Help... I hate veggies! Super picky eater!

I want to eat veggies so bad! I am jealous of people that can fill their plates with veggies and eat all that food for such low cals and all kinds of healthy vitamins!

I have hated veggies all my life and I'm a super picky eater!

I can't eat a piece of lettuce without gagging, so a salad is out of the question. It sure would help when going to a restaurant if I could get a salad. As I've gotten older I can now force myself to eat some veggies but they have to be a certain kind, cooked a certain way.

Nothing crunchy for sure! I steam broccoli until it's mushy. I love corn but I don't think that's really a healthy veggie. I will eat green beans and peas but they have to be canned.

Anything else is a NO!.

I tried over and over again to "aquire" a taste for them but no luck.

So does anybody have any suggestions or is anyone a picky eater like me? Is so, what do you do????

You are my veggie hating twin!!! I can count on one hand the veggies I will eat. Lettuce ruins everything for me and I can't continue eating. I will eat corn of any sort, and peas and any sort of bean only if they're canned.

I don't bother trying to eat other veggies. There's no point. I won't eat enough for it to matter. I take my multivitamin every morning which I realize probably isn't a good substitute, but it's the only substitute.

Unfortunately cooking them so much until they are mushy can remove much of their nutrients....but then, if that is the only way you are going to eat them, it is better than nothing that is for sure. You can try creating recipes that hide the veggies (you can puree them into just about any recipe, and hide their taste and texture). You can blend them into smoothies (carrot and spinach work well with this....obviously you want to use ones that you can hide rather than overpowering the fruity taste of the smoothie). Also, you can cook them into casserole or quiches, or even meat loafs by grating them. They'll be there, but only in very small pieces that will soften easily.

FYI, just a tidbit of info for you, but not a big deal--many people think corn is a vegetable, but it isn't. You can eat a whole plate of corn and your total servings of veggies will be zero. Corn is actually a grain.

This won't help you to order a salad in a restaurant but I have a grown son who's autistic and hates vegetables too. I'm a nut about his nutrition though so for many years now, I have been putting all the things I will eat normally, in a food processor and cooking them into his food. A few dark green leafy veggies that will do so much for your body are things like spinach and kale. If you put those into a food processor, cook them, and then add them to your spaghetti sauces and other dishes....you will SEE the green but....you really won't taste it much. It absorbs most of the taste of the sauces, etc....instead. If you start with baby steps....soon you can add more and more to them. I do a veggie "mash" putting many thing I know have different health benefits into the food processor for him....red peppers, spinach/kale, carrots, onions, garlic, celery, etc....and then cook it up and add it to everything he eats practically! At first, before I became a vegetarian, I used to even mix a ton of it into the turkey burgers I made for both my kids. They were green colored but...they were actually still really tasty. It's also just a matter of what you get used to. I read it takes you 11 times to tolerate most new foods....obviously the ones that you don't originally like. And...attitude is everything. In my life...I've learned that my attitude can change almost any problem for me so....maybe you can start to look at those foods as nurturing your body and be grateful for them and...eventually...you may change your opinion about the foods you eat. Now, when I look at a can of soda or desserts, I see poisonous chemicals, disease, etc....but that's after doing a lot of reading and research in Nutrition and aging well. A wonderful book to read is called, "Healthy at 100" by John Robbins. That may help you readjust how you look at veggies. Good luck! :-)

I have found my real family! My parents are convinced that my taste buds stopped developing at age 5. Let me know if you figure out some way of not seeing vegetables as a chore!

Just read some more replies...Grilled veggies are awesome!! My hubby was not big on them and now loves them especially when I stir fry them with low cal balsamic vinegrette or low cal sundried tomato and oregano,or marinate them and do them on my george foreman grill,or BBQ too ....Yummy!!

You are my veggie hating twin!!! I can count on one hand the veggies I will eat. Lettuce ruins everything for me and I can't continue eating. I will eat corn of any sort, and peas and any sort of bean only if they're canned.

I don't bother trying to eat other veggies. There's no point. I won't eat enough for it to matter. I take my multivitamin every morning which I realize probably isn't a good substitute, but it's the only substitute.

Just went and tried to eat a piece of lettuce from the fridge (my husband likes it) and no can do! The taste gets to me everytime! Nasty! I just would love to fill a plate full of veggies for next to nothing in cals and get full with healthy food!!! I'm gonna try the grilling thing though!

I you!! this is EXACTLY my problem...

I want to eat veggies so bad! I am jealous of people that can fill their plates with veggies and eat all that food for such low cals and all kinds of healthy vitamins!

I have hated veggies all my life and I'm a super picky eater!

I can't eat a piece of lettuce without gagging, so a salad is out of the question. It sure would help when going to a restaurant if I could get a salad. As I've gotten older I can now force myself to eat some veggies but they have to be a certain kind, cooked a certain way.

Nothing crunchy for sure! I steam broccoli until it's mushy. I love corn but I don't think that's really a healthy veggie. I will eat green beans and peas but they have to be canned.

Anything else is a NO!.

I tried over and over again to "aquire" a taste for them but no luck.

So does anybody have any suggestions or is anyone a picky eater like me? Is so, what do you do????

You are my veggie hating twin!!! I can count on one hand the veggies I will eat. Lettuce ruins everything for me and I can't continue eating. I will eat corn of any sort, and peas and any sort of bean only if they're canned.

I don't bother trying to eat other veggies. There's no point. I won't eat enough for it to matter. I take my multivitamin every morning which I realize probably isn't a good substitute, but it's the only substitute.

Corn is a grain, not a vegetable. Beans are not vegetables either, they are legumes.

Grind vegetables up in the food processor and then add them to soups, pasta sauce, etc..........

Corn is a grain, not a vegetable. Beans are not vegetables either, they are legumes.

Grind vegetables up in the food processor and then add them to soups, pasta sauce, etc..........

I like beans too, I think I knew they were not a vegetable. How about green beans? I like many veggies cooked soft and/or in something. But often the meal then becomes high calorie or high fat. ;(

Green beans are still legumes, they are just encased in an edible pod.

I no longer eat green beans or any type of legume.

Corn is a grain, not a vegetable. Beans are not vegetables either, they are legumes.

Grind vegetables up in the food processor and then add them to soups, pasta sauce, etc..........

I like beans too, I think I knew they were not a vegetable. How about green beans? I like many veggies cooked soft and/or in something. But often the meal then becomes high calorie or high fat. ;(

I was quoting the person that was saying they ate corn as one of few vegetables that they said they ate.

Most people refer to corn as a vegetable and not a grain.

I have always loved veggies, but there are ways to eat them without losing nutrients... I cook them in soups... all the nutrients stay right in with the broth...I like acorn squash with just butter and salt... some times I stuff it with a meatloaf type dish (I am vegetarian so mine is meatless) and it comes out amazing... even my veggie hating husband loves it... you can also stuff bell peppers... but be sure to eat them too...

I read it takes you 11 times to tolerate most new foods....

That actually makes me feel a lot better. I may have to start trying the whole "food processor mash of veggies snuck into food" thing. My parents never cooked veggies growing up except corn and green beans (I'm not even joking) and we never had any sort of fruits but bananas (again... not joking). So when it comes to fruits and veggies, I'm absolutely useless. I have no idea how to pair them with food, prepare them, or cook them. I have found that I've started to really like eating soups and stews with finely cut up veggies - so this gives me hope.

Maybe I can buy a few veggies on the weekend, chop, dice, and puree them, toss them into the freezer in serving-sized bags, and hide them in everything I eat....

Great ideas. Thanks

I, too, am super picky with veg. I actually read somewhere about people called super-tasters which are basically people who have more taste buds than most (like children are born with more active taste buds and many of them become less effective as they get older). Anyway, this causes these super-tasters to dislike bitter tastes such as many vegetables. I certainly think this could be the case with me as I don't like many bitter flavours eg. most vegetables, dark chocolate, alcohol etc.

Anyway, for me, soup definately works. I wouldn't eat a plate of carrot but in lentil soup, I'll eat it. I usually make my lentil soup with lentils (obviously), loads of carrots, an onion or two or a leek and a stock cube or two or I'll cut up some bacon and shove it in the pot too. When it's ready, I'll use a blender to blend it all up so I can't see bit clods of veg in it to put me off.