Vegetarian/Vegan Recipes for Fussy Eater

[wolverine]

Hi everyone!

I've been wavering about trying vegetarianism for a while now (probably with some vegan foods included), but I've always been a fussy eater. In most cookbooks, I'll find maybe half a dozen to a dozen recipes that I like the sound of -- and that's usually while dropping a couple of the ingredients in the process!

I'm not looking for individual recipes, but does anyone know of cookbooks or websites that have recipes for picky eaters? Not many sauces, garlic, other completely random stuff like avocados etc.

Thanks all!

Wolverine

[AlexG]

My g/f is a vegetarian and tends to use this website alot:

All recipes.com

I also have a recipe on my website, it's a delicious vegetable soup:

Vegetable Soup Recipe
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[Stephen]

Originally Posted by wolverine

Hi everyone!

I've been wavering about trying vegetarianism for a while now (probably with some vegan foods included), but I've always been a fussy eater.

Hi wolverine

Even as an omnivore, the bulk of your food intake should be vegan, or you are headed for ill health..

potatoes
carrots
apples
bananas
grapes
melon
turnip
rice
zucchinis
tomatoes

etcetera

[wolverine]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Hi wolverine

Even as an omnivore, the bulk of your food intake should be vegan, or you are headed for ill health..

potatoes
carrots
apples
bananas
grapes
melon
turnip
rice
zucchinis
tomatoes

etcetera

Just to demonstrate pickiness:

potatoes - Okayish
carrots - Nice enough
apples - Yum!
bananas - Yuck!
grapes - Yum
melon - Nice when they're nice (they're not great quality around here)
turnip - Yuck!
rice - Eh, okay
zucchinis - Yuck
tomatoes - Yum!

I moved out of home/on campus to uni last year, but only got proper access to a kitchen this year and thus started cooking most of my meals. At home, the food is very meat heavy; I'm trying to think of a single meal (besides sandwiches etc) that doesn't have meat and am currrently failing. The meals I cook aren't anywhere near as meat heavy, because I love veggies, but I'm struggling to find new recipes, because obviously I don't know many/any veggie-based ones from home.


Wolverine

[Trezker]

There should be a database with recipes so you can make queries with which ingredients you like and get only those recipes.

[free spirit]

I think the point is, when changing your diet, you have to be open to new tastes and ideas. Your taste buds are used to a certain type of flavour if you regularly eat meat. You essentially have to retrain your body to accept and eventually love the food you are feeding it. It will take some time, but your body will adapt. When I first turned vegetarian, I had to expose myself to foods I actively disliked, the same with vegan, I have literally had to overhaul my taste buds (again!), but the result it so worth it. Not only will you leaern to love these foods (I honestly enjoy my food now, far far more than I ever did when I ate rotting animal corpse), you will feel so much better. Like a weight has been lifted out of your intestine!

Of course, there will be food you still don't like after your tastebuds and body have adjusted (porridge still makes me gag), but that is genuine preference, not a training issue!

I really wish you the best of luck with your new diet.