Vegetables Word Search Puzzle 24

ENDIVE: Belgian endive grows in complete darkness to keep its leaves white, pale yellow, and less bitter.

ONION: Onions make you cry because cutting them releases a gas that irritates your eyes and mixes with your tears to form acid.

PEPPER: Bell peppers start green and change to yellow, orange, or red as they ripen - the color shows how sweet they are!

BROCCOLI: Broccoli is actually a flower that we eat before it blooms - the green part is made of tiny flower buds.

CABBAGE: Cabbage can be green, red, or purple, and is packed with vitamin C and vitamin K.

BAMBOO: Young bamboo shoots are edible and bamboo is the fastest-growing plant on Earth, growing up to 35 inches in a single day!

CHILLI: Chillies feel hot because of capsaicin, a chemical that triggers pain receptors in your mouth that normally sense heat.

GARLIC: Garlic has natural antibacterial and antiviral properties and has been used as medicine for over 7,000 years.

POTATO: Potatoes were the first vegetable grown in space by NASA astronauts in 1995 on the space shuttle Columbia.