Sunday, February 14, 2010

Vegetables...On Salads, Stir Fries and Omelets

Here is an alphabetical list of vegetables that you can put into your veggie salads, stir-fries or omelets. Keep this list handy and try a new one every week. I guarantee you’ll never get tired of the same old same old.

A: Artichoke, Avocado, Asparagus, Amaranth, Ananas, American groundnut, Ahipa, Arracacha, Aonori, Aburana, Acorn Squash, Aubergines, Azuki bean

B: Broccoli, Bean, Beet, Beetroot, Brussel Sprout, Black-eyed Pea, Bitterleaf, Bok Choy, Bell Pepper, Breadfruit, Bamboo shoot, Black cumin, Burdock, Bottle Gourd, Butternut Pumpkin, Butternut Squash, Buttercup Squash, Butter Beans, Borlotti Beans, Bulls Blood, Butterhead Lettuce, Broccoli Rabe, Broadleaf arrowhead

C: Cauliflower, Cabbage, Carrot, Celery, Cilantro, Chard, Chinese Cabbage, Chinese Chives, Chives, Collards, Corn, Cucumber, Cress, Chili Pepper, Chilies, Cardoon, Celeriac, Camas, Canna, Cassava, Carola, Calabrese, Champagne Melon, Courgette, Custard Squash, Chicory, Coral Lettuce, Cos Lettuce, Capsicum, Cherry Tomatoes, Catsear, Celtuce, Chrysanthemum leaves, Cayenne Pepper, Cape Gooseberry, Caigua, Chayote, Cucurbits, Choy Sum, Chick pea, Cherry tomato

D: Dill Pickle, Dandelion, Drumstick, Daikon, Dulse, Dolichos bean

E: Eggplant, Earthnut Pea, Elephant Foot Yam, Elephant Garlic, Endive, Epazote, Ensete, Escarole, Edamame

F: Flowering cabbage, Fava bean, French bean, Frizzmo, Fat hen, Fiddlehead, Fluted Pumpkin, Fennel, Florence Fennel

G: Gherkin, Garlic, Guar, Ginger, Gobo, Gourds, Greenbeans, Garden Pea, Garden Rocket, Globe Artichokes, Golden Nugget Squash, Golden Samphire, Good King Henry

H: Horse gram, Hamburg Parsley, Hijiki, Hot-House Cucumber, Haricot Beans, Hubbard Squash, Habenero Pepper

I: Italian Red Onion, Iceberg lettuce, Ironbark Pumpkin, Ice Plant, Indian Pea

J: Jalapeno Pepper, Jambu, Jerusalem artichoke, Jicama, Japanese Bunching Onions, Japanese Pumpkin

K: Kale, Kohlrabi, Krispy, Kidney beans, Kai-lan, Komatsuna, Kuka, Kurrat, Kombu, Kosher Pickle

L: Leek, Lettuce, Luffa, Lentils, Lemon, Lime, Laver, Lebanese Cucumber, Lagos Bologi, Land Cress, Lizard's tail, Lotus root

M: Mushroom, Morel, Melokhia, Mizuna greens, Mustard, Malabar Gourd, Moth bean, Mung bean, Mozuku, Marrow, Minikin Pumpkin, Maize, Monguete, Mountain pepper, Mange Tout

N: Napa Cabbage, Naples Cos, Navette, New Zealand Spinach, Nopal, New Potato

O: Onion, Okra, Olive, Orache, Ogonori, Oakleaf Lettuce

P: Pepper, Parsley, Pea, Peanut, Parsnip, Potato, Pickle, Pignut, Polk, Parwal, Palmetto, Perennial cucumber, Pumpkin, Pattypan squash, Pigeon Pea, Prussian asparagus, Prairie turnip, Plectranthus, Pickling Onions, Pak-Choi, Pe-Tsai, Purslane

Q: Quince, Quandong, Quenepa

R: Radish, Rutabaga, Red Kidney Beans, Ridge Cucumber, Rockmelon, Runner Bean, Radiccio, Rainbow Chard, Rocket, Radicchio, Rice bean, Romaine Lettuce

S: Spinach, Squash, Soybean, Shallot, Scallions, Sprouts, Samphire, Sea beet, Seakale, Sierra Leone bologi, Soko, Sorrel, Summer purslane, Swiss chard, Snake gourd, Sweetcorn, Sweet pepper, Salsify, Scorzonera, Skirret, Sweet potato, Sea lettuce, Sea grape, Spanish Red Onion, Spring Onions, Savoy Cabbage, Spring Greens, Snake Squash, Spaghetti Squash, Striped Marrow, Snow Peas, Snake Beans, Sugarsnap Peas, Silverbeet, Snow Pea Sprouts, Swedes, Summer Squash, Sweet pepper

T: Tomato, Tomatillos, Turnips, Tatsoi, Tinda, Tarwi, Tepary bean, Taro, Ti, Tigernut

U: Uchuva, Urad bean, Ulluco

V: Velvet bean, Vidalia Sweet Onion

W: White Salad Onion, West Indian Pumpkin, Watercress, Witlof, White Egpplant, White Radish, Water Spinach, Winter Purslane, Winter melon, West Indian Gherkin, Winged bean, Welsh onion, Wild leek, Wasabi, Wakame, Water chestnut,

X: Xylocarp, Xigua

Y: Yam, Yacon, Yau Choy, Yow Choy, Yu Choy Sum, Yu Choy, Yardlong bean

Z: Zucchini

Bon Appetit!