Need more w/o veggies!

KarlieeAnne

SO doesn't eat vegetables. I mean none! His mother never pushed the issue with him as a child and now at 27 years old, he still refuses to eat them. (He hasn't even tried lettuce, because he says it looks and sounds gross) It's pathetic and I can see why his mom gave up years (and years) ago. Does anyone have any good recipes for meat, cheese, and bread eaters? Or some good ones that will drastically hide them? I always do a quick frozen veggie for myself and my daughter. But he won't touch anything but yellow sweetcorn, and that's a grain! HELP!

ChristineNB

Wow, my husband is a picky eater, won't try a lot of new foods and not a fan of most veggies, but even he is not that picky. 

What about casseroles like green bean casserole?  Would he try that?  

I would try using a food processor to grind some veggies up pretty small to see if he won't notice.  In something like meatloaf or burgers it would be easy to hide some veggies.

ohioloveyou

I love to hide veggies in meatballs, meatloaf, etc.  Chopped spinach works well for this, or grated carrots.  Hide them in marinara sauce for pasta, put peas in a casserole, etc.  Just make them too hard to pick out or insist he try them before poo-pooing them.  Honestly, if you cover any veggie in cream sauce or cheese you can barely taste it. 

I hope you can get him eating veggies soon!

rakle99

You can puree veggies and put it in sauces and meat mixtures such as meatloaf, hamburgers, meatballs, etc.You can also make lots of breads with pureed zucchini and carrots without altering the taste.

Does he like soups? Soups like chili, chicken tortilla, corn chowder, can easily hide veggies.

Does he eat potatoes at all? If he has a favorite potato recipe, you can try to make the same recipe using sweet potatoes instead. You could also use the flavoring of those loved potatoes with another veggie and see if he will try it. You could also mash cauliflower and season it with garlic, cheese, and bacon and it will taste very similar to mashed potatoes. He doesn't have to know what it is until after he eats it.

 

If he is willing to at least try it, then at some point you should be able to find some veggies that he likes. It took my husband over a year to try my favorite kind of food, Indian, but once he was willing to try it, he's found several things he loves. I don't expect him to love everything, but he likes enough to be able to go with me to eat it. 

Jim&Jaime

The thought of grinding vegetables for a child, let alone a grown adult man, is odd to me. I say cook what you always have, and if he's going to act like a stubborn child, he can pick around them. I don't even make special meals for my 4 year old, so, again, I can't even wrap my head around doing so for an "adult".

Jennifer&Nate

Personally, I would do what I would do with a child - make what I was planning on making, utilizing a variety of veggies prepared different ways, and if he eats it, he eats it. If he doesn't, he doesn't. I wouldn't go out of my way to make stuff he wouldn't eat, but I wouldn't compromise the health of myself/my child because he refused to eat any veggies.

sporky

Honestly? My DH was like that when we first met. His mother never made her boys eat fruits or veggies. DH wouldn't eat anything green, etc. But when we started dating seriously, I just told him that he needed to grow up. I'm the cook in our relationship so I made it clear that he could either eat what I made or just make himself a sandwich every night. Lo' and behold, ten years later, he eats everything.