Vegetables!

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Vegetables!

• Nutrients, Storage, cooking

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Plant Parts

• Root carrot, radish
• Grow deep in soil, smooth skin
• Stem celery, asparagus
• Edible stems and stalks, picked very young
• Flower cauliflower, broccoli
• Plants bloom

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Parts (cont.)

• Seed corn, beans, snow peas, other pods
• Leaf spinach, endive, lettuce
• Serve raw or cooked, high water content
• Edible seeds, some pods edible
• Tuber potato
• Large underground stem growing just below the
  surface of soil

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Parts (cont)

• Bulb Garlic, Shallots, Onions, leeks
• Grows underground, often used as seasoning,
  picked young, distinct flavor
• Fruit Eggplant, Tomato, Avocado
• Comes from flowering plant, contains at least one
  seed

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Good Source of Protein!

• Dried peas
• Dried beans
• soybeans

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Good source of Vitamin A

• Carrots
• Spinach
• Potatoes

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Vitamin C

• Cauliflower
• Tomatoes
• Green pepper

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Storage

• Fresh leaf, stem, seed, flower
• Store in refrigerator
• Wash when ready to consume
• Use within 1-2 weeks
• Fresh bulb, tuber, roots
• -store in cool, dark place
• -will keep for 3 or more months

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Storage

• Canned
• Cool dry place
• Keeps up to one year
• Mark with purchase date

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Frozen

• Once thawed, DO NOT freeze again!
• Shelf life 6-8 months

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Dried

• Closed container, in a cool place
• Keeps 6 months

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Cooking

• Fry, stir-fry, steam, bake, broil, grill,
  microwave
• Use little or no liquid
• Cook for short time
• Use a lid
• Eat raw

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Signs of overcooking

• Mushy and dull color
• Bland or bitter taste
• Loss of nutrients

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Effect of overcooking

• Green veggies
• Look green-grey
• Use little H2O
• Yellow veggies
• Cooking liquid will turn yellowish
• White veggies
• Turn dark gray or yellow
• Red veggies
• Will turn purple

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Purchasing Veggies!

• Root
• Firm, unwrinkled, even in color
• Stem
• Firm, straight, unblemished
• Flower
• Bright color, unblemished
• Leaf
• Crisp leaf, bright color
• Seed
• Firm, well shaped

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Purchasing cont.

• Tuber
• Firm , even color
• Bulb
• Firm, specific aroma without strong odor
• Fruit
• Smooth skin, unblemished