Which vegetables are starchy?!


Question: Which vegetables are starchy!?
I know potatoes are but which other vegetables containlots of starch!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
GRAINS/STARCHY VEGETABLES

These foods are the basis of every meal and snack!. Try to choose whole-grain items at least half of the time!. Whole grains add important nutrients and fiber as well as help manage hunger, helping you go longer between meals and snacks!.

Grain Foods
Bread and rolls -- white, multi-grain or whole grain
Bagels and muffins
Ready-to-eat cereal -- whole grain cereals such as whole-wheat flakes, shredded
wheat, wheat chex or whole grain oats (e!.g!.Cheerios); corn flakes or puffs, rice
chex or crispies!.
Hot cereal -- whole grain cereals such as oatmeal or multi grain; cream of rice, cream of wheat or cornmeal
Pasta or Rice
Crackers
Tortillas, taco shells

Starchy Vegetables
Corn
Potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams
Winter squashes, such as pumpkin, butternut squash, acorn squash
Dried beans, peas, lentils

PROTEIN FOODS

This group includes milk-based foods as well as meat, fish, poultry, eggs, dried legumes and nuts!. Be sure to enjoy milk foods often, as these are important sources of calcium -- a nutrient critical to bone health but often lacking in the diets of women!.

Beef, pork, lamb
Chicken or turkey
Fresh fish or canned salmon and tuna
Eggs
Milk-based foods -- milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, milk-based soups
Nuts and nut butters -- peanut butter, almond butter
Dried beans, peas, lentils
(yes, these qualify for the Grains/Starchy Vegetables as well as a Protein Food)



FRUITS AND/OR VEGETABLES

These are easy to identify but often neglected!. Frequently include those that are a good source of vitamin C and vitamin A daily (see Recipes for Living for fruits and vegetables high in these nutrients)!.

Fresh, frozen or canned fruit -- apples, apricots, bananas, berries,
melon, pears, oranges and grapefruit
Fresh, frozen or canned vegetables -- asparagus, broccoli, Brussels
sprouts green beans, salad greens
Dried fruit
Fruit juice, tomato or other vegetable juiceWww@FoodAQ@Com

Peas, corn, beans (like kidney!.!.!.not green)!.!.!.!.!.
*** Edit: Here's more info on it:
Our bodies can't make starch - only plants make starch!. We have two ways of storing excess glucose!. I'm sure you know about this first way! If you eat a lot more starch than you need for energy, then your body can store it by turning it into fat!.
http://www!.pslc!.ws/macrog/kidsmac/starch!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

most roots plants: sweet potatoes, turnips, parsnip , carrots, yam , arrowheads and etc!.!.

beans : green bean , red bean, kidney beans and etc

grains: RICE, wheat, Bailey and etc!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

potatoes and cornWww@FoodAQ@Com

sweet poatao, taro, yams, beans, lentils, peas, corn, beets, acorn, butternut, plantains, water chestnuts, !.!.are all starchy vegetablesWww@FoodAQ@Com





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