Jill Sherman Skeem

Vegetables
Eat one or more vegetable dishes with every meal including breakfast.
Together a grain and a vegetable make a complete meal.

(The following are examples of vegetables in each catagory)

Green Leafy
Bok choy, Chinese Cabbage, Collards, Kale, Leek, Mustard Greens, Scallion and Watercress

Round
Acorn, Buttercup & Butternut Squash, Broccoli, Cabbage, Califlower, Onion, Rutabaga and Turnip

Root
Burdock, Carrot, Daikon, Lotus Root, Parsnip and Radish

Sweet Vegetables
(Sweet vegetables are a combination of round and root vegetables, these vegetables become sweet when cooked. Broccoli and califlower not considered sweet vegetables, however, they add a richness and freshness to pureed soups when combined with the sweet vegetables.)

Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Califlower, Daikon, Leek, Onion, Parsnip, Pumpkin and Winter Squash

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