genuinegirly

Ok... let's get some things straight.

Lima beans are NOT vegetables. Vegetables are any vegetative (as opposed to reproductive) part of a plant. Now, people will look at you funny if you call a lima bean a fruit. But that's what it is. So avoid the confusion and call it something else, which it is: a legume.

A potato is a tuber. It is not a root. It is a starchy deposit attached to a root. You can call it a vegetable and not be wrong. It provides none of the healthy benefits that we typically associate with green, leafy vegetables.


On this note:
I love fruits and vegetables.
I don't eat very much that isn't derived from plants. My lunch today, for instance, was a potato bread sandwich with tomato sauce, garlic, fresh spinach, and a veggie burger patty. I do eat eggs and cheese. So I can't say that I'm entirely an herbavore.

I will gladly pass over just about any other food for a fruit/vegetable.

I am a huge fan of brussels sprouts. Unfortunately they are expensive so I often choose less expensive veggie and fruit goodies in their place.

List of fruits often called vegetables (which I love):
squash
cucumber
(notice those two are Cucurbitaceae?)
tomato
eggplant
peppers
(notice these three are Solanaceae?)
lentils
beans
peas
(notice those three are Fabaceae?)

Yummy Roots:
Carrots
Beets
Yams (the orange ones, not sweet potatoes)

Yummy shoots (stems and/or leaves):
Spinach
Cauliflower (tries to bloom, but its genes tell it to make stems instead of flower whorls)
Chard
Mustard
Collared greens
Lettuce
Sweet potatoes (the white ones, not yams)

Know your veggies, fruits, roots, and other healthy goodness. Don't tell a kid to eat their vegetables when they're passing up a plate of peas. 'cause you're wrong.

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