. Steamed broccoli's rough texture is nothing like the smooth texture of a roasted sweet potato is nothing like the juicy burst of a ripe blackberry.

Honestly, if you've eaten this way your entire life, it's a mental block more than a physical aversion. You are retraining yourself right now to lead a healthy lifestyle. Why not approach food with the same curiosity? My husband, when we met, declared that he hated certain fruits and vegetables. After prodding him, I discovered it was because of the way they were presented to him as a child. I love asparagus, but only fresh asparagus; if I had only been exposed to the canned monstrosity that he endured as a kid, I wouldn't have liked the vegetable either. If I thought all cherries tasted like the artificially sweet marinated Maraschino cherries, I would have avoided them as well.

The point is, discover the true taste of fruits and vegetables. Look up five different ways to prepare a sweet potato, and see if you like any of those recipes. Same with spaghetti squash. Have you roasted chick peas with spices before? How about mixing diced strawberries with balsamic vinegar and cracked black pepper? Ever tried a mango salsa on grilled pork? The variety of food out there is endless!

And if all else fails, watch Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations. You can find clips on YouTube. After seeing some of the awful things people eat every day, and endure (think raw ostrich egg coated in dirt), that fresh spinach and grapefruit salad won't look so bad!