So I am trying to go Vegetarian for my health, but I am not a Huge fan of veggies.

My main ones are:
Carrots
Celery
Iceburg lettuce
broccolli
Cucumbers
Corn
Peas
Potatoes

That is about it. I can't stand tomatos or onion or peppers.

Any ideas for some veggies I might try to broaden my horizens a little.

Romaine lettuce--darker green lettuce, that is crunchy like iceberg but has a lot more nutrients.
Baby spinach--add some to a salad or try a salad with baby spinach as the base green! Yum!
Sweet potatoes--sweeter than a potato, but so good :drool:
Beets--peeled, roasted w/olive oil, salt, and pepper. Very tasty. You can also peel and grate them and add them to salads like carrots. Good stuff
Dark greens--sauteed w/garlic and olive oil or steamed. Try collards, kale, mustard greens, and spinach. Good with a squeeze of lemon or even a bit of cheese
Mushrooms--white button mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, portabello mushrooms (marinated and griled :drool: ), straw mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, cremini mushrooms...so many and so many different ways to try them.
Zucchini and yellow squash--tasty in a stir fry or sliced into a salad.
Cabbage--lots of different types (not just green or red) that are good in salads, stir fries and soups. If you have an asian market nearby, check it out as they have lots of different types of cabbages.
Peppers--I know you say you don't like them, but maybe it's just that you don't like the green ones. Try red, yellow, orange and even purple ones. They're sweeter and good eaten raw or cooked.
Onions--I don't like them raw, but if you chop them up thin or slice them thin and cook them until they're soft and slightly brown they have loads of good flavor. They add so much flavor to food.
Tomatoes--I'm in the same boat with you when it comes to raw tomatoes, but I love cooked tomatoes in sauces.

Sweet potatoes--sweeter than a potato, but so good :drool:

Oh I agree about sweet potatoes. :drool:

And try some Eggplant. :drool:

Yum!

I know how you feel, when I first went vegetarian I was like uuuuuh...I don't like many veggies! Personally I hate broccolli and celery. But I've learned to incorperate a lot of veggies into what i eat, or at least more then I thought I would. So you only like iceburg lettuce, have you tried other types? Just wondering, personally I usually use romaine or some other darker green lettuce. You could try making stirfries, ever made one? I like to buy a bag of frozen mixed veggies and just dump some in a pan, put in some other veggies, and either put in beans, cut up veggie patty, or tofu/soy wafers. Then put in some teryaki sauce, very good! Try to focus more on the ones you DO like, find recipes that incorperate them. Or like potatoes, there's lots of ways to prepare them. Several times a week I just cut up a potato and microwave it, and just dip it in ketchup, very tasty and simple.

Here's a small list, ignore the one's you don't like and if you can afford organic it tastes much yummier!

Asparagus
Escarole
Avocado (actually a fruit)
Fennel
Beet
greens
Green and red cabbage
Bok Choy
Kale
Broccoli
Kohlrabi
Brussel sprouts
Lettuce: romaine, red leaf, green leaf
Cauliflower Mustard greens
Celery
Onions
Chicory
Parsley
Chinese cabbage
Peppers: red, green, yellow and hot
Chives
Tomatoes
Collard greens
Turnips
Dandelion greens
Spinach
Endive
Zucchini
Beets
Jicima
Carrots
Winter Squashes
Eggplant
Potatoes
corn

try EGGPLANT (but you either love it or hate it)
it goes good with garlic and cilantro .... try frying some and sprinkling with vinegar, salt cilantro and garlic
:drool:

AVOCADO ... it's a "fruit" but it's so awesome. make quacamole it's one of the best things ever

You might want to try veggies cooked different ways. When a lot of people think fruits and veggies they think raw but it's often possible to change the texture and/or cover up the flavor if you're creative.

give zucchini and squash a try. If you sautee them the right way over noodles they make a mean pasta

Before I was vegetarian, I would eat corn, peas, iceburg lettuce, cucumbers, and string beans. Thats about the limit of the vegetables I would eat. No tomatoes. No beans. No mushrooms. So don't worry, you aren't "weird".

Thing is, that I hadn't had vegetables prepared properly... I had no idea how yummy they could be when cooked right! Now I'll eat just about everything on seasiren's list! So just keep experimenting - try eating at ethnic restaurants where they really know how to season things :-) Get a yummy thai stir fry (watch out for fish or oyster sauce) or get some aloo gohbi at an indian restaurant (ask for it mild for your first time ;-) ) Don't worry, with time the pickiness goes away.

Everyone has terrific suggestions, and as mentioned, try cooking your veggies in different ways. For instance, try baking, sauting, grilling or incorporating your veggies in soup and stews.

Zucchini, eggplant, sweet potatoes, onions, garlic, mushrooms, peppers, corn, tomatoes, and potatoes all lend themselves well to the methods I've listed above. And check out the recipe section - there are some great ideas there.

I'm fairly new to vegetarianism (a few months) and I'm not all that fond of most veggies. I do try to eat something green a few times a week, and I eat lots of things that contain tomatoes. I keep trying, but I doubt I will ever be that fond of veggies.

However, I do eat a lot of fruit (5-6 servings a day - more now that it's watermelon :drool: season. I also eat lots of whole grains and usually 2-3 cups of beans per day. (mmm...fiber)

So there really are lots of options if you're determined to remain a vegetarian but don't/can't eat lots of veggies.

I kind of suck in this area. :-( I don't like squashes, zucchini, eggplant, most mushrooms (only portabellas with a1), any of the fancier lettuces, avocado, sweet potatoes. For me, veggies usually end up being cucumbers, carrots, potatoes, and corn-on-the-cob (as of late). I'm one of those people who keeps wasting money trying things repeatedly and realizing I still don't like them.

There's nothing wrong with not being fond of vegetables. Just because you are against eating meat/animal products, doesn't mean you automatically are expected/required to like vegetables. You don't even have to eat vegetables if you don't want to (though I recommend that you do ingest some, at one point or another, since they are very healthy).

If you want vegetables that taste sweeter, then focus on: corn, bell peppers, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, sugar snap peas, snow peas, peas, celery, and squash.

If you want vegetables that taste rich, go for mushrooms, potatoes, artichokes, squash, and avocado...though it's REALLY a fruit.

If you like slightly bitter foods, then go for tomatoes, cabbage, dark leafy greens, broccoli, jicama, etc.

There are so many different kinds of summer & winter squash & are very easy & tasty-yummmy!!

Butternut Squash &
Sweet Potatoes

Neither taste like vegetables! They are sweet and yummy!

I found that after becoming veg, I started appreciating vegetables in a whole new way.
I think the key is to experiment, especially with ethnic foods, that may prepare the veggies with spices like you have never imagined!

And like everyone has said, it's ok to not like all veggies. I hate raw tomato and any kind of eggplant.

My tastes evolved drastically after I went veg, and I too developed a whole new appreciation for vegetables.

You may not find new favorites overnight, but you owe it to yourself to at least try as wide a variety of veggies as possible, particularly the leafy greens. The health benefits are just too great to ignore. Buy a steamer, get some kale, spinach, and asparagus, and and go to town. Your body willl love you for it.

And -- whatever you do -- avoid the evil canned asparagus at all costs!! *shudder*

If you keep trying new veggies and eating more of the kinds you like your tastes will change to eventually liking many kinds of veggies. Just keep pushing yourself.

On a health note, you should aim for a colorful variety of veggies everyday. Similarly colored vegetables (and fruits) tend to have similar nutrients so if you miss out on certain colored veggies you may be missing out on the nutrients they have to offer. A good example of variety might be: tomatoes, red peppers, carrots, yams, corn, spinach, broccoli, green beans, and eggplant. Also, vegetables which are lightly colored aren't as nutritionally dense (e.g. ice burg lettuce, celery, water chestnuts, pale cabbage).

yeah my veggie list included:

iceberg lettuce
baby carrots
potatoes
corn

Seriously. You're already FAR ahead of me.

Now I enjoy regularly:

tomatoes
onion
green onion
shallots
bell peppers (I particularly like red)
bok choy
kale
swiss chard
spinach
many kinds of lettuce (I won't even touch iceberg any more)
leeks
broccoli
cauliflower
sprouts
peas (esp. snow peas)

There are still many more to conquer, but the ones listed above are all things I have added in just the past couple years! I'd say that's pretty good. :)

I started by adding a new vegetable to something I was already familiar with-- pasta for example, or peppers in a burrito-- and making the pieces quite small until I felt I could graduate to bigger ones. Other things I just bit the bullet on and tried in restaurants- i didn't order a whole plate of broccoli, but when i found it mixed in with the other veggies on my plate I tried it. And the vegetarian buffet restaurant I go to allows you to just take a tiny bit of whatever you want, so I tried a few things that way. :)

I also relied heavily on fruit smoothies for a while until I developed a taste for more things. :)

I agree with most of the people that already posted. I found that when I started out being a vegetarian, I was comparing tastes and after I completely smothered things in condiments and spices so that I couldn't taste the veggie anymore, I started wondering what the veggie would taste like plain. After a while, I didn't try to substitute the veggies for meat and accepted their tastes.

One idea, if you don't like onions, but want some of that 'flavor' in things you're cooking, try LEEKS!! They go great in stir-fry, soup (of course) and many other recipes where you would normally use onion... much milder though...

If you like brocolli, you might like cauliflower... its milder but still really good for ya...

Try adding something new to a stirfry or a salad... often a new veggie just by itelf it can be intimidating...

Or try it raw with your favorite dip - I discovered I LOVED LOVED rutabaga and turnips when dipped in a tofu-ranch dip, now I like them plain with no dip...

If you get a chance, try jicima - looks like a huge giant brown radish at the store - peel and cut into strips and it is SO crunchy.. but NOT a strong taste at ALL - very mild - almost tasteless... (really good dipped in lime juice and then in cayenne mixed with a little salt!!).

Decide what flavors you like - spicy? curry? sweet-and-sour? teriyaki? soy-sauce/salty? and use these flavorings to enhance but not overpower your veggies if you're cooking them...

Just keep trying small amounts of items - you'll slowly add more veggies to your "list"...

Good luck!

You also might want to try doctoring up the taste of certain vegetables for a while, to allow your taste buds some time to get used to it. For example...I really dislike green beans...to the point of barfing. But if I put a tiny bit (and I mean tiny..no more than a tbsp of dressing and/or 1/4 an oz of cheese and/or tsp of olive oil/spices)of salad dressing, cheese (or soy cheese), olive oil, butter, spices, or herbs onto them, I'm able to eat the green beans and not want to puke.

There's probably always going to be some vegetables/fruits you dislike...but overtime you'll begin to tolerate (and enjoy/like) more and more. :D

Welcome to the club.

I started shuddering when I read tearhsong and seasiren's list of vegetables. Quite sad that I find many vegetables more disgusting than meat. I try chopping up veggies I dislike, such as brocolli, into tiny pieces and adding them to pizzas, salads, and other meals, and they are usually edible like that. Ocassionally I even grow a liking for them (such as with olives) by slowly adding them meals.

Wow! I used to feel so alone in this, lol!

My veggie list consists of corn, peas, carrots, lettuce and potatoes. I can also eat *some* beans, celery, onions, water chestnuts, tomatos and mushrooms if they're chopped up really small and cooked in other stuff (sauces, etc).

That's what I liked before I went Vegetarian almost 14 years ago.

Now? The same. I haven't found any new veggies that I like (and I've tried many). My taste hasn't really changed much at all since going veg. I keep trying new things and hoping I'll like more veggies, but it doesn't seem to be in the cards for me.

So you may or may not like more veggies in time. I've always been a finicky eater and I still am after all these years. Now that I'm Vegan, I really wonder what I'm going to eat sometimes. My family jokes about how I'm the anti-vegetable Vegetarian (now Vegan) and I can't say that I blame them. I mean, no meat; no eggs; no dairy and very few vegetables....that doesn't leave much, lol!

I do try new things, however. I didn't like to try new things when I first went Vegetarian, but I figure I kinda have to now or I'll just eat french fries all the time. Most of the stuff I try I don't like much, but sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised and have a new item I can eat. :hamster:

I've never been crazy about vegetables, either. Even now, I have to make an effort to eat something besides starches.

But summertime is a great time to be vegetarian! Go to a farmer's market. Look at the beautiful colors and shapes. Touch the veggies. Pick them up. Smell them. Let one of the veggies tempt you. Try a new one every week. Don't like it? Try something else. Don't stress over it. You don't have to like everything.