They are also rich in dietary fiber, antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins (especially A and C). There are several types of vegetable crops:root vegetables: beets, carrots, sweet potatoes, turnips; tubers: potatoes, yams; stem vegetables: asparagus, kohlrabi, celery; leafy green: lettuce, ...
Many products labeled as yams in North American grocery stores are actually sweet potatoes. Despite the misconception, yams are still delicious with an earthy neutral flavor. Cook yams like potatoes or cut yams up to make an alternative to French fries. There are many tastydifferent types of roo...
Through the formation of adventitious roots, new plants may sprout from stems, roots, or leaves of a parent plant. Modified stems are most often the source of vegetative plant propagation. Vegetative plant structures that arise from plant stems includerhizomes, runners, bulbs, tubers,andcorms. T...
The main source of carbohydrates in the human diet are plant foods, such as cereals, root vegetables (potatoes, yams, cassava), fruits and legumes (beans, peas, lentils) and table sugar [1]. Animal sources of dietary carbohydrates are milk (lactose), animal liver and seafood (glycogen). ...
Carrots, turnips, yams, peas, and winter squash (Phase 1) Fatty meat and poultry Dates, figs, pineapple, raisins, and watermelon Butter and coconut oil All Fruits & Fruit juice Whole milk Beets, corn and white potatoes Honey, maple syrup, agave nectar ...
Root vegetable, in cuisine and nutrition, a part of a plant grown underground and eaten as food. Root vegetables are a diverse group of foods, including culinary staples such as potatoes, onions, and carrots. Because “root vegetable” is a culinary cate
Peony, genus of about 30 species of flowering plants (family Paeoniaceae) known for their large showy blossoms. All but two species are native to Europe and Asia, and several species are cultivated as ornamental plants and by the floral industry for cut
Foods containing2-5 grams of proteinper serving[6]: Vegetables, cooked (1/2 cup, 120 mL): broccoli, Brussel’s sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, corn (sweet), mushrooms, onion, pepper (green), spinach, tomato, turnip greens; potato and sweet potato (1 cup), yam (1 cup) ...
Vegetable crops vary in kind and quality with the presence or absence of periodic dry seasons. In the uniformly wet tropics, the choice is limited to a fewrootcrops and still fewer greens.Sweet potatoesgrow and bear good crops where the average monthly rainfall, throughout the year,exceeds25 ...