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Alison Kate

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)

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