Greens
About
Plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. Although they come from a very wide variety of plants, most share a great deal with other leaf vegetables in nutrition and cooking methods.
Growing
Different greens grow in different environments and prefer different temperatures.
Local
Common Recipes
Varieties
Spinach
Spinach salad, high source of iron and calcium
Kale
Mixed green salads, kale chips, green smoothies
Lettuce
Mixed green salads, sandwich topper
Nutritional Information
Based on a 100g portion 1
| name | amount |
|---|---|
| water | 0 g |
| energy | 0 kJ |
| protein | 0 g |
| fat | 0 g |
References
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USDA Fooddata Central Database -- https://fdc.nal.usda.gov ↩
