How to Eat More Veggies: Healthy Recipe Ideas
Hi Hungry Girl,I know I need to eat more veggies, but I just can’t get inspired to do it! A simple side of veggies just bums me out, and one can only eat so many salads. Do you have any suggestions?
Totally Vegged Out
Hi TVO,You came to the right person! While I myself love a good vegetable, I’m also well versed in adding extra veggies where they’re not expected, in addition to making healthy eating easy and fun…
Blend Your Veggies
One of the sneakiest techniques is to blend veggies into your foods so that you don’t even know they’re there. Blending cucumber, spinach, or other leafy greens into shakes & smoothies is super easy. (This travel blender is smoothie ready.) And I’m all about pureed veggie soups…
Air-Fry Veggie Bites & Fries
It’s a fact: Veggies are more appealing when cooked in the air fryer. It’s less fussy than oven roasting, and the air fryer heats up faster. A fool-proof trick is to toss your veggies in olive oil, season them with a premixed seasoning blend, then air fry! These finger-food-style recipes are great anytime, even for snacking.
Swap Noodles & Rice for Veggies
Rice and pasta are staples in our diets because they’re great bases. Swap them out for (or super-size ‘em with) spiralized veggies, cauliflower rice, and other options! You can DIY, or reach for frozen cauliflower rice and fresh spiralized zucchini. Check out some pasta swapping here, and our recipe archives are full of dishes to choose from.
Modify Decadent Dishes
One of the best ways to eat veggies? Make them taste like your favorite indulgent foods! Cheeseburgers, pizzas, nachos—integrate veggies into healthy versions of the foods you love and eating them won’t feel like a chore at all.
Beef Up Meaty Dishes with Mushrooms
Chopped mushrooms + ground meat = bigger portions for very few additional calories, plus more plant-based food in your meal! (Yes, mushrooms are technically fungi and not vegetables, but I think they count here.) I also sometimes fully use mushrooms in place of meat.
Chew on this:
Happy National Chocolate Pudding Day, June 26th! We’re wild about Simply Delish Sugar Free Instant Pudding Mixes, which are naturally sweetened. Stock up now; thank us later.
Help your friends learn to eat more veggies—share this info now!
We may receive affiliate compensation from some of these links. Prices and availability are subject to change.
We may have received free samples of food, which in no way influences whether these products are reviewed favorably, unfavorably, mentioned with indifference, or mentioned at all. Click for more about our editorial and advertising policies.
*The WW Points® values for these products and/or recipes were calculated by Hungry Girl and are not an endorsement or approval of the product, recipe or its manufacturer or developer by WW International, Inc., the owner of the Points® trademark.
Questions on the WW Points® values listed? Click here.
Hungry Girl provides general information about food and lifestyle. This information and any linked materials are not intended and should not be construed as medical advice, nor is the information a substitute for professional medical expertise or treatment. Click here for more information.
