How do you get healthy food to actually taste good?

[Slothy]

You can argue that butter is much better for you than margarine, but smothering anything in butter is not good for you - everything in moderation.

Kinda going off topic a bit but...

Butter actually is good for you. Particularly butter from grass fed cows.

Butter contains short and medium fat chains which are metabolized differently from other fats. Instead of being stored in the body like fats from carbohydrates, the butyric acid (which is what butter is named after) is burned by the body for quick energy instead.

Butter is rich with vitamins, can help promote colon health and stave off cancer. Plus a bunch of other positive benefits.

Fat is the body's preferred form of fuel. Secondary is glucose. When you consume carbs, it raises your insulin levels. Insulin is a hormone that causes you to store fat and burn glucose instead. If you are consuming BOTH fats and carbohydrates, then yes, putting fats on everything is not going to be good for you. But if you are limiting your carbohydrates and getting most of your daily allotment of calories from fats instead, then there's no reason to think that butter is going to be bad for you.

The thing is, most people tend to consume a LOT of carbs throughout the day, leading to fat storage.

I don't think any of this is really off topic in a discussion of healthy eating. In fact, if you hadn't said this, I probably would have because it's pretty damn important. Seriously, the time's I've been at my leanest are when my diet was pretty much swimming in meat and fat with some fruits and vegetables. Hell, I even experimented with going below 20g of carbs a day so I was getting the vast majority of my food energy from protein and fat, and while I probably wouldn't have been running any marathons, I was otherwise perfectly fine.

[Pike]

I've sort of given up trying to really sort out what is healthy and what's not, because anytime I ever mention something I'm eating that I think is healthy at least one person shows up and tells me it's not, so at this point I think I just need to eat a buttload of vegetables. Those are always healthy, right?

What are some easy ways to spice up vegetables?

(Other than carrots. I hate carrots. I have ALWAYS hated carrots. )

[Slothy]

Pike, healthy eating is this simple: meat, vegetables, and butter. Anyone who tells you otherwise is wrong. Enjoy.

Also, smurf your name change.

[Pike]

I AM INNOCENT AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MY NAME CHANGE

Okay, what are some great vegetable dishes?

[Madame Adequate]

Healthy and tasty: There are brands of Hummus that tastes amazing

There are brands of Hummus that tastes amazing

Hummus tastes amazing

I'm gonna need more than one reaction image for this.

[Miriel]

What are some easy ways to spice up vegetables?

(Other than carrots. I hate carrots. I have ALWAYS hated carrots. )

I posted like, a TON of ways to eat veggies in my post! Way to ignore.

[Denmark]

Healthy and tasty: There are brands of Hummus that tastes amazing

There are brands of Hummus that tastes amazing

Hummus tastes amazing

[insert a bunch of dumb pictures]

hummus does taste amazing. chickpeas are basically flavorless so it tastes like whatever you want it to. for me, this is garlic.

hummus is pretty fatty though, so moderation. but yum omg i want now

[Pike]

What are some easy ways to spice up vegetables?

(Other than carrots. I hate carrots. I have ALWAYS hated carrots. )

I posted like, a TON of ways to eat veggies in my post! Way to ignore.

OH SO YOU DID!

Disregard me, I'm dumb.

[Shorty]

What the hell, hummus is amazing.

If you hate it, you aren't eating it correctly, NERDFACE

[Denmark]

off topic: switch all eoff couples' accounts, confuse the hell out of EVERYONE

[Madame Adequate]

What the hell, hummus is amazing.

If you hate it, you aren't eating it correctly, NERDFACE

Don't be mean Rantz, just because I don't like hummus doesn't make me a nerdface. It just means I don't like eating reprocessed vomit!

[Shorty]

You're not the dog I once knew you as, MILF.

[Pike]

I don't think I have ever tried Hummus before in my life.

[Shlup]

I like a lot of flavor in my food too, but there are a lot of options for flavorful healthy food!

Allow me to share with you a breakfast I invented myself, which I have named Apple Mess:
1) chop an apple into bite-sized pieces
2) mix it in a bowl with a spoon of peanut butter
3) drizzle with honey
4) dump on a bunch of granola
5) sprinkle with chia seeds

Another favorite:
1) toast a whole wheat English muffin (I don't know what you people call these things)
2) spread on goat cheese
3) sprinkle with bits of walnuts
4) add some bits of basil leaves
5) sprinkle with honey

I also really like jar breakfasts, which are basically uncooked oatmeal, fruit (I use frozen), yoghurt, and chia seeds dumped in a jar. Leave it in in the fridge over night and the oatmeal softens while the fruit defrosts. Before I head out I toss in a bunch of granola 'cause I love granola. :}

Hummus can be awesome or not awesome. Depends on the brand and flavor and stuff, so if you try it and don't like it don't give up immediately.

Do you like Indian food or does it give you the poops? I love putting masala on stuff.

[Unbreakable Will]

I don't think I have ever tried Hummus before in my life.

Try it. Now.