How do you get healthy food to actually taste good?
Now before you guys accuse me of whining or being a pleb, hear me out. I am super prone to ear infections - always have been - and the result is that this has wiped out my taste buds and I only like food if it is really hitting me over the head with flavor (yes this actually happens). Because of this, the more healthy something is the more likely I am to dislike the taste and not enjoy eating.
Because I don't want to die when I'm 40, how can I fix this?
Fruit.
Happy to Help
Spices, condiments, peanut butter, mix it with awesome food, chop it up to the point of not noticing it.
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Some fruit is okay I guess, most of it is bland and boring thoughOriginally Posted by Parker
I don't like condiments. I love peanut butter but isn't that stuff bad for you in high doses? (aka the only doses of peanut butter I eat) If it's actually good for you then this is the best day of my life.
I've seen ads where people put PB on celery sticks but it doesn't turn my crank. Dip celery in steak juice, it makes it sooo much better.
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Okay that actually sounds amazing
Yeah the only way I can eat apples and things is with COPIOUS amounts of peanut butter
Healthy food doesn't have to be bland, boring or tasteless. I too suffered trout loads of problems with my hearing as a child and likewise, my sense of taste is diminished as a result. Yet whilst I possibly could stand to lose a few pounds I am neither fat nor at risk of being obese at any time soon.
Finding a way to make food excite your taste buds is easily done, learning to use herbs or spice well is a good idea. learn how to prepare foods in different styles, whilst a baked chicken breast on it's own might be tasteless to you, you can always give it a coating of herbs or prepare a sauce to go with it. Stuff like salsa dipping sauce whilst primarily sold for dipping tortilla's in to is great served over chicken breasts with rice and veg. Or as a spicy compliment to fish.
Personally I found as well that eating very plain food for a week or two and then slowly introducing flavours such as steamed veg works wonders since they'll be sweet and flavoursome to your deprived tastebuds.
I suffocate it with spices. Crushed red pepper, salt (sparingly, and ONLY when you cook it), black pepper, garlic, chili powder, cinnamon...whatever floats my boat and goes with the dish.
Like that.
What do you typically eat? Sometimes you have to force yourself to eat "bland" food for a couple of weeks and wait for your palate to adjust (although this may not be possible in your case, I don't know) to the natural flavours and textures of foods that aren't saturated in sugar/salt/oil/other addictive substances.
It's all about the spices like mentioned above. Roast 'em, toss 'em in a frying pan, grill 'em, whatever works. Add them to things you already know you like after the preparation phase and you'll find yourself ingesting less meat/carbs gradually. Always get fresh vegetables and fruits but don't over pay. Hit up a farmer's market at any given opportunity and get a week's worth of food for thirty bucks.
Get some tasty healthy snacks too! Clif bars, hummus, dried fruit, snap peas, mandarin oranges, and baby carrots are just dandy.
Pizza... burgers... soup sometimes? That's about it
Get a pizza shell and top with your sauce of choice, sliced cucumber, mushroom, squash, and some diced red peppers. Add a little parmesan to each slice and enjoy!
I've never actually heard of cucumbers and squash on pizza. Interesting. I usually just go for pepperoni.
My second question, which you've kind of answered already, is what do you like to eat? With a couple of substitutions, I'm pretty sure we could make suggestions on how to eat the kinds of things you like to eat, but more healthily.
I'm going for a walk, but when I get back let's talk foodz
PS - Eric why do you live so far away? We should film a cooking show for Pike~~
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