Vegetable generally refers to an edible part of a plant. The definition is traditional rather than scientific. It is somewhat arbitrary and subjective, as it is determined by individual cultural customs of cooking and food preparation.In general, with some exceptions, any herbaceous plant or plant part which is regularly eaten as food by humans, would normally be considered to be a vegetable. Vegetables are very often eaten cooked. Some, such as potato, are never eaten raw, but many such as carrots, bell peppers and celery are quite commonly eaten either raw or cooked.Mushrooms, though belonging to the biological kingdom Fungi, are also loosely considered as vegetables.In general, vegetables are regarded by cooks as being most suitable for savory or salted dishes, rather than sweet dishes, although there are many exceptions, such as pumpkin pie, etc.Nuts, seeds, grains, herbs, spices and culinary fruits (see below), are not normally considered to be vegetables, even though they are all parts of plants.Some people would consider that salad greens such as lettuce are not vegetables, because they are almost never cooked, but not everyone would agree with this exception.

The cheapest healthy vegetables. The point of this hub is to provide a list of super vegs that are not only healthy but also affordable. For example, I deliberately miss asparagus and watercress, which are really good because of rich in folate, vitamin B and minerals but I think it a bit expensive for a daily recipes.

Place porkbones in a very large pot and fill with water and 2 tablespoons of salt. bring to the boil on high heat for 1 hour and a half making sure to check the water level has to be above the meat. once the hour and half is up, place watercress( needs to be broken into halves then half agin) in pot then add potatoes and kumara. keep pot on high bo

You may replace spareribs with shin of pork if you try it at home. The soup tastes even better.Ingredients :Ingredients30 kg water4.8 kg snakehead fish9 kg spareribs225 g candied dates4.8 kg watercress(for 20 portions, each portion makes 8 bowls of soup)

1st course - Grilled Calamari, Chickpeas, Watercress, Lemon, and Peperoncini with In-Heat Wheat; 2nd Course - Watermelon Gazpacho with Chili Marinated Shrimp over Grilled Bruschetta with Tire Bite Golden Ale; 3rd Course - Grilled Peach and Crispy Proscuitto with Herb Ricotta Cheese, Curry Cashews and Old Scratch Peach Coulis with Old Scratch...

Chemicals in cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, watercress, cabbage and cauliflower, appear to not only stop human prostate cancer cells from growing in mice but also may cut off the formation of blood vessels that "feed" tumors, says a University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute study. The study, abstract number 4200, is being presented today