For someone who is trying to cut back on meat, but not fond of vegetables, what do you suggest?!

I was raised like you... vegetables were considered heavily buttered corn or potatoes.

I read that taste was a matter of adaption and studies showed that if you eat most foods 10 to 15 times you will adapt to them, even start to like them.

So I started on 1 veg at a time... 3 times per week. I started with broccoli, I hated it but I choked some down 3 times per week-- steamed, plain. First week I wanted to vomit. 2nd week wasn't as hard... by the end of the month I loved it and I still do 20 years later.

I used the same method and now I like spinach, asparagus, brussel sprouts, cabbage, artichokes, cauliflower, green beans, all kinds of squash... and as I broadened my pallete it didn't even take long to start liking other foods.

Only one thing I still can't choke down is beets--- but I eat everything else and our diet is based largely on veggies at every meal.

My husband too would not touch most veggies except corn, potato & cucumber, but he eats them all now, too, because I told him he had to learn to like them for his health and to set a good example for kids... he loves most now.

So my advice is, suck it up and get yourself used to them because it is worth it-- you will be very pleased and amazed and start truly enjoying all kinds of new vegetable dishes and you will wonder how you ever could have not loved them. But it doesn't happen until you suck it up and do it.

do you season your vegetables, add them to stir fries, etc? Unseasoned vegetables suck, raw or cooked. They're good dipped in hummus or guacamole too.

Besides that, there's grains - cereal, pasta, bread, beans-black, red, pinto, can be used in chili, in tortillas, soups, salads, etc, chic peas, can be used to make hummus, so many different varieties of fruits - bananas, blueberries, strawberries, oranges, apples, honeydew melon, grapes, etc, and even in those fruits I listed there are so many different varietes of that one family of fruit. Tofu, other soy products, nuts, seeds, etc.

Edit: Note, a lot of those foods minus the fruit sound bland/nasty alone, it's important to learn to season your own food if you want it to taste good, vegetarian, vegan, or neither.

try the one-word-a-search idea such as breakfast, lunch, sandwich, dinner, casserole, souffle, snacks, desserts, and smoothies in the search box of the following websites:

vegetarian times at http://www.vegetariantimes.com

and veg web at http://vegweb.com

wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia has information on:

alternatives to meat at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_analog…

on soy beans/soy products at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean

on textured vegetable protein at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textured_ve…

and on alternatives to dairy milk at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_milk

for information on alternatives to fast food places as well as information on the health food stores in and around the area where you live go to happy cow at http://www.happycow.net

search the internet, one phrase a search, with phrases such as: "quick and easy vegetarian recipes", "quick and easy vegetable recipes", "leafy green recipes", "low carb vegetable recipes", "low carb vegetarian recipes", "textured vegetable protein recipes" and "tvp recipes".good luck.

http://www.vegetariantimes.com

http://vegweb.com

http://www.wikipedia.org

http://www.happycow.net

http://www.ask.com

http://www.google.com

http://www.yahoo.com

Pasta is really filling, full of fibre and energy, and is quick and easy to make. All you do is boil the stuff in water! Then if you like you can pour sauces over it.

Also don't forget rice. Easy to make, a good source of essential amino acids, filling and tastes great.

Most people like potatoes. Also try sweet potatoes and pumpkin. Just peel then cut into chunks and bake until tender. If only all vegies tasted so good!

If you find that you want something that is similar to meat but doesn't have to be hacked off some poor beast, then try the "Quorn" range. I guarantee even the worst carnivore would secretly give up meat once they have tried "Quorn".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorn

Cheers!

Don't listen to the moron who said fish, even if you are still eating meat, don't eat much fish at all, it's loaded with PCBs, dioxins, and of course mercury. I'd recommend fruits :)
Or one thing I love is green smoothies.
blend/juice kale, spinach, carrots, whatever vegetables you want (I recommend green leafy ones like spinach) with fruits, and drink it. Not only is it super healthy, but a) it's not pasteurized like the crappy juice you buy in the store, and b) it tastes great!

You could try foods that include meat, but aren't centered around it. Like sushi for instance. Can include rice, seaweed, and veggies, but you still get the full flavor of the fish or other meat inside. Or stews that are more vegetable based, but are cooked in a chicken/beef broth. That way you have that yummy meat flavor, but less of the actual meat.

Go to the store and look for the meat made from vegetables. You can get beef,bacon.chicken and most of it is made of soybeans and other vegetables combined to get the right flavors.It can be found in the vegetable department.

Are you going vegetarian or just cutting back on meat for health reasons?

You can eat mock meats, tofu, beans, lentils, and try some more vegetables. You won't know what something is like till you try it.

fish is great, take it grilled, baked or fried...Haddock especially yumm.
Here is a good book...seems like it would be helpful to you

No Red Meat: More Than 300 Delicious, Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Recipes by Brenda Shriver

pastas. spaghetti is really good for you if you use whole wheat noodles. and there are many kinds of pastas that are out there. you just gotta find the good recipies and the kinds you like.

I suggest finding a few things that are healthy that you really like and would consider a treat. Try adding one to your diet every day. After a week of two eat two of them a day. Your body will start to crave them.

Start to incorporate more into your diet. Even meat eaters should eat a variety of vegetables. Try them mostly cooked at first if you're not used to them.

learn how to cook. get some vegetarian cookbooks or just do some searching online. You can make veggies into things that dont look or taste like veggies that are healthy and delish.

Make things like all vegetable stew or chilli. You can't tell at all that there's no meat in it. Just make really heart things.

There is this thing called vegetarian ham. You could by it in a chinese shop.It is delicious and specifically for people who are trying to cut back on meat.

My mum's cooking

veggies, salad, tofu, nuts, fish

Beans are a good, similar type of protein..