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Click on them below for detailed information about different vegetables, their nutritional values, phytonutrients, and related health benefits:

alfalfa sprouts

Alfalfa is a vegetable with high ability in alkalinizing the blood and ...

Amaranth

Amaranth is a type of grain without gluten that provides 128 grams of ...

Artichoke

Artichoke is the large bud of a thistle plant. This edible thorn is not that ...

Arugula

Arugula is a green leafy vegetable with a pungent flavor. It is known as ...

Asparagus

Asparagus is a green fleshy vegetable, and a medium spear of asparagus ...

Avocado

Avocado is actually a fruit, though most people think of it as a ...

Basil

Basil is a green leafy vegetable from mints family with a pungent ...

Beets

Being famous also as beetroot, garden beet, and golden beet, beets are ...

bok choy

Bok Choy is basically the Chinese cabbage, and it is called ...

Broccoli

Broccoli is a vegetable from brassica family, and one cup of broccoli ...

Brussels Sprout

Brussels sprout is a green leafy vegetable from cabbage (brassica) ...

Cabbage

Cabbage is a green or purple leafy vegetable from brassica family, and ...

Carrot

Carrot is an orange-colored root vegetable. There are purple, red, white ...

Cauliflower

Cauliflower is one of the vegetables from brassica family and closely ...

cayenne pepper

Chili pepper is a vegetable from nightshade family and could ...

Celery

Celery is a vegetable from Apiacease family.One cup of ...

chard (swiss)

Chard is a green leafy vegetable from chenopod family. It is also called ...

Chicory

One cup of chopped endive contains 2 grams of carbohydrates ...

Chili Pepper

Chili pepper is a vegetable from nightshade family and could be ...

chinese parsley

Chinese parsley, is a green leafy vegetable from Apiaceae family and ...

Cilantro

cilantro or Chinese parsley, is a green leafy vegetable from Apiaceae ...

Collard Greens

Collard is a green leafy vegetable from brassica family and is ....

Coriander

Coriander, also known as cilantro or Chinese parsley, is a ....

corn (maize)

Corn is a grain known as “Maize” as well. Corn seeds are called kernels ...

Cucumber

Cucumber is a well-known vegetable throughout the world. It is ...

Dill

Dill is a green vegetable with wispy and fernlike leaves, which are ...

Eggplant

Eggplant is a purple vegetable from nightshade family and related to ...

Endive

Endive is a green leafy vegetable from daisy family. Curly endive is ...

Gai-Lan

Gai-lan is a green leafy vegetable from Brassica family. It is widely ...

Garlic

A worldwide known vegetable for its health benefits, garlic is from allium ...

Green Beans

Snow Peas from legume family. The two varieties of green peas ...

Green Peas

Green peas are vegetables from legume family. The two varieties of ...

Kale

Closely related to pumpkins, squash (summer squash) is ...

Leek

Leek is a vegetable from Allium family and closely related ...

Lentils

Lentils are beans from legume family. One cup of cooked lentils contains ...

Lettuce

Lettuce is a green leafy vegetable, and among several types of it ...

Mushroom

Mushroom is the fleshy and edible fruit part of a fungus. The most commonly ..

mustard greens

Mustard green is a green leafy vegetable from Brassica family and ...

Okra

Okra is a green vegetable from mallow family and it is sometimes ...

Onion

Onion is a vegetable from allium family closely related to garlic ...

Parsnip

A less consumed vegetable, parsnip is a root vegetable ...

pepper (Bell)

Bell pepper is a vegetable from nightshade family and closely ...

Potato

Belonging to the nightshade family, potatoes are well-known for being ...

Pumpkin

Pumpkin is from Cucurbitaceae family and closely related to squash ...

Radicchio

Also known as Italian chicory, radicchio is a purple leafy vegetable ...

Radish

Radish is a spicy and crunchy root vegetable from Brassica family and ...

Rhubrab

Rhubarb is a vegetable from Polygonaceae family. The leaves are ...

Snap Peas

Green peas are vegetables from legume family. The two varieties of green ...

Snow Peas

Snow Peas from legume family. The two varieties of green peas ...

Spinach

Being native to Asia but known worldwide, spinach is a green leafy ...

Squash

Closely related to pumpkins, squash (summer squash) is ...

Sweet Potato

Sweet potato is a root vegetable from Convolvulaceae family and...

Tomato

Tomato is from nightshade family. Though it is considered a vegetable ...

turnip (greens)

Turnip is a root vegetable from Brassica family and turnip leaves are ...

Watercress

Watercress is a green leafy vegetable from Brassica family and closely ...

Yam

Commonly mistaken with sweet potato, yam is a root vegetable ...

Zucchini

There many varieties of squashes, and the most commonly ...

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