Average Annual Per Capita Fresh Vegetable Consumption Chez Nous

Based on average 2 week purchase minus estimated waste. (Because Tate asked: “How much celery do I eat in a whole YEAR?” Of course, we don’t all consume equal portions, but per capita will have to do.)

Celery, bunch: 5
Cauliflower, head, large: 5
Broccoli, head, large: 23
Mushrooms: 4 paper bags worth, and I’ve no idea the weight.
Bell Peppers, large, any colour: 20
Green beans, cups: 20
Carrots, baby, kilo: 6.5
Carrots, whole:  60
Onions, large, yellow: 60
Onions, large, red: 2
Bag o’ salad: 10
Head lettuce: 3
Parsnips: 10
Zuchinni: 8
Cloves of garlic: 60
Snap peas, cups: 10
Asparagus, bunches: 2
Avocados, medium: 10
Cucumbers, English: 12
Spinach, bunch: 2 – being phased back in
Kale, bunch: .5 – I’m not a big fan
Eggplant – 0
Yams, medium: 35
Potatos, medium: 35
Turnips: .5

I am the sole household member who consumes tomatoes.

Comments

  1. And we sometimes get things like alfalfa sprouts, bean sprouts, brussel sprouts, cabbage (red or green), fennel, or beets, but I can’t guess purchase-wastage, because it’s not regular.

  2. NO EGGPLANT?!?

    What’re you, some kinda ratatouille hatas? No caponata? No country curry? Eggplant would be up in our top 5, for sure, and it was #1 in Japan.

    Of course, I’m the only person in my house who will eat yams, so you’ve got us whupped there, unless I kick it up a notch and start eating them for breakfast every day…

  3. No eggplant. Eggplant and okra, the two veggies I don’t cook with. I am not fond of eggplant, finding it bitter to mine tongue.

  4. And I forgot to add squash. We don’t really eat squash (other than zuke) in the summer, so I’d forgotten about it. We eat it all winter, though.

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