These vegetables have a fuel value of less than 200 calories per pound; they are useful chiefly for their mineral salts, and for the bulk, variety and relish they give to the diet.

Asparagus is easily digested, even by invalids. It has a diuretic action, and imparts a characteristic odor to the urine for some hours.

Cabbage contains considerable sulphur and therefore frequently causes flatulence.

Cauliflower belongs to the cabbage family, but is easily digested.

Celery is more digestible cooked than raw.

Spinach is especially valuable for its large amount of iron.

Celery

1 serving (2 ozs.) =6 Calories. Scrape celery. Cut stalks in one-half inch pieces and cook uncovered in boiling salted water twenty to thirty minutes. Serve with Cream Sauce No. I poured over it. Sauce can be made using part milk and part water in which celery was cooked.

Spinach - Dandelions - Beet Greens

1 serving (4 ozs.) =27 Calories. Remove roots, pick over carefully (discarding wilted leaves) and wash thoroughly in many waters until free from sand; cook in boiling salted water, allowing one-fourth as much water as greens. Cook twenty-five to thirty minutes. Drain and chop if desired, reheat, season with butter and salt; garnish with slices of hard-cooked egg. Serve with vinegar.

String Beans

1 serving (4 ozs.) = 44 Calories.

Remove strings from beans and cut or snap into one inch pieces. Wash and cook in boiling water until tender (one to three hours). Drain and season with butter and salt. Cook beans in as little water as possible. Select fresh beans that will snap easily.