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I have never been big on eating vegetables. It's been just the past 4-5 years that I really started eating very limited uncooked or very lightly steamed veggies.
I am absolutely terrified of trying any color bell pepper, onion and celery. All of these make me nauseated just smelling them so I am afraid I will get real sick if I actaully eat them.
I also have a phobia of veggies that have been cooked to the point that they are soft. In other words I will only eat them if they are still crunchy. It is sometimes a problem because my mom is used to the canned veggies and I won't eat any veggies that are canned unless it's corn.
It can be very expensive to always get fresh instead of canned, plus I still live with my mom and when she cooks she fixes veggies from a can. :(
My list of veggies I will eat: any leafy lettuce, broccoli, green beans, carrots, corn, asparagus, okra, potato and tomatoes. Anything else I can not stand to even think of going anywhere near my mouth. I also do not like beans other than green beans.
I would like to start a whole foods diet, but don't have enough variety to choose from to even know where to begin. If someone could help me with my phobia it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. :)
I am absolutely terrified of trying any color bell pepper, onion and celery. All of these make me nauseated just smelling them so I am afraid I will get real sick if I actaully eat them.
I also have a phobia of veggies that have been cooked to the point that they are soft. In other words I will only eat them if they are still crunchy. It is sometimes a problem because my mom is used to the canned veggies and I won't eat any veggies that are canned unless it's corn.
It can be very expensive to always get fresh instead of canned, plus I still live with my mom and when she cooks she fixes veggies from a can. :(
My list of veggies I will eat: any leafy lettuce, broccoli, green beans, carrots, corn, asparagus, okra, potato and tomatoes. Anything else I can not stand to even think of going anywhere near my mouth. I also do not like beans other than green beans.
I would like to start a whole foods diet, but don't have enough variety to choose from to even know where to begin. If someone could help me with my phobia it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. :)
If you like lettuce - so you like cabbage - that can be nice shredded in stir fries - do you like spring onion???
I never liked avacado but the 3rd time I tried it I liked it and now I love it with spicy chicken!!!
What about making soup and blending the veg down??
I hate celery I have tried it a few times - and dont eat it - no one will ever like everything.
The problems with the veggies I didn't mention on my list is those are the ones I am afraid of trying. LOL. I would love to be able and substitute my meat for mushrooms, but I tried a few fidderent ones once and they are too mushy. Maybe one day I will get over the texture issue.(weird this is I LOVE calamari which is probably one of the squishiest, chewiest foods ever)
I thought about blending the veggies, but was afraid that they would still overwhelm me. Maybe I am just being too melodramatic...