Eat Smart: Vegetables

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What colour were carrots before the 17th century?
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Vegetables are plants, or parts of plants, that people grow and use for food. We eat vegetables in many different ways, sometimes raw and sometimes cooked. We usually eat vegetables as part of our main meal. This is because, unlike fruits, most vegetables do not taste sweet. A few vegetables have a natural sweetness and these are sometimes used in desserts, such as carrots in carrot cake and pumpkin in pumpkin pie.