Veggie trouble!
 

I am having serious veggie issues. I can't get them down. I eat broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, mushrooms, kohlrabi, radishes, celery, cucumbers, cabbage and I am sick of them all. I am 22 days into IP, I've lost 12 lbs, not great but I have dropped a size but I am so tired of veggies. I have tried cooked, raw, plain, seasoned etc etc.

I hope this is a temporary thing and it will pass but I don't think I am getting my 4 cups in.

Any suggestions! Guess I am having a down day....not bad enough to cheat by any means but sure not motivated!:(

I like making my salad with baby spinach instead of lettuce. And I like to eat pickles! Feels like a cheat to me. :)

Try sprucing up your veggies with different OP seasonings (garlic, most clubhouse spices, etc). Keeps it interesting.

PS. a 12 lb loss is amazing!! You should be proud of yourself!

Have you tried roasting them or grilling them? It brings out their natural sweetness. Or look up the veggie purer thread and add them to Chili, soup, omlettes, etc. And your 4 cups is pre-cooked. Good luck!

I haven't tried grilling. That's a great idea. I also will give spinach a try in my shakes. I'm not hungry at all which is good.

I am proud of my loss so far. It's what's keeping me going and not cracking! That and my pants are too big!!

Have you tried rutabaga? It's my "potato" fix! So good cut up like french fries and grilled, roasted in the oven or even in a pan. It's an occasional veggie but a nice break for me! I too like most of my veggies roasted in the oven.

I did roasted asparagus and I quite liked it. I will try the rutabaga. When you add spinach to a shake, is it fresh or frozen? What do u do?

2 cups of cauliflower with just enough of your preferred broth/stock to cover cooked until very soft, add raw or very lightly cooked onions and roasted garlic then pureed until creamy/smooth- great as a potato chowder/soup especially with some broccoli and chicken in it! I love it!

I heard that you can make mashed "potatoes" outta cauliflower, try that with a bit of your preferred broth, garlic and salt/pepper. I also have read that you can do that with radishes also??? Never have tried, bit scared to, lol.

I don't know if you use packets or shakes, etc but you could always add spinach to them as another way to get in your veggies. ETA: I use whatever's on sale (fresh or frozen) re: spinach and I use approx. 1-2 cups, depending on the size of the drink itself.

You're doing great! Just keep at it! :)

Raw. Fresh. Just purée it right in the blender with your shake.

Roasted turnip fries covered in seasoning are legendary. I cut them up into size of chunky french fries - zap them in the microwave for 5 mins, dry them then cover them in seasoning and roast them with my olive oil. Yummy.

I braised a flank steak for a few hours over a bed of leeks, zucchini and turnip (tyme, pepper and salt seasoning). After the steak was really tender (aprox 3 hours) i put all the juice from the tray and the veggies in a blender and whizzed it up and it made a really yummy gravy to put on the meat.

Rhubarb also counts as veggies - if you eat it raw it is very bitter but if you stew it for a while and add sweetener it is lovely and more like fruit then vegetables

One of my favorite way to eat rhubarb is raw, sprinkled with sweetener, usually Splenda. It's crunchy like celery, but tastes sort of like sweet tarts or pixie sticks. I've never had bitter rhubarb, but it is sour. Some is very, very sour, but I bought a bundle this week from the farmers market that isn't very sour. I've been eating it without sweetener, and loving it.

I also sometimes throw some raw rhubarb into the blender with diet lemonade and ice.

If you like sour candies, you may like raw rhubarb.



I also love mashed cauliflower and last night mixed a cup of garlic mashed cauliflower (2 cups raw cauliflower) into my own version of the potato puree packet (18g microfiltered whey protein isolate powder and 10g mashed potato flakes and seasoned to taste with allowed seasonings).

I sautee zucchini, mushrooms, and celery and add it to any of the IP soups. Also roasted cauliflower and asparagus is very yummy!

WHO KNEW how good roasted cauliflower would be right! its like my favourite thing to eat now in the WHOLE WORLD!

Ok tomorrow I am roasting cauliflower. What's the best way?

I have made the rhubarb crisp with the oatmeal. It's my new favourite. Today was a better veggie day. Thanks for the suggestions. Keep 'em comin!