A vegetable is a plant or part of a plant used as food, though usually not including the sweeter ones which are termed fruits. They have traditionally been served as an accompaniment to meat or fish, using the standards such as a cabbage, potato, carrot, or bean. The times they are a-changing and they are now frequently made into delicious and sustaining dishes in their own right. They are good for you and good to eat if decently cooked. Imagine, anything from an aubergine to a yam, by way of beans, asparagus, peas, parsnips, wonderful leafy greens, gorgeous root veg, fresh young spring vegetables bursting with flavour.