VEGGIE PUZZLERS
A vegetable that can be dried and then ground to make bread.
What is corn?
This mineral, along with calcium and potassium, is necessary for muscle contractions.
What is magnesium?
The name of this spice rhymes with where you can keep your dog when you go on vacation.
What is fennel?
This "Italian" food can have something from every food group.
What is Pizza?
This root vegetable is a good source of the phytochemical beta carotene
What is a carrot?
Name a vegetable that is red both inside and outside.
What are beets, red cabbage, red onions, radish, tomatoes?
Vitamin C helps with absorption of this mineral.
What is Iron?
Most of this flavoring agent in our diet comes from processed foods.
What is salt?
A famine in Ireland in the 1800's was caused by a disease that killed what vegetable?
What is a potato?
This group of diseases can possibly be prevented by eating the necessary amount of fruits and vegetables daily.
What is cancer?
Name a type of summer squash
What is yellow squash or zucchini?
This vitamin was missing in the sailor’s diet until the end of the 18th Century.
What is Vitamin C?
An herb is usually made from the leaves of a plant. A spice is usually made from the ______.
What are seeds
This vegetable is popular in the "baby" variety, although most people don't know they are actually small pieces cut from a larger root.
What are carrots?
Phytochemicals may also be useful in preventing coronary or heart disease
What is true?
This leafy green vegetable is a good source of iron
What is spinach?
Cooking fruits and vegetables destroys all the vitamins and minerals.
What is false
1 teaspoon of this herb contains as much antioxidant as 3 cups of broccoli
What is Oregano
This bean grows in Hawaii among other places.
What is coffee?
If I don't like vegetables I don't have to worry because I can get everything I would be getting from them by taking a vitamin supplement.
What is false?
This cruciferous vegetable is green and white and is a result of crossing a green and a white vegetable.
What is broccoflower
Deficiency of this vitamin is called beri beri.
What is Thiamin?
This explorer travelled from Europe to the Far East in search of spices.
Who is Marco Polo?
The high protein vegetable that is used to make tofu.
What are soybeans
Lycopene is a phytochemical necessary for eye health that is found in cooked ____________.
What are tomatoes