I don't like vegetables

Everyone has things they like and don't like. I'm an extremely picky eater. I tend to eat the same things all the time and quite honestly? I'm not interested in trying something new. I like what I like and that's that.

Don't worry about what other people think. Do what works for you. Eat what you like. Who gives a rip about what someone else is eating?

Have you tried pureeing them and hiding them in sauces? We have to make sauces without tomato for my husband, and puree cooked carrots and red peppers as the "tomato" sauce base. Or making homemade yam fries with chipotle Mayo.

If you don't want to eat them, then don't. But there are ways of tricking yourself of you want to try. :-)
I've been told by different people to limit fruit and fruit juice because even naturally occurring sugar can add up fast. If you're not worried about the fructose, keep going for the fruit. Whatever keeps you on track. :-)

If you want an honest answer... in my opinion it is because it comes across as pretty childish to say "I don't like vegetables".
Have you tried every single veggie in the world, cooked in every single way? I doubt it.
There are probably some that you would like if you tried them.

And I think the good reason to try them is that you get such a lot of nutrition (vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals), fibre and general goodness from veggies. Most of them are low in calories in relation to their volume so they are a good way to get lots of nutrition but still fill up your belly when you are counting your calories. I also think it's rather naive to assume that a man-made vitamin is going to replace every single benefit you get from eating veggies.

There, that's why I think people jump on you when you say "I don't like vegetables".

Having said all that - if you choose not to eat them, that's fine by me, it makes no difference to my health and my life.
We all have to find the foods that work for each of us, and if you are happy and healthy and feel like you are making good choices, then there is no need to change.

A lot of the time not liking a food is because of the texture or the way it is prepared. Maybe they just haven't been cooked in a way that you like? I'm surprised you don't like carrots if you like sweet things, since they can be prepared to be sweet. How about zucchini bread?

I'm not going to judge you for not eating something you don't like, but maybe there are ways that you would like them? It's best to get your nutrition from food when you can. I think using the ideas thought up to help picky kids could be a good idea too.

Most of my life I thought I hated beans, but after tasting them in Japanese sweets I got used to the texture and like them now.

None of these? I've not even in my lifetime had a chance to try every veggie.. It makes me sad when a person says they don't like ANY veggies.. hard to understand how someone could have tried every single one of them and not liked one.:flowerforyou:

What sorts of things do you like on your Pizza?

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Dark green vegetables

bok choy
broccoli
collard greens
dark green leafy lettuce
kale
mesclun
mustard greens
romaine lettuce
spinach
turnip greens
watercress


Red & orange vegetables

acorn squash
butternut squash
carrots
hubbard squash
pumpkin
red peppers
sweet potatoes
tomatoes
tomato juice


Beans and peas*

black beans
black-eyed peas (mature, dry)
garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
kidney beans
lentils
navy beans
pinto beans
soy beans
split peas
white beans

Starchy vegetables

cassava
corn
fresh cowpeas, field peas, or black-eyed peas (not dry)
green bananas
green peas
green lima beans
plantains
potatoes
taro
water chestnuts


Other vegetables

artichokes
asparagus
avocado
bean sprouts
beets
Brussels sprouts
cabbage
cauliflower
celery
cucumbers
eggplant
green beans
green peppers
iceberg (head) lettuce
mushrooms
okra
onions
parsnips
turnips
wax beans
zucchini

Beet - Tubers with rich nutty flavours. A sweet variety of beet is grown commercially in europe and asia for sugar manufacture.

Broccoli - green and delicious and full of vitamins

Brussels sprouts - traditionally eaten with Christmas Dinner in the UK

Cabbage - the king of vegetables. Easy to grow almost anywhere

Carrot - Introduced by the Romans, carrots have been popular for 2000 Years

Cauliflower - White relative of broccoli

Celeriac - a large knotted ball-like root vegetable which makes amazing nutty soups

Celery - Slightly bitter (unless blanched) european stalks with a distinctive flavour, used in salads, stews and soups.

Chard - green leafy vegetable

Chicory - bitter vegetable

Collards - This leafy green vegetable is also known as tree-cabbage and is rich in vitamins and minerals.

Corn - North American native vegetable considered sacred by many native tribes. Confusingly corn is also the word used to describe the seeds of wheat and barley.

Cress - small peppery sprouts

Cucumbers - related to courgettes and traditionally used raw in salads. The cucumber grows quickly and holds lots of water

Gourds - The common name for fruits of the Cucurbitaceae family of plants (members include cucumbers, squashes, luffas, and melons).

Jerusalem Artichoke - It isn't an Artichoke and it doesn't come from Jerusalem. The jersalem Artichoke is actually related to the sunflower. The bit we eat is an ugly little tuber (like a small thin potato) that tastes amazing. It has a smoky taste that really excites the palette.

Kales - Until the Renaissance, kale was the most common green vegetable eated by the people of northern Europe

Kohlrabi - Kohlrabi is a member of the turnip family and can be either purple or white.

Leek - The national vegetable of Wales.

Lettuce - lots of green leaves used as a mainstay of salads. Varieties such as round, isberg, lollo rosso and radichio are popular.

Melons - Wonderful fruits with a high water content. There are many farmed varieties . All have seeds surrounded by rich, watery but sweet flesh that is encased in a fairly hard shell.

Mushrooms - not technically a vegetable, but a far older member of the plant kingdom. Mushrooms do not use sunlight to produce energy, hence they have a completely different range of tastes than any other vegetable. Did you know that the largest single living organism on earth is a mushroom called Armillaria Ostoyae, the biggest of which is up to 8,500 years old and carpets nearly 10 square kilometres of forest floor in northeastern Oregon, USA.


Okra also called 'ladies fingers' or gumbo is a wonderful pungent vegetable from the same family as hollyhock. It probably was first cultivated in Ethiopia and is still a North African staple, but has become popular in Europe, Asia and America too.

Onions Onions have been eaten for tens of thousands of years and we still aren't bored of them.

Parsnips The sweet, starchy parsnip was a very popular european vegetable before the arrival of potaoes and Sugar Cane from the Americas. Although not the prize it once was, the Parsnip is a classic root vegetable, particularly popular in more northern lattitudes.

Peas - best eated within minutes of picking as the sugars rapidly turn to starch. Therefore frozen peas often taste better than 'fresh' peas.

Peppers - These are the fruit of the Capsicum family of plants. The hotter tasting ones (due to more Capsaicinoids in the flesh) are usually refered to as chillis.

Potatoes - Nothing finer than a steaming plate of mashed potatoes. An american staple crop that as been exported all over the world.

Pumpkins - A popular gourd vegetable used in cooking and to make halloween jack o lanterns.

Radicchio - a chicory leaf used in salads. Popular since ancient times, modern widescale cultivation of the plant began in the fifteenth century close to Venice in Italy.

Radish - rich in ascorbic acid (vitamin C), folic acid (folate), and Potassium, the raddish is a peppery vegetable popular in western and asian cookery. We usually eat the taproot, but the leaves can also be eaten in salads.

Rhubarb - A plant with large leaves that grow out of thick succulent stems with a very particular floral scent. These stems are popularly eaten as a fruit once sweetened and cooked. Rhubarb was originally native to China but has been popular in Europe since Roman times.

Rutabaga - Alternative name for Swede

Shallots - Small onions often with a more fiery bite.

Spinach -large green leaves wilt easily in a pan and are often served with a little butter and nutmeg as an accompanying vegetable. Spinach contains lots of healthy trace minerals including iron

Squash another generic name for fruits of the vine of the Cucurbitaceae family of plants (see also Gourds). Butternut Squash has recently grown in popularity in the United Kingdom.

Swede - Apparently a cross between cabbages and turnips swedes are a low calory root vegetable

Sweetcorn - a north american native plant loved throughout the world.

Sweet potato Ipomoea batatas (related to the morning glory) produces a starchy tuber. In the USA the red variety of sweet potato is often called a yam, although yams are a seperate vegetable in their own right.

Tomatoes - not technically a vegetable, but a fruit. Tomatoes are best grown yourself because the uniform flavourless powdery fruits available in supermarkets are not worth eating.

Turnips - Root vegetable will grow in cold climates.

Watercress - very peppery small salad like leaves

Watermelon - Sweet tasting gourd reaches enourmous size and definitely the most refreshing fruit there is.

Yams - Sweet starchy tuber that are popular in African, Carribean and American cookery


We hope this alphabetical list of vegetables is of use to you.

By the way, depending on the definition you use..... tomatoes and squashes and peppers are technically fruit (as they have seeds).
I believe there are a few different definitions out there and we most commonly refer to these things as veggies but botanically they can be considered fruit.
Not sure what this adds to the discussion, but its interesting when you start making generalisations about "I don't like......"

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Have you tried asparagus? It's one of my favourites. Just don't overcook it.

Thank you for the list of vegetables. I have not heard of some of those! Next time I am at the supermarket I will pick something new to try. Maybe I should make that a weekly goal? Try a new vegetable?

Which ones do you guys particularly enjoy? That way I know what I am looking for

I do that sometimes, pick up something new that I've not yet tried. Don't know if you have a Trader Joe's near you but they do samples each day. I've tried veggies there that I'd never even heard of and ended up loving them. Loved the fact I had the chance to even learn they existed let alone taste them and be able to then purchase them.

Jicama is yum... sorry if my spelling is off but it's a new veggie to me. I only know what it looks like on the inside since it was cut up and sold that way. :blushing:

If you like Greek Yogurt you might try adding a wee bit of dried Hidden Valley Seasoning in it, or Hummus and dipping veggies in that sort of thing makes them have a bit more zing!:smokin:

I love your goal...I'm going to do that regularly from now on, you've inspired me to keep up that habit!

Sugar Snap peas are yummy and crunchy...love the crunch factor in foods!
Artichoke hearts are tasty on a pita pizza
Baby Carrots either plain or with Edamame Hummus (Edamame is soybeans)
Celery and PB
Corn..yum-o!

Maybe some mixed frozen veggies mixed in with something you enjoy, a healthy version of Mac & Cheese or wild rice with green peas?

Just tossing out a few ideas..

I'll have to pick up a new one this week yet then.

OH! Just now read what you shared about Campus veggies.....YES, that could turn a person off of veggies quickly! As was shared above, they are most likely over cooked and salted. Once you start with fresh ones you'll realize salt with veggies is strange tasting.

Have fun at the store this week, I'll be thinking of you when I'm there too!:bigsmile:

Try Quinoa (pronounced Keen-wa). Most commonly considered a grain, quinoa is actually a relative of leafy green vegetables like beets, spinach and Swiss chard. It has fiber, protein and lots of health benefits. Check it out.....

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Have you tried asparagus? It's one of my favourites. Just don't overcook it.

OMG! Love asparagus!

I find this topic very interesting! I often wonder what people, that are looking out for their health, eat when they dont like vegetables?? My sister-in- law claims that she wont touch a vegetable and feels that she is healthy regardless. Honestly, just because you are skinny, does not make you healthy!!! Yes, you may be feeling ok now but I truley believe those who dont eat some veggies in some way, shape, or form will suffer the consequences as they age!

One of my favourite veges is asparagus (as others have mentioned!) - I had some for lunch today - lightly boiled than I added salt and pepper and some balsamic vinegar - I also added some cooked zucchini too and it was so yummy. Came out at less than 100 calories too (of course I had some other things for lunch too!). Next time I will also add muchrooms too I think - a nice bog bowl of this - kind of like a roast vege salad!!! Filling but doesn't weigh you down!

Grated zuccini is great (haha, I'm so punny today!) as it disappears into all kinds of things. You can put it in spaghetti sauce or tuna patties or meatballs and you can't taste anything different (just don't get freaked out if you can see green bits in there, they are reallyl very good for you!) You can do the same thing with carrot too.

Or how about a nice zuccini slice - this makes a great lunch with a green salad on the side:
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/5546/zucchini+slice

I used to be a carrot and peas kind of girl. Didn't like any others and for the longest time didn't eat any others. Then when I was pregnant with my first I started craving tuna and sweetcorn sandwiches lol. Never liked sweetcorn before but loved it ever since then.

It's definitely worth trying things every now and again as tastes do change. My veggies are still quite limited but I now eat peas, carrots, sweetcorn, parsnips, butternut squash, mushroom and peppers. Which I never used to eat when I was younger.

But at the end of the day you are an adult and if you don't like something, don't eat it )