struggling to like raw..help eeek

[marigold]

ow you guys all sound so happy with your food..i am struggling to enjoy it once again..its a constant thing for me..i kinda get going until i get fed up with it all again and have to find something else..i once counted up how many veg i liked really and it was like 4 things..i am ok with fruit..even with recipes they dont taste v good to me..am i a hopeless case a raw fooder who doesnt like raw..

help i am struggling..am i the only one ???

[Kristi]

YOU ARE NOT ALONE! I have struggled in the past, too. I am still not the best veggie eater but I do great with fruits. You've seen my posts about wanting to add more greens and even on salads I want fruit! I made the dehydrated eggplant and the jury is still out on that one. It is very salty. All I can think is that would be great slathered with ranch dressing :o . I just try to keep an open mind and try everything. I do better with the veggies if I juice. I always need the apple for sweetness. I guess that's just me.

I was the big joke for a long time when I told family that I was going raw......Kristi, vegetarian, what a laugh! I was the big holdout on all veggies! I spent many nights of my childhood sitting at the dinner table until I finished my veggies. I spent hours there be a stubborn little booger. The big joke with my husband's family is the pea soup story. I hate peas! His mom was making pea soup and they started to tease me with "come on, have some soup" and they took it one step too far and I yelled "f*%@ the peas!" Cracked them up. They still tease me about it and that was 15 years ago! They even found a little canvas painting of a pea pod with the peas busting out and it said "Eat your Peas!"......

[marigold]

oj kristi i feel a whole lot better for that..at first when i went raw i couldnt even eat fruit...so getting the vita made a huge difference to me..i thought soups would be good in the same way but nope cant do that..i pick wild greens and juice them with beet and carrot and apple most days - sometimes if i get the wrong consistancy i can be seen with a horrid look on my face!!!

job for morrow is finding some inspiration.prob to put on the dyhydrator..

thankyou so much for that...it really helped.

love marigold

[smasty]

Hi M!

Nice post Kristi...I think I was your sister at that table! Pea soup....ugh.

The switch to raw has been pretty easy for me, but that's because I think I had really hit bottom. Starting with the juice fast got me detoxed and ready for raw. I just feel so much better. I think one thing that helps so much is having foods you truly love. I have eaten SO many mangoes this week! Find things that feed your soul...sounds corny I know, but when you have a repetoire of things that you find very very tasty and satisfying, you have your answer to making this easy.

[Kristi]

Sorry you weren't my sister at the table because they helped me eat them so I could get up earlier. They'd come up like little birds when mom and dad weren't looking and I'd spoon it in. I have 4 younger sisters.

[suebee]

ow you guys all sound so happy with your food..i am struggling to enjoy it once again..its a constant thing for me..i kinda get going until i get fed up with it all again and have to find something else..i once counted up how many veg i liked really and it was like 4 things..i am ok with fruit..even with recipes they dont taste v good to me..am i a hopeless case a raw fooder who doesnt like raw..

help i am struggling..am i the only one ???


Marigold,
I felt the same way when i first went raw. I would be raw for a while and then just feel like i needed something else. I would eat cooked food and then when i tried to go back to raw, nothing tasted good to me!

I would eat just fruits and salads, as the prepared food did not appeal to me at all. I also never really loved vegetables!!!

But, the longer i stayed raw, my taste buds started to change; i really started to crave raw foods. I also tried just so many recipes and finally found ones that appealed to me. As time went on i liked more and more of the recipes and more fresh vegetables that i started to use in different raw dishes that i never thought id use any more.

So hang in there, your not hopeless, it will change. It just takes time.
We are so conditioned to like the processed, cooked foods that our taste buds are ‘corrupted’!

Suebee

[marigold]

hmm - i know what you mean i think...it definately did get easier..lots and lots and there is a certain this is what i eat now..but still its hard..i hve gone through most recipe raw books i think..i wonder how long is how long..its almost 2 years..of eating raw!!!

but i still belive and hang on it there..

[Rawkinlocs]

Wow! Yeah I can kinda understand about not liking a lot of different things.

But, I just try and stick with what I DO like (which has really began to increase...things I wouldn't be caught dead eating a few short years ago, I LOVE now!) but sometimes I do want something different. I think that's my problem too; although I feel I'll do well with some of the raw recipes.

Some of them I like, some I love and some I hate.

But hang in there Marigold!

[marigold]

thankyou....i aim to..actually i was thinking today i hope i havent come across as a cranky old marigold bout raw..i apologise if so..i really am committed to eating mostly raw and really belive in it..honest i do...!!!

love marigold

[magnolia]

I guess if I counted up all the foods I like, it's not very many of them either...

But, I am trying every week to try something new. I've discovered that I like mushrooms! But, I still don't like tomatoes or avacados... bummer.

[marigold]

weeeeeeeeeee magnolia..maybe i havent got 2 horns after all..cant tell you how comforting it is to hear you all ...phew.. :D

[Rawkinlocs]

weeeeeeeeeee magnolia..maybe i havent got 2 horns after all..cant tell you how comforting it is to hear you all ...phew.. :D

Oh you're definitely not alone Marigold! I mean, when I first started eating more raw, I was concerned too because I didn't like:

broccoli
cauliflower
avocado
onions
tomatoes
bell pepper
cucumbers
spinach
celery
squash

So you can imagine how boring my salads were! (lettuce and dressing for hte most part unless I had shredded carrots)

But now, from that list I now like: onions, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, spinach, and celery

I like most fruits, but there are some I haven't tried and don't particulary care to try (at least not anytime soon).

Growing up as a child, the only veggies I would eat (cooked) were corn and stringbeans.

[magnolia]

I'm not much better...

The only thing I've got going for me on my salads is that I've never really liked salad dressing! So, I don't really miss it. I've always loved putting nuts and sunflower seeds on it :D

But yeah, I've got a list a mile long of foods I don't like, and I seriously wondered if I'd be able to do this raw thing with so many foods I don't like.

[Curtis]

After reading this thread understand the reason I need to buy Alissa cookbook. :) I have noticed some things I don't like taste different when mixed in a receipe.

[Jeanne]

I'm with you Kristi,
I was never able to give peas a chance..but things are looking up in that I am an advocate for world peas. :D
Seriously, I am not one to force kids to eat things. I am noticing raw foodists eat like young children a lot of times. Lots of one thing for a while and then maybe lots of another. Where did this idea of balancing all in one meal come from anyway?
Kristi, what are your favorite foods, things that you could eat tons of and not get tired of? Did you have favorites when you were a child? When I was little all I wanted at the dinner table was salad, especially cucumbers. They were always a part of the salad. I can imagine what I would have done if someone handed me a whole cucumber.

[thunderdancer]

JEANNE!!

I've got a magnet with 'all we are saying... is give peas a chance' LOL I LOVE it :D

My friend speaks of a t-shirt with 'whirled peas' on it - I WANT ONE SO MUCH!!

heheee

[Curtis]

Marigold,
So hang in there, your not hopeless, it will change. It just takes time.
We are so conditioned to like the processed, cooked foods that our taste buds are ‘corrupted’!
Suebee

Wow Sue this is so true, isn't it? Most of us have grown up eating cooked food and been conditoned to like food this way. It will just take some time to change our programming.

[ConsciousCuisine]

I have no issue liking or disliking vegetables or fruits ( I love everything except Durian! Really!).

I have been an Organic Vegan for a long time and have always been the healthiest eater of any of my friends or those in my circle of associates for years now. What has been a temptation for me is steamed veggies like cauliflower and broccoli with brown rice and tempeh. My temptations have been what others consider "healthy" things like red lentil leek dahl and steamed veggies when it's cold outside...

[marigold]

you have no idea this thread has really supported me..since been on here i found myself getting into this space i am not all raw but all raw is better and then trying to make all raw choices when i hadnt agreed it with me and getting in a right mess..i used to do this with chocolate...so hence my absance..

i have found my list of likes increases as one by one i get fed up with a food.. : :eek: i think i n eed to make a list of foods i like again and make up some yum salads with the things i do like..

am enjoying the brambles my dad brought me..

love marigold

[Gosia]

Marigold,

Is it possible that you might be pushing yourself in the unnecessary direction? You said that you are OK with fruit. I bet that you wouldn't mind greens either (think of a juicy lettuce, for example, don't you just love it?). Why not simply eat what your body loves already - lots of fruit and greens! The rest, as you feel like. You can eat what you love, what a relieve! Great, isn't it?

I have been raw for over a year and I have never been a big fun of recipes. I tried some dehydrated stuff but did not like it much. The only dehydrated food that I make is flat bread, and even this one is not on the top of my "favourite foods" list. I make (undehydrated) raw cookies and cakes, but for my family mainly. What do I eat? Lots of fruit and salads. Sometimes I make raw soups. I nibble on nuts. I eat what I like and I like what I eat, I am living in my wonderland.

Eating food is meant to be enjoyable, not painful.

All the best,
Gosia.

[marigold]

Eating food is meant to be enjoyable, not painful.

wow thats profound...i think food has always been painful for me..i think i believe if i only eat what i like i would get ill..trouble is eating same things i go off things easily and cos there are only a few foods it leaves me with less and less alll the time..certainly going back to what i like is good...will focus on that...to be honest i had this prob with cooked too..going off food but somehow it felt yummier and easier than raw..i have a raw friend and she is the same gets to a point of hating raw food..cant bear it..it seems quite common..

thanks for the support ..this link has realy helped..and appreciated it..at least with my pudds i can say i never miss cakes and chocolate and can easilly say i will never have them again..well thats more than half the prob soloved and committed to!!!
love marigold

[smasty]

I am living in my wonderland

Nice, Gosia!

[FEELIN'GOOD]

Curtis....

I have ordered Alissa's book and her Mock Salmon Pate... it is amazing! I can definitly eat this way... I have no cravings and I feel wonderful!!! I have tried many recipes in other books that just were nasty...Alissa puts things together like magic! It is like I was looking at the world through plate glass before... everything is so clear to me now! Try her recipes.... you will be amazed at what you taste! Good luck!

Feelin'Good
Vista, CA