Vegetable Categories

Greens

Unlike Tubers, Greens shine above ground.  The members of the Greens category of veggies include: Aster Family: lettuce and chicory Brassica Family:  arugula, cabbage, bok choy, collards, kale, mizuna, mustard, tatsoi and watercress Amaranth Family: spinach, strawberry spinach and swiss chard Buckwheat Family:  sorrel Similarities:  Of course, you eat the leaf part of greens.  I usually […]

Vegetable Categories

Tubers

While Tubers grow underground like roots, Tubers are high in starch.  Let’s review the members by family and identify the similarities and differences. Nightshade Family:  potatoes Morning Glory Family:  sweet potatoes and yams (in the U.S., a lot of folks think yams are in the same family as sweet potatoes but they are not as […]