Types of vegetables

Vegetables are available in many varieties and can be classified into biological groups or ‘families’, including: Buy our best seller here.

• leafy green – lettuce, spinach and silver
• beetcruciferous – cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and broccoli
• marrow – pumpkin, cucumber and zucchini
• root – potato, sweet potato and yam
• edible plant stem – celery and asparagus
• allium – onion, garlic and shallot.

Legumes

Legumes or pulses contain nutrients that can be in particular valuable. Legumes want to be cooked earlier than they're eaten – this improves their nutritional quality, aids digestion and eliminates any harmful toxins. Legumes come in many pieces of paperwork including:

• soy products – tofu (bean curd) and soybeans
• legume flours – chickpea flour (besan), lentil flour and soy flour 
• dried beans and peas – haricot beans, purple kidney beans, chickpeas and lentils 
• fresh beans and peas – inexperienced peas, inexperienced beans, butter beans, huge beans and snow peas.