Super green powder

I know the answer should be to eat a more healthy balanced diet but wondered if anyone has any experience with super green powders/formula?

I don’t eat enough veg and honestly don’t  like the taste of them ( I know such a child!) so thinking this may be an easy way if improving nutrient intake,

anyone have any recommendations?

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From what I can gather it’s just the left over pulp from veggies that have been juiced, then the pulp is dried and blended into a powder. If that is the case then a veggie smoothie to the same recipe would likely both taste the same and also be a tenth of the price.

It’ll make for very expensive wee and probably not much else. 

Try these Ensure drinks, they’ll give you a host of nutrients, and you can continue to avoid the nasty green evil veg.

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I don’t eat enough veg and honestly don’t like the taste of them

What,all of them?
Treat them like taking a medicine,small portions at a time.
A chore to be done on the path to (possibly) better health.
Try different ones,cooked in different ways and as part of really interesting recipes.
Before you know it,etc,etc

I don’t eat enough veg and honestly don’t like the taste of them

Make soup. Tons of veg, no obvious taste when blended up

Soup is a great idea for increasing veg intake.  I haven’t made soup in ages. Tomorrow will be a broccoli and Stilton day I think.

broccoli and Stilton

Amazing flavour.

I’m always surprised how awesome broccoli and stilton tastes…absolutely cannot stand stilton but love broccoli.

broccoli and Stilton

^^ completely agree. Going to buy tomorrow. It’s soup time of year.
Anyone got anymore classics?
Edit, just remembered that I made a really good carrot and coriander soup, bbc good food I think.

Carrot and corriander

scotch broth. 

none of which are particularly packed with mixed veggies to help the OP

Homemade soups hmm….

Leek and potato

Curried parsnip

Tomato, basil and celeriac

Roasted red pepper

With homemade crusty bread straight out of the oven with thick slabs of butter melting on it.

I don’t eat enough veg and honestly don’t like the taste of them

You don’t like _any_ vegetable dish?

So instead you want ultra processed green powder?

What a time to be alive

Just about to have a big bowl of homegrown and homemade leek and potato soup. Soup is a great way to get the goodness of vegetables if you don’t actually like them.

Leek and potato

the wife’s favourite.
We’re onto something now.

What do you like eating OP?

Should you not puree the soup as it destoys significant amounts of fibre and increases the glychemic value of the soup?

We don’t puree ours, a light touch on the blender is required. I do like a chunky soup.

Beetroot curry and home made flat bread

Home made veggie burgers in sourdough, cheese and pickles

Turnip pasties, home made chips and home made baked beans

When one is tired of veg, one is tired of life

Just don’t give yourself pudding until you have eaten your greens.

Does gazpacho count as a vegetable soup, if it’s mainly tomatoes?

And vegetables are great.

I don’t eat enough veg and honestly don’t like the taste of them

My mum didn’t like veg until she left home and realised that her mum didn’t actually know how to cook.

Which is kinda ironic as my grandad was a (very) good chef, and had eaten grandmas vegetables daily, without complaint, for 30 years.

The price of a peaceful marriage, i guess.

I’ve found the best thing for those who really don’t like vegetables (my kids!), is curries, stews and things like stirfries. I’ve even done some vegetarian stuff where people have asked what meat is in it. Green Jackfruit is good for this as well.

I’d avoid “super green powder” like the plague, unless an actual medical professional told me i needed to eat it.

What are you eating? Bread, pasta and meat?

Just made a pot of carrot/leek and pearl barley (you can swap it out for rice or potato) soup with the left over chicken carcass yesterday.

I bought green powder from I think bulk.com who’re pretty good.  It tastes like the way a vending machine smells after it has been dispensing freeze dried vegetable soup.  Cheap though, and mixed with a fruity smoothie not the worst.  If you’re worried about your veg intake I can’t see a problem with it, I don’t think it’ll hurt. You don’t need a fancy expensive FB marketed brand version though.

Re vegetables, I hated them all until I left home and, knowing I. needed to eat them I learned how to cook.  However, the answer to making vegetables tasty turns out to be pretty simple:  cheese.

Learn how to cook veg, and then learn to like it.

Broccoli and carrots should not be soft and mushy.

Try other veg, like butternut squash, sweet potato, leeks etc. Combine with sauces and curry etc.

I’ve not eaten vegetables or greens for four years

When that guy in that Tweet/X says things like this, is he, do we think aware of what the human digestion system is evolved to process, and does he honestly think that his festival of ailments was caused by eating veg?

Oh yes, veg stir fry! With cubes of tofu rolled in flour and fried til crisp and dipped in chili sauce.

Or strips of pan fried venison

Meat without veg is basically Laurel without Hardy

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I’ve not eaten vegetables or greens for four years

When that guy in that Tweet/X says things like this, is he, do we think aware of what the human digestion system is evolved to process, and does he honestly think that his festival of ailments was caused by eating veg?

I’m basically seeing a chimney that hasn’t been swept for four years.

Broccoli and carrots should not be soft and mushy.

They can be if you want. You can eat them however the hell you want.

My problem with veg as a kid, resulting in loads of conflict and anxiety was that my mum believed that veg should be firm and I couldn’t handle that.  So please, don’t start with ‘rules’.

However, the answer to making vegetables tasty turns out to be pretty simple: cheese.

Or gravy, in the case of our kids (and the more the better).

Edit: one of our kids also loves to eat frozen peas, but won’t touch the cooked ones.

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 the answer to making vegetables tasty turns out to be pretty simple:  cheese.

Tenderstem brocolli fried with soy sauce and chilli

Three bean mexican soup with a poached egg

Cauliflower roasted with curry spices

Minestrone soup with extra bacon

Carrot sticks and humus

No need to stick to classic boiled carrots and mushy cauliflower.

Really not healthy but I’ve discovered broccoli and cheese sauce from a company that you zap in the microwave for about 4 minutes…remove lid and give it a good stir around. I’ve always loved broccoli but this is utterly amazing stuff…can’t get enough of it – the pack serves 2 but it doesn’t!
It isn’t as healthy as fresh, but it is probably better than no eating any veg.

Muesli and a multi-viamin for breakfast, sorted for the day.

Easy.

APF

I always resisted putting cheese on peas because of the Fast Show but it’s delicious.

For lunch I might have leftover boiled veg fried up with chopped mini sausages in some butter with a little barbecue sauce added and yes, some cheese.

Mrs BigJohn is very keen on vegetables, and very keen on me eating them too, which probably is why I’m OK for my age.
My mom used to destroy veg, which is why I have such an aversion.
If cooked right I can enjoy them – but rarely on their own.
Cabbage, must have mint sauce on. Runner beans, oil and vinegar. French beans, butter and garlic. Broccoli, (which no male enjoys) blanched then fried with sesame oil. Cauliflower, with cheese sauce, or tossed with coconut.

broccoli and Stilton

Sticks to pan a bit, worth it though.

Having homemade minestrone for lunch today.

No interest in heavily marketed green powders.

I don’t eat enough veg and honestly don’t like the taste of know how to cook them

Ftfy.

I think a lot of people who might have grown up eating ‘traditional’ meals (which could be you) can often struggle to know what to do with veg.
They’re not just something limp on the side next to a piece of meat.

Quite often when I eat meals that have been made by old school meat eaters like the MIL (and i mean it in the nicest possible way) the vegetables are terrible. It’s no wonder a lot of people think that they don’t like them.

Endless veggie/vegan recipes out there. Try some.

Also as above. There is nothing that Cheese cannot improve. 😉