/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>5692169
Tell your kids they can't leave the table until they eat their vegetables. If you have to sneak veggies into food for an adult break up with them, unfriend them, disown them whatever

>>5692194
that wasn't the question

>>5692194


wow, you really must have no friends at all if you burn bridges for stupid shit like that

>>5692215
No I just don't have hipster white friends that refuse to eat normal food. My friends all have a wide variety of taste.

>>5692245
>hipster
I believe the word you're thinking of is 'spoiled'.

>>5692245
Hipsters are picky as fuck dude

borscht, god tier vegetable food, just 3-1 ratio the veggies to meat, cut the starches like beets potatoes in half, boom healthy delicious soup

>>5692259
>>5692245
I don't think you guys know what hipsters are

Shakshuka is something I make often, it's just tomatoes, bell peppers, and onions

Also, you can sneak vegetables into things like quiche, pot pies, and pastry puffs

>>5692169
omelets,
or like a quiche, you could put a ton of veggies in to a quiche.

soups
like use left over bits from a roasted chicken in a soup with a bunch of veggies (shits the bomb).

>>5692256
Same thing

spincach balls are great. big leafy greens, onion, and possibly some peppers or carrots all with some delicious porky sausage holding it together.

>>5692169
chicken pot pie.

or ram them fuckers down their throats while playing cave explorer. Whatever works.

>>5692194
this doesnt work. napkins have many uses

>>5692245
leave this board forever u fucking cunt if i ever 1v1 you irl i will either beat the shit out of you or if u beat me i will call the cops to send your the prison and get buttmad raped u fucking imbecile i hope you value your virginity cuz its going to get taken the hard way u fucking prude cunt #gangbang

>>5692169
Not really sneaking anything, but this got my tomato hating SO to change their tune: caprese salad. chop up fresh tomatoes, throw some minced fresh basil on there, add fresh mozzarella and top with balsamic glaze. shit is tasty.

I also just add a little extra veggies to everything and use less meat (soup, casserole, whatever) but that's just cuz I have tons of veggies and meat is expensive.

>>5692245
i would think hipsters are more likely to eat vegetables than other people. especially since being a vegetarian is 'cool' in that group's mind

>>5692169
Puree egg broccoli peas carrots etc and put it in a hamburger patty. You can't even taste it

>>5692485
you may not can taste it but you just ruined that hamburger patty

>>5692489

yeah I agree

I make pureed veggie fritters though, you can add whatever you want be it broccoli, zucchini, carrots or whatever. Just make sure you salt it after pureeing or grating it and press the excess water out.

>>5692266
>I don't think you guys know what hipsters are

“Hipster” is a term co-opted for use as a meaningless pejorative in order to vaguely call someone else’s authenticity into question and, by extension, claim authenticity for yourself.

It serves no conversational function and imparts no information, save for indicating the opinions and preferences of the speaker.

Meanwhile, a market myth has sprung up around the term, as well as a cultural bogeyman consisting of elusive white 20-somethings who wear certain clothes (but no one will agree on what), listen to certain music (no one can agree on this either), and act a certain way (you’ve probably sensed the pattern on your own).

You can’t define what “that kind of behavior or fashion or lifestyle” actually is, nor will you ever be able to. That’s because you don’t use “hipster” to describe an actual group of people, but to describe a fictional stereotype that is an outlet for literally anything that annoys you.

The twist, of course, is that if it weren’t for your own insecurities, nothing that a “hipster” could do or wear would ever affect you emotionally. But you are insecure about your own authenticity - “Do I wear what I wear because I want to? Do I listen to my music because I truly like it? I’m certainly not like those filthy hipsters!” - so you project those feelings.

Suffice it to say, no one self-identifies as a hipster; the term is always applied to an Other, to separate the authentic Us from the inauthentic, “ironic” Them.

meat pies

curries

soups

stir fry (though it's pretty obvious)

OP why are you asking this, who is it for

is it for kids or adults

My tomato sauce starts as half veg and half meat and then the tomato component.

>>5692169
blend veg into pasta sauces
you can use beetroot and courgette and obviously carrot in cakes without eally affecting the flavour
stews etc, either blend in or just finely dice
curries too
soups

basically anything wet and saucy (steady) you can hide the veg in

>>5692245
>white
Every white person I know will eat any kind of meat, cheese, vegetable, seafood, anything you put in front of them as long as they aren't allergic to it.

They probably heard you were a cunt and decided to let you "disown" them.

>>5692169
Meatloaf and meatballs. Dice as small as possible, saute, and mix.

Tomato sauce. Peel it all first. Great for red peppers.

The classic broccoli and cheese. Kids stereotypically hate broccoli and love cheese.

Roast brussels sprouts with finely diced bacon and a little balsamic glaze. Not really hiding it but I've seen a 5 year old go from crying about hating vegetables to asking for another serving inside of 15 minutes of the first bite.

soups are magical

Roast chicken with lemons stuck up its 'hole'

>>5692169
Spaghetti, chilli, burgoo

how do vegetarian families get their kids to eat food?

>>5694328
It's a non-issue; vegetarians are impotent due to their selective eating disorder.

>>5694354
you mean indians because they sure as fuck seem to reproduce at an insane rate

a cardboard box
alternatively push down on the left joystick

>>5692365
I hate tomatoes and love the sound of caprese salad, but I still don't like caprese salad because I don't like tomatoes.

>>5694431
I feel 100% the same way

I want to make poutine but there's nowhere around where I can get cheese curds, what kind of cheese would make the best substitute? I figure I'll just rip up a block of cheese and use that.

>>5694439
Cheddar cheese is best, but never use mozzarella.

Good ol' spaghetti. At my culinary school, we made lunch for the kids and would always blend in shitloads of veggies.

>>5694482
Oops. This is not the board I intended to post in. Good luck with the poutine! Yum!

>>5692194

This

My niece was coddled like this by her mom for the first 10 years of her life, now she has a nervous breakdown whenever we're at a restaurant that serves vegetables or anything "weird"

I fucking hate it when parents ruin their kids like this. The kid doesn't want to eat food? Then they don't eat. None of this "sneaking" bullshit, that just teaches them fucked up eating habits that will stick with them for the rest of their lives.

I feel sorry for your children, op.

>>5694431
You had homegrown, or market-garden tomatoes? Shop bought ones are generally shitty and watery as fuck.

>>5694487
I'm a recovering kid like that. I really just don't like vegetables, so I mix it in with what I have on my plate. Like if I have meatloaf, potatoes, and mixed veg I usually put all three on my fork until the veg is gone.

fried rice

Chop it up so fine that it's hard to recognize. When they question it, give them the wrong answer.

>made lasagna
>put mushrooms in it
>like, lots of mushrooms
>finely chopped up; after cooking, it's hard to tell that they're mushrooms
>sister hates mushrooms
>asks me what "this brown layer of stuff" is
>tell her it's eggplant
>she even likes eggplant
>eats lasagna happily

>5 year old sister refuses to eat her vegetables, storms off to her room
>mum serves her a plate of steamed vegetables for breakfast, lunch and dinner for 3 straight days afterwards.

and that, ladies and gents, is what you call parenting.

>>5694855
That's genius. The fact that it's steamed is even funnier, because that must be the least appetizing way to cook vegetables.

Tacos, burritos and all forms of bastardized cheesy mexican food.

It's perfect for loading with veggies, because it's also loaded with meat and cheese. Though I guess this only works if your friends/kids aren't weak around peppers.

http://www.google.com/#q=chocolate%20cake%20with%20beets

>>5692169
>sneaking vegetables
This is how kids grow up to be carnists

Bad parenting becomes a value system

I guess it's better than thinking of yourself as a victim...

>>5694487
>>5694527
>>5692194
I just found this thread, I had the extreme opposite experience. my parents didn't let me try things on my own and instead tried to shove the most complex harsh crazy foods into my mouth when I wasn't even ready. I didn't even have a chance to go "hmm I want to try this vegetable" because they didn't let me stop and think for myself, so instead I was constantly fighting a war of rejection.
>"eat this eat this! NO NO NO leave me alone!"

they would try to trick me and lift the cheese up from my pizza and hide vegetables in between and I would bit into them and throw up all over the table, they made me so paranoid that I ate very little food until my ribs were showing through my skin, and then they stopped caring. when they finally left me alone I just ate the only thing that I knew and ate tons of pizza and corn syrup tainted fake chocolate and junk food until I became obese. eventually I tried new things on my own and stopped eating all junk food. I'm vegan now and I'm skinny and healthy. now don't give me any trouble for being vegan, Its part of the story.

>>5692169
Veggies can be made delicious if you fry them with some meat and some other things in a skillet.

>>5692194
>>5692215
>>5692245
>>5692256
>>5692259
>>5694487
>>5694527
>>5694704
>>5694855
>>5694876
People who complain about picky eaters are no fun to hang out with. They just nag nonstop about other people having different tastes. There is no reason to be friends with someone who judge you for what you do or do not eat.


>go to eat with friends
>one friend is picky about something
>other friend can't shut up about how picky friend is so picky
>can't mind their own business and makes the whole thing very annoying and unenjoyable to sit through
>does it again every time even though the picky eater just asks them nicely to mind their own business.

there are all kinds of people out there but more often than not I myself or another picky person make choices that don't effect the rest of the group. we make our own choices for our personal reasons and pickyness, and then someone gets really upset that someone is being different and tries to scape goat them and get the rest of the group to dislike them when in fact the picky eater didn't do anything at all and the one creating the drama is the person who can't tolerate someone else exercising their freedom to not have onions on their salad.

those people repeat that every time and cause alot of social difficulties for the entire group and make the picky eater feel like they have done something wrong while they are in fact actually making a huge fool of themselves.

>>5696326
There's a huge difference between a person not liking onions and an actual picky eater.

Picky eaters are people who refuse to try anything new and who stay within their comfort zone. I have a friend who I have trouble hanging out with over lunch hours because they can't handle anything that's not typical fast food. If we go to a normal restaurant, they order from the kids' menu. No seafood, roast pork, not even steak. Just chicken nuggets and burgers. It's insane.

The friends you're talking about are just jerks because the "pickiness" you're describing is just standard having different tastebuds. I always encourage my friends to try new things because not only is it fun, but it's stupid to be scared of standard food. I have no idea how people that picky don't get bored of eating.

I'm saying this as someone who grew up without eating many vegetables and now have to force myself to enjoy them. So I come across as a picky eater even though I'm open to trying almost anything. Just because disliking vegetables is considered childlike.

>>5692169
>pot pie

>chicken pot pie

>>5694906
1/10
try harder

>>5696319

The fact that you had fake chocolate and junk food even around the house confirms my original point. That's called playing tricks with food. They treated vegetables as poison and corn based chocolate sauce as the reward.

Vegetables should be treated as food, not a trick to play on someone. Your childhood is pretty similar to a lot of people on /ck/ who say stuff like "if you exercise you can have McDonalds and funyuns and hot pockets for every meal just like your heart desires"

>>5696359
good points. although, why do you care so much that your friend chooses what they do? t'sall msayin

>>5696374
whoa completely wrong and the opposite of what I was saying, read it again and shut up.

>>5696408

No worries, your point came across just fine. I just picked up on the obvious truth behind what you wanted me to conclude.

>>5696410
good lord

that gif...

>>5696405
I wouldn't say it's "caring so much" to encourage trying new things. But I guess it's mostly feeling like your friend is missing out on some part of life when it's so inconsequential to try something new. I mean, I wouldn't want to live on a rotation of the same 5 items the rest of my life. Then food wouldn't be enjoyable, it'd just solve my hunger and nothing else.

I get your point in not badgering people, but you can encourage some "risk taking" without annoyance. I usually try offering small pieces from my plate before I start eating, so they don't even risk spending money on it. The worst that happens is they need to drink something after to get rid of the taste.

>>5692169
This sucks but it works. If you have kids that won't eat veggies, try over cooking the shit out of them so they can't tell what's what by texture. Sucks for the adults but, you know. I actually like overcooked broccoli to be honest. Either overcooked and mooshy and gross or totally raw. but that has nothing to do with your question.

>>5696410
>projecting this much

>>5696429
you know what, you are a cool bro anon. we both made some cool points. peace onto you bro. I feel like we made some progress in humanity.

>>5696453
>moving the goalposts
>ad hominem
>straw man
>appeal to God who doesn't exist
>appeal to the girls who just friendzoned you
>appeal to Islay single malt

>>5692169
Good God, I really could go for a nice Shepherd's pie right about now.

>>5696462
you better not be dissing islay single malt.

>>5696474

I can do craft beer which is bigger than ever next time if you prefer

>>5696459
You're not allowed to judge if you made good points or not. There's a clear bias there.

If this is for a kid:

The main issue with vegetables for kids is that they taste bitter as hell. Kids especially are sensitive to bitter foods, so that they can avoid poisonous stuff.

Boiling does work to lessen the taste, but it also does that to nutrition and flavor as a whole and usually requires a sauce or condiment of some kind to fix that issue. Melting cheese is always a quick fix.

I'd also consider breading and frying them and supplying a sweet dipping sauce like how vegetable tempura is served. Between the frying and the sauce, the bitterness should be almost completely hidden. It's not exactly healthy but it can be the starting point for a kid, where you can slowly introduce vegetable dishes with stronger flavor over time. It works because not only will time solve the bitter sensitivity, but it's common knowledge that eating something you don't like a couple times usually gets you used to it. Obviously you'll never get used to everything, however, so if a kid is showing effort in eating several vegetables but not a particular one, I would accept that preference and not force it.

I agree that completely hiding vegetables isn't the solution, but you don't need to do >>5694855 either. Treating it as normal food really does help with the psychological side of it. Kids seem to automatically think if something's "good for you" it won't taste good, so I wouldn't push that issue either. Or if you do, stress that the whole meal is "good for them".

If you're just trying to feed yourself or another adult vegetables, the same techniques will work to get you used to the flavor profile. But just googling would help with specific recipes.

Some suggestions:
Slow cooking savory and thick soup and stew will work best. If you cut the vegetables small enough, they will disintegrate into the broth. Any remaining vegetables will lose much flavor, in addition to being covered up in both flavor in texture by the broth.

>>5692263
>borscht
> cut the starches like beets

What the fuck?

>>5694431
>>5694436

>There exist, in real life, people who don't like tomatoes.

Weird.

>>5696405

It says something about their character when they are that restrained in what they eat. If it was just compartmentalized into that part of their life due to trauma or something, it wouldn't bother me, but it very seldom is. Those people tend to be very rigid and whiny when anything doesn't go their way. Still, you have to live with them, so it is best not to lose sleep over it. I have had friends that have gotten more open to things due to, lets say, eating a tomato that I grew versus a store shit-tomato.

>>5696481

Or if you hate the taste of vegetables you could always add butter, salt, and pepper.

>>5696459
Ha, it's cool. I can empathize with both sides of the coin.
>>5696511
Huh, I never thought about that before. But it's very true. Both my picky friend and ex could be rather... rigid about getting their way.

>>5696530
I find that butter is not strong enough at all when the problem is how bitter something is. Butter on bread still tastes like bread, it doesn't hide it. It can be used as a base of a sauce but in the same way you can still taste everything. It's more suited to an adult needing seasoning than helping a child get used to veggies, unless it's something like carrots which are sweet by default.

>>5696477
whoa someone is a bad sport.

>>5696462
>straw manning by accusing the accusee of all the things they didn't even do