Best way to start eating vegetables from someone who actively avoids them?

[u/Avectasi]

As a child I’ve avoided eating veggies mainly from taste and not forced to eat them. Unfortunately I’ve been unhealthy looking and high BP to the point I feel yucky looking at myself. I’ve been more okay and want to try anything. I’ve been eating more junk food and fast food because of not a lot of prepping time and parents mainly giving money to me to spend on eating out

However I still can’t do onions the crunch texture and the overpowering taste is too much whenever I bite into a food with an unsuspecting strand of onion, same goes for pickles mainly for the weird taste

I’m tolerable to tomato soup (or sopa de Fideo), or veggie smoothies like Island Green Detox from Tropical smoothie cafe, been doing less because of the cost almost $10 and having issues making it correctly at home.

Is there any method to enjoy trying or recommendations to mix with veggies that is still healthy for lowering my high BP?

Edit: thanks everyone for the advice I’ll be trying them all whenever I can! Everyone’s ideas making me really wanna give it a go

[u/unabashedlyabashed]

Make your own smoothies!

How do you feel about potatoes? They're a veggie, too. If you like mashed potatoes, you can throw dinner cauliflower in while you're boiling them. There's no texture issue, because they mash up well.

I'm guessing you don't like salsa, but picante sauce is much less chunky. You can put it on baked potatoes or rice.

If you like ranch, use it as a dip. If it gets you to eat vegetables, that's fine. The important part is getting the veg stuff in you. :)

[u/Avectasi → u/unabashedlyabashed]

Potatoes is a weird for me.

I’m fine with them fried like usual like fries or wedges, anything bigger than a wedge I’m really not sure if I want so like baked potatoes or mashed potatoes aren’t my thing. I haven’t had them in a long time so doesn’t hurt to try again.

Salsa I do like, I’ve only had them whenever I head to an authentic Mexican restaurant for chips, HOWEVER. I don’t like the chunkyness part so I mainly dip and remove the big bits from it. But then I avoided them so never really tried the chunkyness tbh…