Beta vulgaris
Red beet
Potassium manganese iron,
Vitamin C and B9 be
Essential nutrients,
fibre provider inflammation glider
Beet juice
Athletes improve your performance,
heart and lungs,
blood flow increased
Muscles ready,
for get set go and release
Arugula
Rocket roost
Mineral electrolyte
Vital heart and nerve function,
that's right
A graze
A cut
Coagulation
Platelets protein plasma,
working together,
helping your graze or cut,
to stop bleeding,
so your plaster is stuck
Rhubarb chard
You are a Swiss chard,
Ruby
Closely related to beetroot,
but a small inedible root
Mild flavoured leaves
Confused with rhubarb,
as they also have red stalks
Rhubarb you are a fruit,
whereas Chard beet family root
Swiss
Edible dark green leaves,
with prominent magenta veins
A little olive oil,
toss the sauteed greens,
into the pasta
Healthy lunch or dinner,
flower stalks a winner
Super versatile vegetable,
harvested as baby leaf or fully grown,
seedlings I can't wait to see your,
colours at home
Carrot
Beta-carotene
Gentle not mean
Carotenoid that's how you turn orange,
promoting good health,
and eyesight wealth
French bean
You are packed,
with crucial vitamins,
so we don't lack
Zinc, iron, potassium, copper
Improved blood circulation,
which makes you feel proper
Sweet Pepper
Every letter
Folic acid
Red bell,
full of nutrients,
on the vine longer
Nutrients,
no need to ponder
Broccoli
Helping blood sugar control,
so you don't feel faint and disappear,
like a mole
Immunity boost
Good health does not come from,
one single food to boost
Onions
Source of a soluble fibre,
fructan
Digestive health
Nice bacteria wealth
Helping to eliminate toxins,
in your body
Children ask for help,
to chop away,
at your onion
Create any dish,
add an onion,
when you wish
Temporary sensation,
nerves around your eye,
but these tears won't damage,
your sight or spy
Compounds released into the air,
when you chop an onion is there
An Enzyme
alters the Amino Acids,
lachrymator compounds
That is why tears provide their rounds
Put your onion into the fridge,
for a few minutes before chopping,
or run under cold water
Stopping the compounds,
rising up to your eyes,
where the irritation cries
Spinach
Leafy green,
You are keen
Easy to add yo your daily food
Tranquil green in mood
Boost your iron,
you will have energy like a lion
Tomatoes
Flush away those harmful,
free radicals that stay,
in our bodies,
which can cause dismay
Healthy skin
Heart health
So many varieties,
you can grow yourself
Cherry you are sweet
With more than 10,000 tomato varieties
Plant and see,
which one gives you,
a red fizz view
ยฉ 2023 Carol Natasha Diviney
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