Im a vegetarian and i hate vegtables!?

Question

Ive been a vegetarian since last July. The problem is I hate vegetables! I wish I did like vegetables because if I did I know I would be alot healthier. My mom is also always nagging me about not eating enough veggies. Does anyone have any recipes or healthier eating plans?! thanks for the help...

Answer 1

It's never easy to like all the vegetables. A nice way to start is to eat those vegetables that you actually like. Carrots, salad, and cucumbers might be an easy choice...

If it's your mom who does the cooking, cook your own meal/vegetables. Nothing tastes better than your own meals! I wouldn't *touch* broccoli in restaurants, but when I cook I use only as much broccoli as I want.

Alternatively, hide the flavour of vegetables! Try sauces, cheese, herbs, and spices. That's why cauliflower&cheese was invented after all.

Keep up the good work and don't forget those yummy fruits!

Answer 2

I used to hate vegetables too. Before becoming vegan I hardly ate any vegetables at all. In fact, after becoming vegan, I hardly ate any vegetables at all -- UNTIL I discovered two things: cooking is not about recipes, but about technique. Second, the more natural and fresh an ingredient, the better it tastes.

A friend's mother has been cooking for a long time; at least 30 years. Her cooking is crap. Wow, I can't believe how bad it is. She cooked some things for us that were basically the same sort of things we cook at home, same ingredients, etc., but it just turned out like crap. She has no skills and no idea; neither do her children, who are putting sauce on everything because it tastes bad. Even our three year old daughter who eats everything wouldn’t eat it, so it’s got to be very bad.

So, perhaps try some food that other people have cooked, friends homes, perhaps at some real high quality restaurants [you know, the kind that use all organic ingredients and are very reputable etc.] and make certain to order some vegetables. You'll see that they taste awesome. Especially if you go to a reputable Chinese restaurant (where Chinese people eat and think it’s good). They’ll whip up a plate of veggies in 10 minutes and you’ll be amazed at how great veggies are. How they are perfectly cooked, hot, still crispy, etc. Or check out a 5-star Japanese restaurant for another experience with vegetables where the focus is really on the flavour of the actual ingredients and not sauces etc. You have to try some really good food to be able to compare, then try to recreate the experience at home.

I had an organic bakery. We decided not to take any baking lessons to avoid any bad habits others may have; since we’d never eaten truly great bread. We started from scratch learning from ideas we read about how bread was made in ancient times. We used all natural organic ingredients. Flour, filtered water, starter, Utah ancient sea salt, and technique. The best bread we could find that was not our own was great, but could be improved upon. We improved upon it. The bread we produced was fantastic – absolutely the best I’d ever tried, and we’ve tried a lot of different breads. We used the same ingredients as the other bakeries, even our flour was from the same mill, but with technique and the highest quality salt (only a pinch used), our bread tasted so much better, and the more we baked, the better it got. No white flour, no yeast, no sugar, no preservatives, nothing. All whole grain and yet a really nice spongy texture, not hard as a brick like some we’ve tried. But alas, ignorance is bliss and few would buy it because it wasn’t sliced or was in a paper instead of a plastic bag, or they thought it was too expensive even though the crap wonder bread down the street cost just as much but weighted less. I miss that bread. Our soups, sandwiches, coffee, etc. was all made in the same manner and the few that did eat them were amazed.

As I always say, once you have tasted fresh, naturally leavened, handmade, organic bread, you can never go back. This goes the same for all foods. End of rant.

Answer 3

if you haven't acquired the taste for vegetables by now, you might never do. But I'll try and help you out with my limited knowledge of vegetables.

Use more spices and seasonings. I usually eat broccoli with lots of pepper and garlic powder. Do you like peppers? Try stir frying them with some mushrooms in some butter sauce..very yummy. Find out which veggies you like the most and make a stir fry dish. Then slowly incorporate other ones.

You might want to buy a few books if you haven't already. You also might have to ask yourself why you're a vegetarian. If it's to lose weight, you don't have to be a vegetarian to lose weight. Are you doing it to save the animals? If so, then learn to like vegetables. good luck.

Answer 4

hey there, i have been a veggie for almost 17 years and i don't like vegetables either. i've never had any nutrition problems, so i can tell you not eating vegetables usually does not affect your health that much. just make sure you're getting everything else you need. i have gotten into the habit of checking the nutrition facts on all the foods i eat to see what i'm getting out of it. you can also take a multi-vitamin if you don't feel like you're getting all the vitamins you need. there are also plenty of recipes out there on the internet and in books that are designed just for vegetarians and vegans. i highly recommend http://www.vegcooking.com/. good luck!

Answer 5

You can keep trying different vegetables and decide what you like, tastes can change.

But, why would you become a vegetarian if you don't like vegetables? I work in the mental health field, my wife is a Dietitian at a psychiatric hospital and I would be concerned that you might have an eating disorder. My wife says some of her patients have eating disorders and try to cover it by saying they are vegetarians. I used to have a girl friend who said the same thing and she had Bulimia. I hope you talk to a doctor, and I hope the doctor will refer you to a Dietitian. Oh yeah, my wife and I are both vegetarians.

Answer 6

I suggest trying new recipes- there are many websites with recipes just for vegetarians.
I think your trouble is not so much with recipes as it is with habit.
You have not developed a taste for certain things because you have not developed the self discipline to incorporate them into your diet.

I suggest that you introduce new vegetables- things oyu would not normally eat into your diet one or two at a time.
For example- both of my children really disliked brussel sprouts- I would prepare them once a week along with other things they did like- I would require them to eat only one- at first it took a lot of self discipline for them to do so, no when I go to buy veggies, they beg for brussel sprouts. If oyu make a habit of eating certain things- as I did with onions (I never ate onions all my life- at about 30 I began to put very thin slivers in my salads) I did not care for it at firstbut continued to eat them anyway- now I always make salads with onions and I really enjoy it.

try to saute or steam slightly some veggies and add them to a pasta sauce or mix them with some rice - start with the healthiest- spinach, chards, kale, carrots- then add one or two new things a week- make certain foods a habit- I cook down spinach or kale slightly and have it in my scrambled eggs or soup and have it daily- I make certain foods a habit. Try to incorporate fruits into your diet also- blueberries are the best- you will get some good nutrition from fruits also.
Try steaming some zucchinni and yellow squash in some spaghetti sauce - cover your veggies with cheese or butter or your favorite herbs to enhance or tame the flavor of your veggies

Answer 7

Well, what do you eat then? I really hope that you aren't a growing young adult and trying to live on fruits, bread and pasta alone! That would be really bad for you. It could damage your thyroid and adrenal gland and lead to obesity and skin problems at the very least.

Ask your Mom if she will let you visit a Nutritionist.

Answer 8

buy a juicer and make vegg juice, vegg juice tastes good and you can drink it faster then you can cook and eat it

things to juice
cucumber
carrots
celery
herbs, garlic
lettus
cabbage
and you can make fruit juice too,

and or you can steam veggs and eat it plain or with some lite sauce, yoiu have to tell yourself not to be so picky and eat it, if you have nothing else to eat, and only the steamed vegg, you'll eat the vegg or you starve

Answer 9

mash it in with stuff.
or put sauces on it.

my brother hates vegetables and thats what he does. my mum does it secretly and he has no idea half the time and eats it.

Answer 10

u dont need to eat only veggies to be healthy

if you dont pig-out and get enough exercize, you can eat meat if you want

:) :)