Root Vegetables

Vegetables

Appears in
The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

  • About
Root vegetables are the fleshy edible roots or tubers of plants that grow underground or just above the ground. Potatoes, sweet potatoes and yams are starchy roots that provide an important source of food for millions of people, while others such as carrots, turnips and beetroot provide more sweetness than starch.