Somehow growing up doesn't make eating your vegetables any tastier than trying to eat them when you were a kid. If you still don't like eating vegetables, even though you're a grown up and know that you should eat them because they're super good for you, then you could be cooking them wrong. Shocking, but steamed broccoli tastes as good as it smells. But not all broccoli is bad — it turns out that it is much better if you roast it. Follow these other tips and tricks to fool yourself (and your family) into eating your veggies.

Get Eggy With It

Add some veggies to your omelet or egg scramble to get some veggies into the most important meal of the day. If you sauté peppers, onions, mushrooms, you'll make them much more palatable before adding eggs.

Roast

Roasted cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, Brussel sprouts, and just about every other vegetable is a lot more delicious when it's roasted instead of steamed. Start by tossing your veggies with a little olive oil and then spreading them in a pan. Then finish them with a sprinkle of salt and freshly ground pepper. Experiment with additional herbs to make dishes that fit any meal and won't gross you out.

Substitute Them

Try using a spiralizer device to transform squashes into"noodles" for pasta dishes. Topped with sauce and cheese, you won't know the difference.

Cauliflower can stand in for rice if you rice it. You can also use the "rice" to make a base for dough — like cauliflower pizza or grilled cheese. Zucchini also works well as dough substitute.

Mashed or pureed cauliflower is also a good stand-in for mashed potatoes and adds nutrients without adding carbs.

Double Down

In soups, stews, casseroles and other recipes that call for vegetables, feel free to use twice the amount that the recipe calls for.

Experiment

Even if you are certain that you don't like a certain vegetable, try cooking it in a new way or trying a new vegetable. Eating a variety of veggies exposes your body to new nutrients and new recipes expose your tastebuds to vegetables that you may discover you actually like.

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