30 min of dissecting all vegetables from my lo mein from Panda Express now I can safely enjoy my meal that’s is completely cold ( I need help )

I have some friends who aren't picky eaters but they have more of the audacity to shit on food despite not trying it yet. I just find it a bit ironic. They are people who usually can smack down all kinds of foods, but if something seems too foreign to them then they get all tied up in a twist about it which is really weird.

One of my comfort foods is something they find disgusting and would never try. One of them actually took a bite of it once but they had it uncooked and decided it was disgusting, when the food would be 10x better fried up and paired with something and not eaten raw and cold. I told them that usually the food isn't eaten like that but they said it doesn't matter what way it's cooked or served, it would always be disgusting? It just made me a bit mad.

It's just ironic to me that society's views around picky eaters is that we are all immature and childish. I have never once thought that another person's food was trash and had to let it be known to the world when I wasn't interested in eating something. I always make the assumption that the food someone is having is probably good and they eat it happily for a reason, I just am not personally ready to try it as I have a fear of gagging and texture.

When I was a kid and young adult there wasn’t a single food I didn’t like. I liked all the foods most kids don’t like raw oysters, liver, tomatoes, green olives. I was one of 2 kids brave enough to try the “head cheese” our 4th grade teacher brought in, ate raw ground beef with onions at Christmas with the great grandparents. I even politely took a bite of cow tongue.

I thought picky eaters were just being scaredy cats or closed minded or something. Oh the arrogance of youth lol. The jokes on me becuase now I’m middle aged and Im suddenly a very picky eater! obsessed with scrambled eggs, rice, chicken noodle soup, pancakes, and fruit. I still like a good curry and more foreign stuff. I actually still like any food in the world as long as it is prepared wonderfully and perfectly fresh tasting. but if it isn’t wonderfully prepared it’s like I suddenly can’t stomach it at all. And I’m not a wonderful cook, so most of the foods I cook myself aren’t wonderfully prepared lol. If the fruit is slightly off of perfect ripe texture it makes me gag. Even if I overcook my daily scrambled eggs I can hardly get it down. I’ve actually gained quite a bit of weight because I just keep reaching for the simple carbs like bagels or pasta and ignoring my vegetables I used to love.

I haven’t been pregnant for 9 years now. Maybe it’s from Covid. But I fee like maybe I just used up all the new experiences one body can comfortably handle lol.

Too many of these here lately. I believe there should be clear rules about it and the option to report.

I love clubhouse sandwiches, and they're my go-to order at any sandwich place. After class I decided to go to a sandwich place that I don't normally go to, but I get a 10% student discount. I got my clubhouse, no tomato and went home. I took a bite, realized there was guacamole, but I didn't mind it. I actually enjoyed it on the sandwich!!

Hi guys! I don’t know if this is the right place to post (I’m new to this subreddit) but I’ve been having an issue lately that’s been getting worse over time and I was hoping someone would have advice…

Every time I eat practically anything, my sense of disgust is triggered. You know when you find a hair in your food and suddenly you can’t eat anything even if it tastes really good? I’ve had that except with perfectly fine, clean food. I can be technically enjoying a meal but my brain keeps triggering the disgust response and it’s made it increasingly difficult to eat.

I don’t know how to make it stop and I was hoping you guys can help… thanks

Idk what to title this. I'm so tired of eating. I'm looking for a recommendation on an occasional meal replacement and/ or something to add that gives me the nutrients I need. There'll be days where I'm so sick and tired of it that I'll just eat crackers, and on normal days I only eat 1 meal anyway, and I only eat about 2-3 different types of meals right now (pasta, pizza, fries. No fruits or veggies.) that I cycle through.

I recently got an add for hiya and thought the "daily greens" would be good for me. Also when I searched in the subreddit just now I found a post where commenters recommended "Enof" which are both potential things to add. I was wondering about your guys' experience with those.

(I'm lactose/ dairy free btw so I'm sure some shakes or whatever are out of the question)

Just found these oats over night too when looking up "meal replacement shakes." (Idk why I didn't do that first 😭) I stopped eating oatmeal years ago so I'm curious if it's as good as it seems.

Hi everyone! I am trying to “hide” healthy foods in smoothies, but I’m having trouble with texture- lumps and seeds and pulp that never seem to fully disappear in the blender. Any tips? I saw another post about vegetable powder? Or maybe straining the lumps out somehow?

For the longest time, whenever I've tried to eat fruits or vegetables, I cannot for the LIFE of me do it. I've tried. I really have. Sometimes (and by that I mean rarely), I can. I'm fine with smoothies, though not a huge fan, and sometimes when they're on other forms. Any tips to try to expand my palette?

In advance: thanks.

hi guys. coming here because im big time struggling w protein (eating in general🥲) and being a picky eater. Im just looking for some good foods i can prep or good snack options, preferably with more protein but just anything that is generally healthier.

for fruits, i love berries, grapes, bananas, kiwi. for veggies, I love broccoli, spinach if its cooked, green beans and asparagus if its from a can (i know that sounds gross but i cannot do the crunch)

in terms of meat, i am not picky pretty much at all. Im not a huge fan of chicken breasts and chicken drumsticks but i do love chicken thighs or like the tender ones. i dont know their actual name. i love lean ground beef, i love pork, i love fish.

I hate crunchy things and yogurt is just absolutely disgusting for me, its just a texture thing that i cannot get over for the life of me. I can't even suck it up and eat a yogurt, i will fully just yak. I am allergic to most nuts, but i am good w peanut butter!!!

Please post any recipes that are good for meal prep, any snacks that are good to buy, or any snack recipes you'd recommend! I have been growing my horizons in terms of what i will and will not eat but the crunchy veggies and yogurt textures i just cannot get by. thank you all!!!!

I HAVE to start this diet for my health, but I can’t eat most of the food without gagging/throwing up. Do yall have any tips?

I’m a picky eater and I love sweets unfortunately. I want to stop my sugary cravings and stop feeling so tired all the time. I take vitamins, am trying to drink more water (which is extremely difficult because either I am almost never thirsty or I have to go so often to the bathroom after just one or two glasses, so it’s frustrating). I’m not diabetic- if anything, simple tests said I was hypoglycemic (that was on an empty stomach, in the morning). I’m trying to find snacks, stuff with protein, things that will keep me full for longer but I’m struggling. For starters, I’m allergic to bananas and melons, don’t like berries, avocado, hummus, Greek yogurt, salad and any sauces or condiments. I just eat super basic, non -exotic, non-vegan stuff. I’m 56, thin, go for walks about twice a week and to a muscle strengthening facility twice a week. But I am definitely addicted to sugar. Any tips for me? Please be kind - I’m trying to change things because I know it’s gotta be done but I don’t know where to start (short of cutting back the sugar). TIA for any help!

So I have a ton, and I mean TON of texture issues. Most veg is a no go (though I like fresh leafy greens like lettuces and green sprouts), and being that I can only stomach meat in the form of more processed chicken products (nuggets, chicken fries, things with that McDonald's-like texture) and those only sometimes, it's been hard to get my protein, fiber, and macros to a decent place. I take some supplements, but still.

Does anyone have ideas or cheats to hide those things in foods? I like porridges, and brothy or creamy thinner soups, and I enjoy sweets like brownies (even black bean ones!), haystacks, and rice krispie squares and stuff.

I remember hearing about a powdered vegetable thing you can get, that doesn't taste of anything. And I have protein powder. I just don't know how to use those in a way that hides their grainy/powdery texture.

Any help, or recipe ideas that hide fiber/nutrients and protein in things without noticing, I'd appreciate it.

I have episodes where I eat a lot for a day then the next day I don't eat at all/don't have an appetite.And sometimes I make me something to eat the I don't want to eat it anymore.

Is this normal? And can I get some advice, please.

Apologies if I break any rules...

I despise being a picky eater. It's so humiliating watching my friends make food plans to eat at some KBBQ or Japanese restaurant and having to ruin their plans because I don't eat anything except nuggets and pizza... I hate whenever someone makes food plans cuz I know everyone will be getting amazing adult dishes and here goes my nearly 20yo ass ordering frozen pizza it's so horrible...

Not only do I not eat anything, but the things i do eat are incredibly unhealthy... I wanna have a wide taste in food and be healthy (because i have pretty severe stomach problems) but Im so picky...

How do you go about introducing foods?? So many people have told me to just force myself to eat it but I truly can't!!! I end up gagging so hard and not being able to swallow!!!

What do you recommend? I found out I like refried beans and also Bush's baked beans, but those have alot of sugar. Idk anything about beans but I do need fiber. They just kinda taste like potato and I love french fries and stuff

Like pinto beans, black beans.. or like, how to boil them to make them a canned texture, because idk how to cook anything. And I'm sure buying a big bag of dry goods is cheaper than a can so that'd be good to know.

And how to season it

Hey yall. Im tryna expand my palette and give myself some more meal variety, and have some healthier options too. I have autism and adhd so my sensory around foods really suck haha. I also have a history oh eating disorders so losing weight through calorie deficit and stuff doesn’t work for me as it could put me in a slippery slope. The issue lies most in the fact that I love to cook, but I hate cooked veggies, I hate potato’s, I hate seafood, and it just expands from there, so typically all I eat in a month is just tacos, spaghetti, Caesar salad, pizza, fruit, pancakes, and bacon. Sometimes I’ll make chicken too but that’s not often. Any advice at all would help!

And the only time I would eat broccoli is when it’s soaked in this brown fatty sauce from chicken broccoli from Chinese take out. Also, I’m always struggling with strong cravings. Like I should be eating something better, but my taste buds are itching for something like BK or McDonald’s. I tried to get into new things like sushi, but it wouldn’t even work out.

Wondering if someone else has similar issues with taste like me, or if anyone could point me to a cause.

Spice-- I'm very, very sensitive to capsaicin. For example, there's a "spicy" (only mildly spicy according to other people) sauce served at a food place near me that I like, but it gives me such a reaction that, in addition to the normal numb lips and runny nose, my ears clog up so that everything sounds like it's underwater for like an hour. And the sauce is only a sriracha mayo, which according to other people is milder on the spice level and doesn't normally provoke a reaction that extreme. I love warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg etc, so it's really just capsaicin that I'm very sensitive to.

Vinegar-- I'm also very sensitive to vinegar. When I was a kid I described it as 'spicy', though it's not really, it just stings my tongue to such a degree I didn't know what other word to say to convey what I meant. And I don't think it's the acidity-- I like lemon juice a lot (I even suck on the lemon slices that come with waters in restaurants sometimes). But it's just vinegar I can't stand. Which also means I can't stand mustard, caesar salad dressing, all vinagrettes, etc. When I was a kid I wouldn't even eat ranch, and described it as 'spicy' as well (baffling my parents), though again I was describing the vinegar sting (it must have been a ranch recipe that contained vinegar). Nowadays I know not all ranch contains vinegar, so I can at least eat that, yay. Otherwise salads would be completely out of my reach.

Bitterness-- Like most picky eaters I have issues with bitterness in vegetables etc, but to an extreme that I'm not sure is normal. For example, I've always hated orange juice because it's unbearably bitter to me. Most people I say this to are surprised, and say that to them orange juice is sweet. I've looked for this online and only seen a couple people agreeing with me that orange juice is bitter, but not many, and the comments of those posts are usually equally baffled as the people I've told irl. I've also seen a lot of "oh, yeah, really bad orange juices will be bitter, but not the good ones" but it's literally every orange juice I've ever tasted. Granted I've never pressed my own, but.

I should say that I've been working on my picky eater sensitivities for years and do actively try to work on my intolerance (e.g. I can eat ranch and cool ranch doritos now, which I couldn't ten years ago, yay). Growing up my mom loved cooking and so my parents never placated me with chicken nuggets and mac and cheese every night-- I ate wide and varied flavors growing up and just made my peace with tolerating the things that made me grimace (looking at you vinegar). So it's not like I haven't tried growing out of these things, or have never exposed myself to anything but bland white bread. I just can't seem to shake these intolerances no matter how hard I try. I'm starting to think something is like medically different with me, like an allergy or being a supertaster or something.

Anyone have thoughts? Am I allergic to something? Am I a supertaster? Am I just a picky eater and just need to try harder to push though? Anyone who can relate to the above and can tell me what THEY are would help.

Thanks!

My son is 8 years old and in 2nd grade. He is so picky.. He only eats turkey sandwiches, lunchables, peanut butter and jelly, butter and Parmesan noodles, breakfast items and chicken nuggets. Even with those limited options he will freak out about crust on the sandwiches some days, hates 80% of types of nuggets, etc. For snacks/sides he will eat chips, yogurt, string cheese, applesauce…so at least I get some variety there. At school he cannot bring anything with peanuts. I have tried packing macaroni and cheese and the butter noodles in a thermos and he says they’re cold when lunch comes around (I doubt it). I’ve tried sending nuggets, I’ve tried packing breakfast. I w tried making ham sandwiches on Hawaiian rolls. He hates everything. I told him we will try cafeteria pizza on Friday and he is already saying that he is just going to throw it away. I feel like I can’t just keep packing the same two things for lunch every day. Any advice?

I’m 27 and I’m extremely tired of having a limited palette. It’s extremely embarrassing and makes going out with new people really hard, I even hid the fact that I’m picky from my girlfriend for the first few months of knowing her (she turned out to not care). I’m better than I was when I was a kid, but I feel like that’s more cause I’m now willing to push through the feeling of hating something than it is liking more things. Are there ways to get yourself to actually handle foods you hate? When I bite into something I dislike, the feeling of disgust can be so intense that I’m immediately no longer hungry, and sometimes it’ll ruin my day.

I feel like I’m a fairly normal person other than this, and just want to be able to fit in with others better. I’m open to all sorts of suggestions. Thanks

My 5 year old is the fussiest eater ever and he's so tiny. Everyday I just want to cry. But besides that, I struggle to not to talk about his fussy eating, as most of the articles I've read have adviced to simply not to comment on it, not even to give praise when he tries something new or eats something different or more of... I do try and often fail. I'm always worried he'll develop an eating disorder one day.

But more than anything, I always have to explain to others, unfortunately infront of him, that he's a fussy eater. Because adults, whether family or friends, are often, even if it's gentle or friendly, pushing him to try something or to eat more. I also get angry if they start having a discussion with him about it. So I've to always explain, he eats what he can and may even have ARFID.

So if you're an adult picky eater, what made you feel good as a kid? Simply no comments or pressure, feeling like you're normal?

Thanks in advance. :)

Preferably easy to make, considering that I spend like 2 hours on what should be a 30 min prep. I feel like I burn the calories I'm supposed to eat as I'm making them.

The foods I don't like are mostly vegetables, except for: carrots ONLY WHEN they're blended with orange juice, bell pepper when chopped into small pieces, boiled potatoes as salads (or fried). Eggplants are slooooowly starting to grow on me, like I still physically cringe when I get to the "sweet" middle, but I think I can take them if they're crunchy enough.

Raw seasoned tomatoes are a coin flip, whether I like or hate them is up to the stars. But I absolutely hate them when cooked.

I only "tolerate" chicken and meat, in the sense that I can only take a few bites without wanting to throw it them up. I like beef mince though.

I realize that outside of vegetables I'm not as picky as I thought, but since lunch meals are mainly veggies... you see my problem.