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Help! Meat eater!
Someone please help me here. I don?t know how else to explain it besides from the fact my husband is from Texas and I am from California. He is literally a meat and potatoes guy right to the bone. The man don?t eat Vegies and barely any fruit. I love vegetables. I love them in every way and always have. I have been trying to make up meals where we can both really enjoy it and be healthy at the same time but I have to fight him to try the vegetables and 85% of the time he won?t touch them again.
I am going to buy cheese to try it on broccoli but can anyone help me here? I am also on a budget so I have to be careful of how much I spend. NOT only that, but he is a military man. He has odd hours and sometimes comes home and just goes to be, no eating or anything. So I need something that will spark and interest and really get him eating healthy. I should not be worried about buying pills to make up for his extremely unbalanced diet if I can just balance him out. Side note, he seems to like Mexican and salsa. And he does eat pasta with meat sauce. Let me know if I am not mentioning something that could help you think up idea.
Thank you for reading and responding!
Tiffany
Re: Help! Meat eater!
He is not a child, and you are not his mother OR a short order cook. If he doesn't like veggies, it's his choice.
Make your healthy dinner, and if he doesn't like it, he presumably knows where the cereal boxes/peanut butter and jelly are kept.
Really, his eating habits are HIS responsibility, not yours. All you can do is make sure healthy options are available--whether he takes them or not is up to him.
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Ditto. If they are a Meat/Potato guy your not going to change them. My DH is and I just cook and if he does not not like the veggies he picks them out. So don't stress over it and if you want veggies, then YOU eat your veggies.
ETA: Yes, buy cheese, etc it does help them eat some veggies. BUT that is still if HE wants to.
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You can't force him to eat vegetables, but you can just continue cooking them in a variety of ways and take special note of anything he likes. I used to hate almost all vegetables (and I'm a vegetarian, so it was 90% carbs for me), but I've been learning about different ways to cook vegetables and incorporate them into foods. I still won't eat most vegetables raw, even with dip. There are plenty of dishes that incorporate vegetables in serious way that taste good, even in a meat and potatoes sort of way. For instance, I've started making a crustless spinach and cheese quiche that is super delicious and it's absolutely loaded with spinach (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/spinach-quiche-2/). You can also substitute broccoli in, add bits of ham (I add veggie hotdogs), etc, it's a pretty flexible recipe. Things like Chicken Pot Pie could also work, since you can put a variety of vegetables in it (peas, corn, broccoli).
How does he feel about sweet potatoes? They're way healthier than regular potatoes (so much vitamin A, etc), and a baked sweet potato can go well with lots of things. Randomly I've also discovered that roasted cauliflower is delicious - chopped into florets, salted, brushed with a bit of olive oil, roast for 18-20min at 450 degrees. The slightly sweet saltiness might work for him.
If you're concerned about the nutrient content of his diet, plug a few days' meals into a tracker and see what it really looks like before assuming that he needs supplements. It may surprise you. Or not
Fit Day seems to list a lot of different nutrients.
If you see that some vitamins and minerals are sorely lacking on a consistent basis, do some creative fine-tuning with your meals. I like the suggestions here for roasted veggies. You could try some casserole, stew, soup or stir fry type of meals where the veggies are mixed in with the meat portion. Puree veggies into soups and sauces. Add chopped veggies into meatballs/meatloaf instead of breadcrumbs.