Help me to eat more veg (please)

Veg Soup? Pretty much just throw whatever you want into a pot with a veg stock cube and then blitz when cooked.

Or start serving a small amount of broccoli with your cauliflower, try carrot and parsnips mashed up together, or try roosting basically any veg and see if you like it that way.

Normal salad-y stuff includes lettuce, peppers, tomatoes..?

You don't have to like every single veg to be healthy, maybe try a new veg once a week or something?

Oh! Asparagus and green peas are lovely cooked under a salmon fillet when you are baking in. Nom nom nom. Loads of recipes on BBC good food online for ideas.

Oh I love veg, but my younger brother is like you - never really ate it, so now he struggles a bit. A few things that he does enjoy are below:

Roasted Veg: Aubergine, courgette, red pepper, red or white onion, carrots, mushrooms, butternut squash. Any combination really, cut into chunks, throw into the oven with a little oil and it's done. The red peppers and onion are a must for me - anything else, it tends to be whatever I have.

Broccolli: Par boil, put into a foil packet (ie tinfoil wrapped up) with some seasoning and throw into the oven - or if you're feeling lazy, just a drop of oil and straight into the oven. No idea why, but it tastes different from just boiling it.

Mushrooms/carrots/courgettes/peppers/onions - chucking them into any stew/bolognese/chilli/casserole is handy enough.

Kebabs - chunks of chicken, beef or other meat type on skewers, pop chunks of veg (or fruit) onto the skewer between the meat. Yum.

Steaming veg is another alternative - it comes out crispier, tastier and as far as I know, keeps more of it's vit and mineral content.

Grill pan if you have one - again, cut into chunks and throw them on.

Chicken or fish - if you're doing them in the oven, throw some veggies in alongside them.

Lots of ways of 'sneaking' veg in, but honestly, the best bet is to try as many as possible. There's bound to be some you like!

I was like you, such a fussy eater. Then one day I just copped on and realised what I was missing out on. I forced myself to eat all of the things i thought i hated. It took a while but now I would try ANYTHING. Just keep telling yourself that it's not going to kill you, if you don't like it then forget about it for a while and come back to it again in a few weeks. When I think abut how I was I am so embarrassed now. I was really annoying, "a plain burger please", picking onion out of my spaghetti bolognese. It makes me cringe!

Best way to Grow a love for Veg is to Grow your own! Nothing like the taste of Home grown Veg - TOTALLY different from shop bought and the satisfaction from eating your own produce is second to none!

You don't need a huge garden either - even a window box will suffice.

Tomatoes do really well in a pot on a window sill or patio - you'll get hooked quickly and so much better than forcing yourself or disguising your veg - give it a go you'll save money too!:D

metamorphosis wrote: »

Stir frying lots of veg in coconut oil is fair nice

and you can always mask the taste with spices and herbs etc so there's no excuse really. Just be inventive, eating veg doesnt have to be boring.

very well said..thats how i increased mine ...once your getting your 5 a day you wont know yourself ..go for things like peppers onions mushrooms garlic diced carrot garden peas...the benefits are too good to be true

I make fresh homemade veg lasanga because I'm a terrible one for not incorporating enough veg into my diet. Sauce helps flavour the veg but I only put a small amount of cheese on top though.

parsnip and carrot are nice mashed with your potatoes or try something like baby sweetcorn they taste kinda sweet so dosent feel like your eating veg:D

SkinnyDoll wrote: »

Roast them... spray a shallow tray with a little oil or better still use a non stick one.. and chop up peppers, courgette, throw in some tomatos, onion (the finer you slice the onion the more it will carmelise and the sweeter they will taste!) red onion, mushrooms ANYTHING will roast, parsnips drizzled with a little honey, and if you slice them fine they make a great alternative to crisps, cauliflower =

http://www.ifood.tv/network/roasted_cauliflower_parmesan/recipes

This site is FULL of great recipes!

once you've got your tray full then decide on the flavour, balsamic and olive oil with some garlic - italian (in fact lashings of balsamic will get reduce down to a sweet sticky sauce!) YUM! This is how I use up my left over veg and I would always have some in the fridge to add to some chicken for a wrap for my lunch...

Curry powder is good and great if you're roasting them as a snack (beats crisps anyday), Chinese 5 spice, Chilli

The list is endless... experiment . enjoy... Doll x

+1 on roasting your veg, it tastes totally different when you roast it, especially peppers and red onion as they turn lovely and sweet. I do a big batch of mixed peppers, red onion, tomato and mushroom (if I have them) and anything else I have like carrot, parsnip squash etc. I add some garlic and a little chilli and roast with a small amount of olive oil. I keep it in a sealed tupperware container and just have a portion with whatever else I am eating.

I find it easily keeps 3+ days and really fills you up too, so you eat less of the bad stuff