Vegetables

[robyn]

Hi again,

I was just wondering which vegetables are completely safe and which can be tolerated in small amounts?

My daughters seems to like lettuce, spinach, potatoes, celery, and green beans and snow peas. But I don't know if they are ok- or if there might be more i could give her.

[rysmom14]

I think that all veggies should be in small amounts, since most or almost all have some fructose in them. The ones with very low fructose are;

Big white potatoes that you soak and drain, or parboil and then toss the water and then finish cooking with new water, Canned greenbeans, Dark leafy greens with no stalks ( kale, spinach) White mushrooms.

I don't know if I left any out. I have had a hit or miss with veggies. right now I have completely cut them out of my sons diet. when I re introduce them I will only offer sparingly.

[colormist]

Celery and snow peas both have too much fructose to even be considered tolerated. All vegetables fall under the "tolerated" category, as (as Rysmom said) they all have some amount of fructose in them. At most, I do one serving of vegetables a day.

[ukbill]

If you are wanting to add flavour to foods then seeds have comparatively very high flavour for tiny weight and Fructose load.
Fennel seeds, Celery seeds, Poppy seeds and even a few Sesame seeds toasted will add so much added flavour and little to no fructose load.
Cardamom and / or Cinnamon Bark cooked into rice for example adds a lovely distinctive addition to the flavour profile of what is otherwise a bland constituent to a meal.
Poppy seeds sprinkled onto the top of egg washed puff pastry cut into shapes before cooking will add both visual and flavour to a homemade snack.
Etc etc etc experiment and you will see.

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