The Importance of Veggies!
Updated: Apr 14, 2020
HEALTH TIP: Do you eat your veggies? And, I mean ALL the colors of the rainbow? 🌈
Here we have three, and that's a good start and is a deliciously filling snack. Also adding to my food today will be green, blue/purple, white, and so many other variations! Each vegetable and color has different nutrient, benefits, textures, tastes, and loads of natural goodness.
Below are some veggies in each color category. Take a look and choose one from each category to cook with or snack on today.
Red Vegetables:
Beets
Red Peppers
Radishes
Radicchio
Red Onions
Red Potatoes
Rhubarb Tomatoes
Yellow and Orange Vegetables:
Yellow Beets
Butternut Squash
Carrots
Yellow Peppers
Yellow Potatoes
Pumpkin
Rutabagas
Yellow Summer Squash
Sweet Corn
Sweet Potatoes
Yellow Tomatoes
Yellow Winter Squash
White and Tan Vegetable:
Cauliflower
Garlic
Ginger
Jerusalem Artichokes
Jicama
Kohlrabi
Mushrooms
Onions
Parsnips
Potatoes (White Fleshed)
Shallots
Turnips
White Corn
Green Vegetables:
Artichokes
Arugula
Asparagus
Broccoflower
Broccoli
Broccoli Rabe
Brussels Sprouts
Chinese Cabbage
Green Beans
Green Cabbage
Celery
Chayote Squash
Cucumbers
Endive
Leafy Greens
Leeks
Lettuce
Green Onions
Okra
Peas
Green Peppers
Snow Peas
Spinach
Sugar Snap Peas
Watercress
Zucchini
Blue and Purple Vegetables:
Black Olives
Purple Asparagus
Purple Cabbage
Purple Carrots
Eggplant
Purple Belgian Endive
Purple Peppers Potatoes (purple fleshed)