Come with me on a journey through a vegetable market ... Imagine you having to prepare dinner and do not know where to start. Start at the vegetable market. See below some options for preparing the meal: Roots: Beet (beterraba) Carrot (cenoura) Radish (rabanete) Turnip (nabo) Ginger (gengibre) Cabbages: Brussels (couve de bruxelas) Green or red cabbage (repolho verde e roxo) Napa cabbage, or Chinese cabbage (acelga) Stems: Anise (anis) Asparagus (aspargo) Celery (salsão ou aipo) Fennel (erva-doce fresca) Hearts of Palms (palmito) Onions: Green Onion (cebolinha verde) Leek (alho poró) Onion (cebola) Tubers: Potato (batata) Sweet potato (batata doce) Cassava, manioc, yucca ou tapioca root (mandioca) Yams (inhame) Leafy Greens: Salad Greens (Folhas para Saladas) Escarole (escarola) Lettuce (alface) Chicory (chicória) Rucola (rúcula) Watercress (agrião) Dandelions (almeirão) Cooking Greens: Spinach (espinafre) Collard Greens (couve-manteiga) Sea Vegetables: Marine Algae (alga marinha) Flowers: Artichoke (alcachofra) Cauli-flower (couve-flor) Broccoli (brocolis) Fresh Beans and Edible Pods: Green Beans (vagem) Okra (quiabo) Snow pea or Chinese snow pea (ervilha fresca) Fresh peas (ervilhas frescas) Fruit Vegetables: Tomato (tomato) Eggplants (berinjela) Cucumber (pepino) Olives (azeitonas) Sweet peppers ou bell peppers (pimentões) Winter squash (squash) Sprouts: Alfalfa sprouts (broto de alfafa) Bean sprouts (broto de feijão) Soybean sprouts (broto de soja) Other Vegetables: Pumpkin (abóbora) Zucchine (abobrinha) Mushrooms (cogumelos) Miscellaneous: Pickles (picles) Pickled onions (cebolinha em conserva) Dehydrated mushrooms (Funghi Secci)