Ways to use this list
- Veg of the week at nursery: spin on Monday, bring the real one in, and let the children touch, smell and taste it by Friday.
- Planting plan: tap Easy to grow each spring and spin for a new crop to try in a pot, window box or patch.
- Kitchen challenge: spin two vegetables and cook one dish that uses both, from soup to stir fry.
- Still-life drawing: spin, fetch that vegetable from the kitchen, cut it in half and draw the inside as well as the skin.
- Language practice: once the wheel stops, the first player to say that vegetable in French or Spanish wins a point.
Press Spin the wheel, tap the game or press the Space bar. Change the list in the box as you
like: add your own, delete what doesn't suit you, or write *2 after an entry to give it double the
chance. The game buttons switch the same list to a duck race, hat, claw machine and more.
The full list (62 entries)
- Carrot
- Potato
- Sweet potato
- Onion
- Garlic
- Leek
- Spring onion
- Shallot
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Romanesco
- Cabbage
- Brussels sprouts
- Kale
- Collard greens
- Spinach
- Lettuce
- Rocket (arugula)
- Watercress
- Radicchio
- Chard
- Bok choy
- Courgette (zucchini)
- Aubergine (eggplant)
- Bell pepper
- Chilli pepper
- Tomato
- Cucumber
- Celery
- Fennel
- Asparagus
- Artichoke
- Peas
- Sugar snap peas
- Snow peas
- Green beans
- Broad beans
- Sweetcorn
- Okra
- Mushroom
- Beetroot
- Radish
- Turnip
- Parsnip
- Swede (rutabaga)
- Celeriac
- Kohlrabi
- Daikon
- Horseradish
- Pumpkin
- Butternut squash
- Cassava
- Yam
- Taro
- Jicama
- Bitter gourd
- Bottle gourd
- Lotus root
- Water chestnut
- Jerusalem artichoke
- Bean sprouts
- Edamame
Questions people ask
Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
Botanically a fruit, because it grows from the flower and holds the seeds, but cooks use it as a vegetable. In 1893 the US Supreme Court even ruled tomatoes vegetables for import tax. Cucumbers, peppers, courgettes, aubergines and pumpkins are botanical fruits too.
Is a mushroom a vegetable?
Not strictly: mushrooms are fungi, not plants. Shops, cooks and school food lessons still count them with the vegetables, so they keep their slice on the wheel.
Why do some vegetables have two names?
British and American English often differ: courgette and zucchini, aubergine and eggplant, rocket and arugula, swede and rutabaga, and spring onion, which Americans call a scallion or green onion. The wheel shows both where it matters.
What are some unusual vegetables to try?
Kohlrabi tastes like a crisp, mild broccoli stem; celeriac is a knobbly root with a gentle celery flavour; lotus root shows a pretty pattern of holes when sliced; and bitter gourd, loved in Indian and Chinese cooking, is sharply bitter.
Which part of the plant is each vegetable?
Carrots, beetroot and radishes are roots; potatoes are tubers, which are swollen underground stems; onions and garlic are bulbs. Celery is a leaf stalk, asparagus a young shoot, and broccoli, cauliflower and artichokes are flower buds. Spinach and lettuce are leaves, while peas and broad beans are seeds.