If you’re counting carbs or following the Diabetes Plate Method, this article may help you!
Below is a comprehensive list of non-starchy vegetables.
Remember, if you’re following the Diabetes Plate Method, the following foods should take up half of your plate.
Non-Starchy Vegetables
- Artichoke
- Asparagus
- Baby corn
- Bamboo shoots
- Beans (green, wax, Italian)
- Bean sprouts
- Beets
- Brussels sprouts
- Broccoli
- Cabbage (green, bok choy, Chinese) Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Celery
- Chayote
- Cucumber
- Daikon
- Eggplant
- Greens (collard, kale, mustard, turnip) Hearts of palm
- Jicama
- Kohlrabi
- Leeks
- Mushrooms
- Okra
- Onions
- Pea pods
- Peppers
- Radishes
- Rutabaga
- Salad greens (chicory, endive, escarole, lettuce, romaine, spinach, arugula, radicchio, watercress)
- Sprouts
- Squash (cushaw, summer, crookneck, spaghetti, zucchini)
- Sugar snap peas
- Swiss chard
- Tomato
- Turnips
- Water chestnuts