Practically no one has grown up being taught to like vegetables. If they were given them, they often were cooked to taste unpleasant. Regardless of the various health diets I was on over the years, I preferred vegetables very flavored. Gradually as I became healthier, the way I ate them became healthier, but still it wasn't a huge part of my diet. Then I became raw. It became the most amazing experience to find that the more I ate veggies raw in recipes like soups, salads, marinated, dash of salt or other spices, the more I like them. But it turned out for most, I really didn't need tons of flavor to make them taste good. Cooking actually destroys the true flavor of most vegetables. Anyhow, the longer I was raw, the more I actually enjoyed food, to the point that I actually love food now more than when before I was raw. There's nothing more enjoyable than loving food that is actually healthy for you and is so simple to prepare.
Guess this won't help james, but hopefully will encourage others.