If edamame is a vegetable, does tofu count?!
Also, potato is indisputably a starch, but it is classified as a vegetable. If I had a baked potato, will I have had a serving of vegetables? I know we consider sweet potatoes definitely vegetables, why is that?
Whew, I guess that was a couple of questions huh?
Answers: And so in the same vein, is soymilk a vegetable?
Also, potato is indisputably a starch, but it is classified as a vegetable. If I had a baked potato, will I have had a serving of vegetables? I know we consider sweet potatoes definitely vegetables, why is that?
Whew, I guess that was a couple of questions huh?
It all depends on why you need to classify as one or the other.
If you want to know if it is meat or non-meat, then obviously, they are non-meet. Since they are not fungi either, what's left is vegetable.
But, if you are trying to count as means to have a balanced diet, they are not vegetables. Tofu has high protein content, thus, it can be considered meat. Potatoes are starches, closer to pasta and rice than vegetables.
I'd call them all vegetables except for the soymilk.
tofu is not a vegetable and neither is soy milk. a baked potato is several servings not just one by it self.
Eat something.
I think tofu counts as more of a protein. When I was a veggie, that's how I counted it.
I count anything predominately starchy (i.e. potatoes) as starch and other green, leafy and/or non-starchy veggies as actual veggies.
edam is a cheese. soymilk is not a vegetable. are u confusing vegetable and vegetarian? yes baked potato is a serving of vegetables. but try to eat different colours of vegetable as they are rich in different vitamins.
All I know is that tofu is vegetarian. Half of my family is vegetarian and they eat tofu ALL the time!!!!
Edamame is not a vegetable it is a legume. Also, tofu and soymilk can be considered legume by-products but not legumes themselves because the composition of the original soybean is changed.
As for the potato question...I'm not sure.
The answer is quite simple. Nothing is as cut and dried as we think it is. Food guidelines are just that - guidelines. They are not rules. The food pyramid has been dumbed down so that people don't have to make complicated judgement calls.
Potatoes and sweet potatoes are both a starch and a vegetable (half and half, if you want to think of it that way). Edamame is both a protein (meat group) and a vegetable. Tofu is both a protein and a dairy, as it is a good calcium source, even though it doesn't come out of a cow.
Vegetables? The termini is too vague! Soybean is a legume and other many of your "vegetable" list of wanders! See? Compared to an omnivore, a vegan's mind power, seams questionable, already!
edamame is not a vegetable. It's a legume. There is no "starch" family in the plant kingdom. Potatoes and sweet potatoes (not closely related) are vegetables (root).