EAT UP YOUR GREENS!!

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NOWADAYS THE VARIETY OF VEGETABLES IS VAST.  VEGETABLES ARE FLOW IN FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD BESIDES BEING GROWN IN THIS COUNTRY.  VEGGIES CAN BE DIVIDED INTO DIFFERENT TYPES -

ROOTS            CARROTS   SWEDES     TURNIPS
                            GROWS BELOW THE GROUND

BULBS          ONIONS      SHALLOTS    LEEKS    SPRING ONIONS     FENNEL    GARLIC

TUBERS        POTATOES     YAMS    SWEET POTATOES    JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES

LEAVES        SPINACH     CABBAGE    WATERCRESS    BRUSSEL SPROUTS     KALE

FRUITS         MARROWS     CHILLIES    PEPPERS    TOMATOES     AUBERGINES

PODS &        PEAS     BEANS    SWEETCORN
SEEDS                   LEGUMES - produce pods containing seeds

FLOWERS     BROCCOLI    CAULIFLOWER

STEMS          CELERY     ASPARAGUS

BABY VEGETABLES ARE NOW VERY POPULAR - ESPECIALLY WITH THE POPULARITY OF CHINESE COOKING

ORGANIC FARMING OF VEGETABLES IS BECOMING VERY POPULAR BUT UNFORTUNATELY EXPENSIVE
WHAT ARE THE MAIN NUTRIENTS OF VEGETABLES ?

VITAMINS                        VITAMIN C          VITAMIN B           VITAMIN A

NSP                                NON-SOLUBLE POLYSACCHARIDE = NAME FOR FIBRE

CALCIUM AND IRON           FOUND IN WATERCRESS, SPINACH