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The carrot is one of the most cultivated
vegetables in the world. Its consumption has spread
widely as it is available all the year round. The
part of the carrot that we consume is its root, of
which there are various shapes and tastes. It stands
out for its carotene and vitamin A, B and C content.
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Celeriac
is a large root, generally thick, spherical and surrounded
by small secondary roots, that are usually removed
for their commercialisation. It is of a ground-like
brown colour and it has a hard and compact yellowish
white flesh. It is very succulent, having a strongly
marked celery taste, although sweeter and more perfumed.
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Courgette
is a leafy-looking plant whose fruits are consumed
when they are tender. Its masculine flowers are consumed
fried when they are still bud. Courgettes become long
pumpkins in a short time. |
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The
cauliflower is a vegetable that belongs to the cabbage
family. The part that one eats is the flower, highly
appreciated for its taste. It can be presented in
many ways, both raw and cooked. It is an important
source of vitamins and minerals. In addition, it contributes
with fiber and it is low in calories. |
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Celery
is a vegetable with long slender stalks. They may
be eaten raw in salads or alone, fried, boiled, with
sauces and as a condiment for soups, stews, etc. It
can also be used as an aromatic and as well as the
stalks, the leaves and seeds of the plant are used.
In the food and agricultural industry, celery is used
in many, different ways: such as conserved celery,
dehydrated celery and even an oil extraction. |
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Cucumber
is a summer vegetable, with elongated shape about
15cm long. Its skin is green, turning into yellow
when mature. At present, it is found in the European
markets all through the year. |
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The
endive is cultivated for its curly or straight leaves,
of a green to yellow colour. It is chiefly eaten raw
in salads or as part of stews, providing with vitamins
and minerals, since its content in calories is very
low. |
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Garlic
is a very old crop which is cultivated for its bulb,
formed in the base of the leaves. It is highly appreciated
in cooking for its pungent and characteristic taste,
mainly used in Mediterranean cooking. It has multiple
medicinal properties, thanks to the sulphured substances
contained in it. |
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The
leek is a well-known vegetable cultivated for its
cylindrical and edible bulb formed in the base of
the leaves. It is highly appreciated as seasoning,
although it is also consumed raw or in purées,
soufflés or pies. The nutritious importance
lies in the vitamins, minerals and the essential oil
that leeks supply. |
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The
lettuce is a very popular vegetable which is cultivated
for its large leaves; in some cases, these are pressed
forming a more or less compact heart. There are many
varieties of this vegetable, and their number increases
every year. The nutritious properties of this plant
are scarce, although it is low in calories and supplies
some vitamins and minerals. |
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Mushroom
is a fungus formed by a cap of half-spherical or flat
shape and a cylindrical stem, normally white. Mushrooms
are eaten fresh and in preserve, raw or cooked, as
part of salads, fried or roasted and as garnish in
many dishes or even sauces. |
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The
onion is an underground, edible bulb that grows in
the plant that bears the same name. It is a vegetable
of Asian origin cultivated since 6,000 B.C. From Asia
it spreaded to Europe, and from there to America.
At the moment, there is a wide range of varieties
that can be classified according to the colour of
the bulb, the shape, size, use, origin and how early
they are ready to eat. It is used in many ways for
cooking, both raw and cooked. Moreover, it has various
medicinal properties. |
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: Parsnip
(Pastinaca sativa) is the fleshy root that grows in
the plant of the same name. It is a creamy colour
and it usually measures between 20 and 30 cm long.
It is very aromatic and it has a sweet and hot taste.Before
the introduction of potatoes in Europe, this vegetable
was an important winter food because it has many reserves,
sugars and starch. |
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Parsley
may have straight or curled leaves. The straight leaves
are mainly used to flavour in cooking, whereas those
with curled leaves are used to decorate multiple dishes.
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This
is one of the oldest edible plants and probably one
of the first cultivated. It is a pod of green colour,
more or less compressed, in many cases cylindrical
and tapered to the ends. The pods are usually 8 to
10 cm long, even and bright. They contain a number
of seeds (7-9) that are the edible fruits; the grains
are tender if they are harvested before they reach
maturity, with a sweet taste when they are eaten raw.
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The
pepper is a vegetable with variable shape, size and
colour. It can be green, red, yellow, orange and even
black! Its taste can be sweet or spicy and it is eaten
raw, stewed and roasted or as garnish in a great variety
of dishes |
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The
potato is one of the most cultivated products in the
world. It is eaten fresh, used for such things as
chips, potato flakes, frozen potatoes, etc. Given
the numerous countries devoted to its culture and
the great variety of potatoes that exist, its availability
in the markets is assured all the year round. |
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Radish
is the fleshy 'root' that is obtained from the plant
with the same name. It has a pungent taste and it
is consumed as a vegetable. There are varieties of
spherical, conical, cylindrical and oval shape. They
are covered by a rind of diverse colours; red, white,
purple, black or red and white, although the most
frequent varieties are red. The flesh is white except
for some Asian varieties that are pinkish. |
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The red cabbage, also called purple cabbage, is an
edible cabbage of a slightly sweet taste, characterized
by the beautiful purple, magenta or dark purple colour
of its leaves. This variety is bred from the common
cabbage cultivated all over Europe and found all the
year round. It is cultivated, cooked and eaten as
the rest of cabbages. |
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Spinach
is a herbaceous plant whose leaves, green and arranged
in a rosette, are eaten raw or cooked. The leaves
have an oval shape and are wrinkled. Spinach is a
very nutritious, tasty and easy-to-digest plant. Like
most of the leafy vegetables, it has a great content
of water and a low percentage of proteins, carbohydrates
and lipids. It stands out for its high nutritional
richness, since its vitamin and mineral content is
higher than the rest of vegetables. |
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Sweet
corn (or Sweet Maize) is marketed either in cobs or
in loose kernels, fresh and tinned or frozen. Sweet
corn grains are usually of a bright yellow colour
when ripe, juicy, with great nutritious value and
intended for processing different products, like the
well-known 'popcorn', etc. Sweet corn is widely used
as an ingredient in salads, sauces and cold dishes.
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Turnip
is the root of the plant with the same name. It belongs
to the same botanical genus as cabbages and it is
eaten as a vegetable. The roots of the different varieties
have different size, shape and colour. The ‘flesh’
is white and covered with a thin yellow or white skin,
sometimes green or purple. It has a round, flat-top
or cylindrical shape. |
