What’s the definition of “vegetable”? Seems to me that anything that grows in, on, or under the ground could qualify. What are mushrooms? Well, fungi--a different category from vegetable. What about Seaweed?

Beans (not green beans), peas, and corn are on my list of “starches” I don’t eat. So is rice. Where does vegetable end and starch begin??

I think I’ll let someone else worry about all that.

I’ve decided to include the occasional portion of baked sweet potato in my allowed foods. Definitely a starch, oozing with sugar. So delicious! I make the “excuse” that sweet potatoes have a number of nutrients white potatoes don’t. I eat the skin, of course, because the fiber offsets the starch.

YMMV!