The minefield of baby weaning and toddler eating!

Trying to do my best for my babies has led me here - an obsession with recipes, foods, organic - sustainable - ness, some days great clarity of thought and delicious menus, other days a whirlpool of 'what to make next' and 'will they eat this?'

Sunday, 24 July 2011

Biodiversity - the 21 Plant Families

Here are the 21 plant families, to try and eat from each of them to collect all of the molecules for good health!!

1. Mushrooms - shitake, crimini, oyster, portobello
2. Amaranths - spinach, Swiss chard, beet (greens and root), quinoa
3. Umbrellifers - carrot, celery, cilantro, dill
4. Cruciferous vegetables - broccoli, cauliflower, mustard
5. Bromeliads - pineapple
6. Composites - artichoke, lettuces, sunflower seeds
7. Biindweeds - sweet potato
8. Gourds - cucumber, pumpkin, watermelon, zucchini
9. Heath plants - blueberry, cranberry
10. Legumes - black beans, lentils, chickpeas, peas
11. Lilies - asparagus, chives, garlic, onion
12. Woody trees - banana
13. Sesames - sesame seeds
14. True grasses - barley, oats, brown rice
15. Rosy plants - apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, strawberry
16. Citrus plants - grapefruit, orange, lemon, lime
17. Nightshades - eggplant, peppers, white potatoes, tomato
18. Grapes - grape
19. Laurels - avocados, cinnamon, bay leaves
20. Myrtles - guava, cloves, allspice
21. Loosestrifes - pomegranate

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