When it comes to vegetables, some people have a harder time than others appreciating their delectable taste. Maybe you even have a few of these people in your life, or are one yourself? Roughly 25% of the population are supertasters, meaning they are unusually sensitive to the bitter taste of vegetables and more likely to opt against them.

But vegetables are packed with immune-boosting phytochemicals and loaded with water and fiber to fill you up and keep you lean. They keep you looking young, feeling vibrant and are essential to a healthy diet. So, if you are a supertaster (or just never learned to love your veggies), here are some easy tricks to help you eat more veggies and enjoy every bite:

Pair Veggies with Your Favorite Foods

Pair vegetables with some of your favorite flavors and eventually your taste buds will learn to enjoy their taste. Research shows that when you eat a liked food flavor with an unliked food flavor, over time you will genuinely enjoy the unliked food flavor as well. So, top your next pizza with sliced bell peppers, dip broccoli into ranch dressing or eat quesadillas stuffed with zucchini.

Eat Veggies with a Little Healthy Fat

Fat helps to counteract some of the bitterness in certain vegetables and make them taste more flavorsome. Toss some chopped avocado into your salad or drizzle olive oil on roasted eggplant. Nuts, olives and organic reduced-fat cheeses are also great fats to serve with veggies. Just make sure you’re eating vegetables with some healthy fat—not eating healthy fat with some vegetables.

Cook Your Veggies

Cooking vegetables will combat the bitter taste some find unsatisfying. Try lightly sautéing vegetables over medium-low heat, grilling, steaming or roasting for a slightly sweeter bite. The key is to cook enough to improve the taste but not too much to destroy the texture.

Remember to be patient with yourself. Chances are you won’t learn to love vegetables overnight. But stick with it and you’ll reap all the benefits that vegetables provide. Who knows, the foods you once passed up might become the foods you crave!