Can I ask how to make easy healthy meals with these?

[doritodust]

Hoping for some traffic and ideas for a picky eater (me).
I'm very conscious my diet is lacking and hoping to get some ideas and suggestions to kick start a bit of a healthier food situation.

Vegetable wise no salad/ raw veg, will eat:

• green beans
• small amounts of wilted spinach
• peas
• sweetcorn
• cauliflower
• sweet potato
• pretty much all types of beans/pulses

also soup with most other veg if I can get a smooth consistency.

Ok with most meats although tend to avoid pork.
Happy to have lentils, cous cous etc.

I would really appreciate some suggestions of healthy meals and lunches comprising of the above (limited) ingredients that would get me closer to my daily recommended intake as I have no clue where to start.

Could anyone help me get started?

I add lentils to bolognese too if you're ok with them.

Chilli con carne along similar lines but with kidney beans added?

Lightly steam green beans, peas and sweetcorn. Serve in pitta bread spread on the inside with humous. Add sliced chicken if you wish.

Cottage pie could work too. You can add the peas and corn in or have them on the side
Swap some of the mash topping for sweet potato or mash the cauliflower in

Even something like sausages, sweet potato mash, gravy and the veg you like on the side

Scrambled eggs/omelette and add the wilted spinach

Not the healthiest but cauliflower cheese soup is amazing made with a tiny bit of mustard and strong cheddar cheese!

Ooh you could do your own take on a tuna Niçoise salad.

So take away the lettuce bit and substitute it with the spinach. So it would be tuna steak (grilled or pan fried), green beans, spinach, with baby/new potatoes and boiled eggs.

This green bean side dish is really lovely. There’s a lot of other nice recipes on that website too.

www.themediterraneandish.com/greek-green-beans-fasolakia/

This veggie chilli

www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetables-recipes/kerryann-s-chilli-con-veggie/

I'd have a look at recipes aimed at hiding vegetables in sauces etc for children - no reason they wouldn't be just as good at getting sneaky veg into adults!

Also try not to worry too much - if you take a multivitamin as well then you're able to get all of the nutrients you need. Putting pressure on yourself is an additional unnecessary stress on meal times.

Hello! I am a former VERY picky eater who is now just a minorly picky eater! (As in scurvy levels of fresh food avoidance!) I want to tell you that there is nothing wrong with eating healthier foods on repeat, if its what you can manage - be kind to yourself!

I also really recommend not giving up trying to introduce new things into your diet, even if it is the tiniest morsel once a every few days. I have long accepted that I will never ‘enjoy’ a salad made any old way, but I can now eat things my own way. I was into my 30s before I even made an attempt to introduce fear foods, and I do not introduce too many things at once. I also never ever try new things in front of family, as that too was a source of anxiety as a child - including forcing me to eat things repeatedly, being not allowed to stop eating when full if plate had food on it and a huge fuss created when I ever did try anything.

Sorry - that came off as very preachy but I honestly reasonate so hard with your post - especially about smooth soups and textures and overwhelm!

I made a really nice veggie curry at the weekend, basically out of leftovers.. Roast your veg (I used cauliflower florets, diced butternut squash, a yellow pepper, and some tomatoes, but really you could do any) in curry paste for about half an hour at gas mark 6 / 180 fan. About half way through chop your onion and fry gently, crush in some garlic and your spices (I used ground cumin, ground coriander, garam masala, and a cinnamon stick) then after a couple of minutes pour in a tin of coconut milk. Simmer until your veggies are done, then add them to the sauce. We had it with naan bread, but you could have rice too.

Ps, if you wanted to add green beans to the above, I’d add them to the sauce at the simmering stage. Or stir a handful of spinach leaves through at the end.

My favourite salad is a Nicoise. Make it without lettuce and it is cold cooked green beans, pieces of new potato, tuna, anchovies, olives (if liked) in a lovely vinaigrette made with olive oil, red wine vinegar, lots of chopped fresh herbs, but mostly cooked cold green beans: the first thing on your likes list.

You love all the beans; have you tried the mixed bean salad in water in tins? It's basically just tinned beans but premixed. I use them to make a one person chilli to have in wraps with cheese or guacamole (if you like avocado).

You can make lovely things with the foods already on your list. Generally 'healthier' seems to mean just increase the proportion of veg in the first instance these days.

A PP has suggested trying occasional new things in the comfort of your own home when there's no pressure. If you do decide to give that a go, roasting root vegetables gives a soft and sweet result you may like, without the wet or crunchy textures. Try carrots, beetroot, parsnips, sweet potato, potato, radish, celeriac, daikon. Once cooked they can be eaten hot or cold.

Do you like ice cream or sorbet?

While this is, of course, restricted, it's not the worst I've seen and I'd say you aren't anywhere near as bad as some people.

For a start, many of these vegetables are nice lightly boiled/steamed with some butter/olive oil and some salt served alongside a piece of grilled/friend chicken/meat/fish.

Cauliflower and sweet potato both roast very well and can take all kinds of flavours. We like cumin with cauliflower or fennel and lemon zest. Cinnamon is popular with sweet potato.

Roasted sweetcorn with paprika and served with lime juice is nice (can you cope with lime juice?)

Obviously, soups are a good choice and a good hand blender is likely to be your friend here!

Stews/casseroles are also a good way to work in things. Will you eat onion/carrots if they're grated super fine in a stew or casserole? Because if so, a beef/lamb/chicken stew with pureed/grated carrots/onions etc then the meat cooked with beans/lentils/chickpeas can have spinach/peas added at the end. You could also add sweet potato. Admittedly, not really lunch but easily used as leftovers?

Sympathy OP. I was forced to eat stuff I hated and I'm still very averse to several things particularly mushrooms 🤮.
I hide veg in bolognese for my kids, by blending onions, celery and carrots together till smooth, fry off, then add mince (beef or turkey), chopped tomatoes (or passata if you need it smooth). You can also add lentils at this stage if you like. Knorr rich beef stock pot, squeeze of tomato purée, season and then simmer for 25 mins or so. You honestly can't tell there's any veg in there, my 2 would definitely notice!
It might also be worth investing in a soup maker, they are ace for making soups (and smoothies) really smooth.

Jamie Oliver does a really nice veggie chilli with sweet potato if you google it

This Burnt Aubergine chilli recipe might work for you? It's v tasty

Link would help of course

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/burnt-aubergine-veggie-chilli?amp