We are frequently told these days that we should eat more vegetables (1) … part of a healthy diet. However, a large (2) … of people are still not taking this advice. One of the reasons could be that they (3) … bad memories of the few vegetables they were forced to eat by (4) … parents when they were children. (5) … the other hand, potatoes are one (6) … of vegetable which we are familiar (7) … although we do not perhaps think of them (8) … healthy food to eat. Of course, chips are not very good for us (9) … of their high fat content, but potatoes can (10) … cooked in many other interesting ways which do not harm our health. (11) … vegetables which we will almost certainly (12) … eaten are carrots, turnips and parsnips. Carrots can be eaten raw, while parsnip can be prepared (13) … potatoes, and baby turnips are crisp and as sweet as apples when cooked. Alternatively, there are many different vegetables in the shops, (14) … as celeriac, kohlrabi and salsify. These may (15) … strange to us at the moment, but they are as easy to cook as (16) … of the other vegetables mentioned and make a delicious change.