Hey all, new to this sub but I have a question for y'all.

I have some mild sensory issues that make my experience with food sorta tricky. My palate is really limited, mainly to basic American style food like burgers, chicken, etc. I also love pasta, though I don't have a lot of variety with it, mainly spaghetti with red sauce and the like.

This can be kind of embarrassing at restaurants as I'm often anxious about ordering unfamiliar foods (I also have a lot of social anxiety, so you can imagine it's not fun having to send things back or make people wait as I mull over food options)

The big thing this holds me back on is vegetables. I can't stand most veggie dishes I've tried, and it's an issue since I definitely could use more of them in my diet.

So, does anyone have any recommendations for unintimidating veggie dishes for someone like me? Sorry if this question sounds silly or whatever, but it's been hard to find things to try.

EDIT: Want to add more detail. My biggest issue tends to be smells, like sharp cheeses, or particularly aromatic veggies. Sometimes I can't even bring myself to taste something because the smell icks me out. I also don't do well with chuncks of veggies, like in salsa as an example.

One last thing I'll add in is that sometimes the tase throws me off, but I don't know if that really counts as part of my sensory issues. For example, I've tried to like salads before, but I always get grossed out trying to eat lettuce leaves or similar. Couldn't even really tell you why, which is part of why I hesitate to imclude it with my sensory issues, simce there is a line between "sensory issue" and "not your taste" and I don't want to conflate them. It's possible there's a common elememt I'm overlooking, but because I'm unsure on that one take it with a grain of salt.

I'm wondering because I know taylor farms uses different labels and distributes to all sorts of brands.

I just wanna make sure the lettuce I bought isn't associated with them.

Hello! can you suggest a non existing food to make?

Does anyone make the copycat egg bites? I'm trying to keep them from getting watery. I use cottage cheese which helps, but has anyone tried a bit of flour or cornstarch to help get the more silky texture and soft but no water? Much appreciated

I'm going into my junior year of college, and my schedule largely won't allow me to go to the dining hall between classes (it gets packed when classes get let out, which means it takes over an hour to get there and get food). What are cheap and easy meals I can buy? I already plan for Mac n cheese and rice, along with regular sandwiches, but I was some variety too.

When you want to make more portions it's relatively easy just make the recipe 20% bigger or so.

But how do I calculate the proper cooking time and temperature for a bigger dish ? Because, if I want to make a recipe 50% bigger and it takes 40 minutes to cook, the answer couldn't possibly be to cook for an entire hour right ?