Has anyone brought up juicing? I juice a shit load of raw vegetables every night and its the best thing ever. So many health benefits and im fairly certain it would be almost impossible for me to eat that many vegetables in one night. Add some lemon and apple into the juice and it tastes fairly good. I only started last month and I think ive had more veggies in the last month then Ive had in the last year.
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Vegetables are disgusting
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Chinpoko_Master
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As someone used to hate vegetables, once I actually started eating them regularly, I realized that most of them taste pretty ok or don't have that much flavor at all. Tomatoes still taste fucking disgusting to me though.
PartTimeWarrior
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Onions are disgusting. They trigger an involuntary gag reflex in me if the flavor is strong enough.
That said there are a lot of good veggies I like.
Don't try to make a good stir-fry, find out a place that's supposed to have awesome stir fries and start with that. It's easy to fuck up when you don't know what you're doing, being scared to turn up the heat and having everything become flaccid and flat, not know how to thicken the sauce, etc.
If you want something easy I have a recipe for you.
Cabbage & ground pork / sausage
Ingredients:
Cabbage
one of those 1lb breakfast sausage packs
butter
pepper
Directions:
Heat large (12in) pan.
Chop cabbage in half and peel individual leaves till you get a good mound. Wash and set aside.
Cook sausage, use spatula to separate sausage into relatively small bits. Set aside on a plate with a paper towel on the bottom. Wipe off excess grease from pan. Don't try to degrease the sausage beyond the paper towel.
Place about half of your cabbage leaves on the pan.
Throw in sausage.
Layer rest of the cabbage.
Throw in a TBSP of butter on top.
Set on mid-low heat and cover. if you used most of the cabbage lid might be lifted off the pan a bit, that's OK. Come back in 25mins and stir. Another 20 mins or so, grind some pepper on top of the mixture and you're done. Eat by itself, or top with ketchup.
You can do the same recipe w/ bacon instead, just cut to small chunks and cook long enough that it's heated thru. The synergy of cabbage and meat is fucking amazing, and this takes no effort.
If you want something easy I have a recipe for you.
Cabbage & ground pork / sausage
Ingredients:
Cabbage
one of those 1lb breakfast sausage packs
butter
pepper
Directions:
Heat large (12in) pan.
Chop cabbage in half and peel individual leaves till you get a good mound. Wash and set aside.
Cook sausage, use spatula to separate sausage into relatively small bits. Set aside on a plate with a paper towel on the bottom. Wipe off excess grease from pan. Don't try to degrease the sausage beyond the paper towel.
Place about half of your cabbage leaves on the pan.
Throw in sausage.
Layer rest of the cabbage.
Throw in a TBSP of butter on top.
Set on mid-low heat and cover. if you used most of the cabbage lid might be lifted off the pan a bit, that's OK. Come back in 25mins and stir. Another 20 mins or so, grind some pepper on top of the mixture and you're done. Eat by itself, or top with ketchup.
You can do the same recipe w/ bacon instead, just cut to small chunks and cook long enough that it's heated thru. The synergy of cabbage and meat is fucking amazing, and this takes no effort.
DjangoReinhardt
Thinks he should have been the one to kill Batman's parents.
Go to some decent restaurants and order a variety of vegetable-centric dishes. Hell, let the server know that you have the palate of a 10-year-old and you may even get custom sympathy vegetable creations from the chef.
What's a Sah Lad?
terrisus
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CF_Fighter
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I don't like most fruits save for citrus, such as oranges/limes/lemons, but I love vegetables. Green beans steamed just right for that cooked, but still have a bit of snap to them, with some butter and salt/pepper are sublime.
terrisus
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See, I'm fine with most fruits, and there are even fruits that I would say that I like.
But vegetables are another story.
Technosteve
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you would probably appreciate sushi more then anyone else
Hours Left
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Produce is delicious, but you gotta branch out beyond the boring standard frozen vegetable mixes.
Start with something really savory, like asparagus. Roasted asparagus can convert even the most diehard veggie hater. On that note, almost every single vegetable tastes amazing when roasted.
Start with something really savory, like asparagus. Roasted asparagus can convert even the most diehard veggie hater. On that note, almost every single vegetable tastes amazing when roasted.
I'd rather go vegetarian than carnivore, really. But gladly I don't have to
terrisus
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I'd rather go vegetarian than carnivore, really. But gladly I don't have to
Frankly, I probably could go "vegetarian." The only meat that I really eat is chicken.
Definitely couldn't go vegan though. I love cheese.
Diseased Yak
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"Another broccoli-related death. It tries to warn you with it's awful taste."
Lambda Pie
Banned
i eat salad every day since... i dunno, years. it's delicious.
FutureZombie
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2013 Vegetable Power Rankings
1. Broccoli
2. Asparagus
3. Sweet Potato
4. Lettuce
5. Baby Spinach
1. Broccoli
2. Asparagus
3. Sweet Potato
4. Lettuce
5. Baby Spinach
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
You probably like pine nuts in your bowl of mother natures #2 don't you?
I dunno most vegetables have to be with something else for me. For example, I LOVE broccoli but I have to have it with cheese or dressing or something.
That's why there's dressing. "Sir, may I please give some flavor to your vegetables? Because ain't no one gonna eat that shit raw."
That's why there's dressing. "Sir, may I please give some flavor to your vegetables? Because ain't no one gonna eat that shit raw."
Lambda Pie
Banned
mine are usually a 3 way between lettuce, tomato (fruit, i know) and watercress mixed with a bit of vinegar and olive oil.
I shit pine nuts, baby.
toastyToast
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Just do it OP. I'm sure people that are out of shape feel they're incapable of excercise too. Keep in mind that you're making a positive change in your life and persist.
And for the love of God don't drown everything in cheese
And for the love of God don't drown everything in cheese
Maybe start with the easy-to-eat ones?
I'd suggest:
Cauliflower - Like Broccoli's albino cousin, very mild flavour, super easy eating
Peas - Sweet and actually pretty delicious
Corn - You already mentioned this one, but like Peas, can actually be sweet and super delicious
Potato - Million ways to eat it, you're bound to find one you like
In the long term, I think you'll probably just have to do the forcing you weren't subjected to as a child. Make yourself eat the stuff, even if it's a struggle to begin with. Normalise it.
I'd suggest:
Cauliflower - Like Broccoli's albino cousin, very mild flavour, super easy eating
Peas - Sweet and actually pretty delicious
Corn - You already mentioned this one, but like Peas, can actually be sweet and super delicious
Potato - Million ways to eat it, you're bound to find one you like
In the long term, I think you'll probably just have to do the forcing you weren't subjected to as a child. Make yourself eat the stuff, even if it's a struggle to begin with. Normalise it.
Kite
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Sorry OP but you are nutty as the pure vegan types. I'm a very devout carnivore but meat and vegetables are meant to be eaten together. At a bbq, eating pure steaks and pulled pork would get pretty damn old without some beautiful grilled corn, tomatoes, red peppers and onions. I'm drooling just thinking about it.
Delicious Waffles
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And we're done here.
Correct. Vegetables are great.
Kinder Egg
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Start juicing leafy green vegetables using a masticating juicer.
EDIT:
& down them.
EDIT:
& down them.
sixteen-bit
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I love broccoli.
terrisus
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That made me chuckle.
Right there with you OP. I can only eat carrots, cucumbers, and potatoes in their vegetable states. I really wish I could eat other vegetables like corn, lettuce, etc. but anytime I try to eat it, I get flashbacks as a kid of being forced to eat vegetables and remember them tasting terrible so I pass. Then again, I tried my first hamburger at 13, got food poisoning, and never ate one since. I'm now 24.
Devolution
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Veggies steamed or sauteed in butter and or garlic is pretty much the best.
I feel sorry for people who don't know the awesomeness that is veggies, especially broccoli. Top quiche vegetable for sure.
I feel sorry for people who don't know the awesomeness that is veggies, especially broccoli. Top quiche vegetable for sure.
Collete
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I love nearly every vegetable but broccoli.
I wish someone would give me a good recipe for it, because it literally doesn't taste good to me.
Can you handle tomatoes though? Why not try small and drink vegetable soups and then gradually get to solid recipes going to pastas and stuff like that?
I'm a vegetarian so I was kind of accustomed to learn to like them to actually survive.
I wish someone would give me a good recipe for it, because it literally doesn't taste good to me.
Can you handle tomatoes though? Why not try small and drink vegetable soups and then gradually get to solid recipes going to pastas and stuff like that?
I'm a vegetarian so I was kind of accustomed to learn to like them to actually survive.
Devolution
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Yeah it is.
beautiful
What does this taste/feel like compared to real pizza?Yeah it is.
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