Plants as Food

We grow plants, fruit and vegetables, to eat. They taste good and they help us to grow and stay healthy. This is how to do it!

• We should eat five different fruit and vegetables a day.
• A healthy amount is a handful.
• We should eat different coloured fruit and vegetables as part of our 'five a day'.
• We can eat cooked and raw fruit and vegetables.

Example

Eating fruit and vegetables of different colours helps us to get a variety of nutrients. 

Which vegetables below are green?

broccoli

carrots

leeks

lettuce

potatoes

Answer

The green vegetables are broccoli, leeks and lettuce.