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A carbohydrate contained in plant foods such as fruits, legumes, vegetables, and whole grains that cannot be broken down by digested enzymes when they are eaten so they cannot be fully digested.

The outer covering of the wheat kernel. The bran is a brown paper-like coating that is high in fiber.

The fruits of various members of the gourd family, which fall into two classifications, summer squash and winter squash.

Summer squash are a soft-shelled vegetable with thin edible skins and seeds. With a tender flesh that requires only a short amount of cooking time, summer squash are very low in calories, high in vitamin C and high in fiber.

A person who consumes higher levels of plant-based foods such as fruits, vegetables and grains and lower levels of meat products.

1) The dried seed contained within the pod of several varieties of legumes, which include beans, lentils, and peas.

A high protein man-made grain produced by crossbreeding wheat and rye for the intended purpose of duplicating the protein and bread-making merits of wheat and the durability and high lysine content of rye.

A speciality flour that is produced from white sweet potatoes. It is raw flour, not roasted flour and therefore, does not require cooking before use.

A common type of Cabbage that provides a mild flavor for a variety of salad and vegetable dishes. High in vitamin C with smaller amounts of calcium and fiber, this cabbage is predominantly grown in Asia and the United State.

A type of flour milled from teff grain. Teff flour is high in calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, and thiamin and it is a good source of fiber.

A tropical root vegetable, grown as a shrub in temperate zones of Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and South America, that is harvested for its root and leaves.

A tropical root vegetable, grown as a shrub in temperate zones of Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and South America, that is harvested for its root and leaves.

A type of Food Wrap that is made from flour milled from teff grain, a common grain found mainly in Ethiopia.

A very tiny seed that is edible as a seed or is used for planting to produce sprouts. Easily digested, the chia seeds are black to white in color and are covered with a highly absorbent shell that can absorb over seven times its weight in water, producing a gelatin-like substance.

A type of pasta that is made with whole-wheat flour instead of the commonly used semolina, which is hard-wheat flour.

A type of cabbage with numerous buds known as florets, that form a compact cabbage-like head. Like broccoflower, this vegetable is actually a flower that grows a single stalk or stem which sprouts a bud covered by green leaves.

The process of letting meat rest after cooking. Since meat continues to cook when removed from any heat source such as an oven, it has become referred to as Carryover Cooking or giving food a rest, a time during which the temperature of the meat increases 5 to 15ºF.

A tropical plant native to the Americas that is grown for its fleshy round tubers, which produce an edible starch after processing.

A chemical compound, known as an ester, that is created as an alcohol and an acid compound react together, forming a triglyceride.

A type of flour made from rice kernels that have been processed to remove the outer hulls, but not the nutritious bran layers covering the kernel.