Fruits and Vegetables

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  • jenniferwithmk
    jenniferwithmk Posts: 18
    Try "Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food"
  • bjohs
    bjohs Posts: 1,225 Member
    LOVE the veggie pics Bjohs. I dont eat hardly any, but seeing that pictures makes me want to run out and get some to roast or grill.
    Thanks for sharing!
    Red

    You're welcome! Here's some grilled veggies for you then! LOL

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  • ElPumaMex
    ElPumaMex Posts: 367 Member
    I can eat raw carrots and celery, but with a little bit of fat free vegetable dip. I do like tomato, but not alot at once. I know I am so picky, but I have to turn it around to get healthy. I was 135 four years ago and now am almost 195 because of a back injury and steroids for so long. I was very active and athletic playing every sport possible and working out every day. Now I work night shift as a nurse, and find it hard to plan meals and get motivated enough to exercise. I just turned 23 and have to start eating better, for my health and body image.

    Thanks everyone for the replies! I had no idea I would get so much support and advice!!! This is awesome!

    Great !
    So you do like some vegetables !

    No problem if you start by using vegetable dip ! As you eat more often, you will find the need for the dip less and less.

    You do not need to eat a lot of tomato, or any vegetable for that matter.
    Try one roma tomato in the morning, maybe sliced in your ham sandwich (I do that very often, delicious !)

    Carrots, you can purchase bags of baby carrots and eat one cup as a snack. You will be surprised how much you can eat !

    Good luck !
  • bjohs
    bjohs Posts: 1,225 Member
    I can eat raw carrots and celery, but with a little bit of fat free vegetable dip. I do like tomato, but not alot at once. I know I am so picky, but I have to turn it around to get healthy. I was 135 four years ago and now am almost 195 because of a back injury and steroids for so long. I was very active and athletic playing every sport possible and working out every day. Now I work night shift as a nurse, and find it hard to plan meals and get motivated enough to exercise. I just turned 23 and have to start eating better, for my health and body image.

    Thanks everyone for the replies! I had no idea I would get so much support and advice!!! This is awesome!

    Here's a GREAT veggie dip! Buy a container of plain Greek yogurt and a packet of Hidden Valley Ranch or Harvest Dill dry mix. Take a spoonful of yogurt and mix just a pinch of dry mix at a time until it is flavored the way you like it. Tastes just like a regular veggie dip but low in fat, sugar and low"ish" in sodium but packed with protein! As for tomatoes, I usually stick with the roma's because they are less juicy. Regular tomatoes makes my omelets a little too watery.

    So glad you are willing to give veggies the old college try! :)
  • katydid25
    katydid25 Posts: 199 Member
    Have you heard of Jessica Seinfeld's cookbook, Deceptively Delicious? It's an entire cookbook aimed at hiding veggies in foods. You should check that out! I've heard good things!
  • CampKelly
    CampKelly Posts: 172 Member
    I'm not a big fan of "cooked" vegetables, but I love cold raw veggies. Like at Subway I load my sandwich with spinach and tomato . And I love salsa, which is so healthy. Try carrots, celery and mushrooms with hummus...yumo! And I always carry a ziplock of snap peas....good luck!
  • bjohs
    bjohs Posts: 1,225 Member
    I'm not a big fan of "cooked" vegetables, but I love cold raw veggies. Like at Subway I load my sandwich with spinach and tomato . And I love salsa, which is so healthy. Try carrots, celery and mushrooms with hummus...yumo! And I always carry a ziplock of snap peas....good luck!

    I'm not a huge fan of cooked veggies either. I think because my mother would cook them until they were mush. ICK! Now I either saute, roast or grill them a little bit with EVOO/garlic. That way they still have a snap to them and it really brings out the vibrant colors. Colorful food is happy food. :D
  • firesoforion
    firesoforion Posts: 1,017 Member
    I do count my fruits and vegetables, partially because they do have calories, and partially because I can look at a day and go "that was good," or "that was bad."

    Now, one thing I just started doing this week, but that I'm pretty much addicted to, is to put 1/4 cup of ricotta cheese, half to a whole package of frozen spinach (but I'm sure it would work with virtually any vegetable, tomorrow I'm trying it with kale, but I'd definitely start with the spinach for someone who doesn't like vegetables), do not drain the spinach! Then put some garlic and about a tablespoon of parmesean cheese (and a tiny bit of nutmeg if you want), puree it until it's smooth and then pour it over, well, something else. I've been doing roasted broccoli, and it's been so good...but I bet you could do it over spaghetti squash for a veggie packed pasta.
  • sheilaione
    sheilaione Posts: 2
    Love that book, I am able to get my kids to eat vegi's and they don't even know it.

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