/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.5211462]

How do I eat vegetables? They're all gross plants.

[El Bar B Q Hamplanet No.5211467]

>>5211462
Feed them to animals, then eat the animals!

[Anonymous No.5211471]

>>5211467
Holy shit I think you're on to something.

[Anonymous No.5211535]

But seriously: for a picky eater who rarely eats vegetables, how long does it take to get used to them?

[Anonymous No.5211545]

>>5211535
about five years, depending on the current age of the toddler.

[Anonymous No.5211554]

>>5211545
What if the toddler is a twentysomething?

[Anonymous No.5211561]

>>5211554
ritual suicide.

[Anonymous No.5211571]

i never ate veggies, but then I started to notice i would fill up better with them, go to the bathroom better and stopped being a fat fuck.

started eating carrotss raw with just some lime juice and salt. then steamed carrot, broccoli, green beans with lime juce and salt.

thennwith mustard and olive oil, then bell peppers and cabbage, then evry single vegetable i could find...

they're sweet, bitter, salty, delicious.

now a days i only eat 1 portion of meat and eat lots of veggies all day. I cannpig out on carbs and haven't been gaining weight.

starting weight 227....current weight 178.

it took me some 7 years, but its permanent now, i avoid fast food restaurants now, cause there's no good vegetable options (nope, fench fries are. not vegetables, and neither is ketchup)

[Anonymous No.5211597]

try with one or two vegetables first and try to master a way to cook them that you like. I hated HATED acorn squash until I learned to roast it in savory spices. I tried steaming it, and I tried it sauteed, I even tried it baked with brown sugar. Finally, I removed the seeds, sliced it up, peeled it, tossed it in a little bit of melted butter, and sprinkled Montreal Seasoning over it. I roasted it in a, preheated, 400F oven for 20-30 minutes until it was browning and soft and I loved it.

My two year old doesn't like vegetables, but he like smoothies. I will put broccoli, kale, carrots, or spinach in with his strawberry smoothies and you can't even taste the vegetables. I will mince up mushrooms, carrots, broccoli and cauliflower very finely and mix it with ground beef and potato flakes to make meat loaf or meatballs. It took me a while to get the proportions right and not end up with soggy meatballs, but when I did, they were great! I tell him they have "yummy veggies" in them and he looks at me like I am a crazy person and eats them happily.

[Anonymous No.5211635]

If it's green, add balsamic vinegar to it

If it's any other color, dip it in hummus

[Anonymous No.5211662]

>>5211462
Did your mommy say it was okay to be on the computer this late at night?

[Anonymous No.5211675]

>>5211662
No but she's asleep please don't tell her.

[Anonymous No.5211677]

The answer is actually really simple.

Salt and spices, but mainly salt.

[Anonymous No.5211692]

roast them. specifically broccoli. toss some broccoli in olive oil and lemon/lime juice, dash some black pepper and salt or garlic and roast it til it's a tiny bit singed. shit's good brah. i like adding red pepper flakes too

[Anonymous No.5211721]

>>5211462
Stop cooking them like shit and then maybe they would taste good.

[Anonymous No.5211761]

>>5211677
>Salt and spices, but mainly salt.
This. I feel like most people who don't like vegetables haven't tried them enough/have never had them cooked well. A little bit of salt and pepper can go a long way.

To start out you might want to buy a small bag of mixed frozen veggies. After you cook them, add a little butter, salt, and pepper, and try the vegetables individually until you find out what you like.

[Anonymous No.5211766]

Basically just learn to cook them well. I prefer cooked vegetables more than raw ones, although I still eat a lot of salads. For example, for your next meal take an onion and multi colored peppers and fry them up in some olive oil until they start turning getting a nice color. Then sprinkle a bit of chili powder and salt, it's amazing.

If you want to get into eating raw vegetables make a batch of hummus and dip your vegetables in that. I like hummus as a salad dressing as well.

[Anonymous No.5211796]

>>5211761
>good impression
>frozen

Fresh local organic veggies, blanched, grilled/charred, butter and salt.

[Anonymous No.5211816]

>>5211796
Well obviously that would taste better, but this guy doesn't even like vegetables to begin with, so I figured bland frozen vegetables with butter would suit him just fine.

[Anonymous No.5211830]

>>5211816
Sorry, but this doesn't make sense to me.