Vegetables
30 items
Allowed · 10
🥔
Potato
A traditional natural starch
Recommended🫒
Olives
A traditional breakfast side
Recommended🍠
Sweet Potato
A nourishing natural starch
Recommended🎃
Pumpkin
A beneficial autumn vegetable
Recommended🥒
Zucchini
Cooked or stuffed
Recommended🍆
Eggplant
Best cooked
Recommended🍄
Mushroom
Allowed cooked
Recommended🫑
Bell Pepper
Stuffed or cooked
Recommended🌱
Okra
A traditional cooked vegetable
Recommended🥔
Taro
Traditional, nourishing root vegetable
RecommendedForbidden · 20
🍅
Tomato
Best limited
Avoid🥒
Cucumber
Best limited
Avoid🧅
Onion
Avoid raw — small amounts for cooking only
Avoid🧄
Garlic
Best avoided raw
Avoid🥕
Carrot
Best limited
Avoid🥬
Arugula
Best avoided
Avoid🥬
Lettuce
Best avoided
Avoid🌿
Parsley
Best avoided
Avoid🥬
Spinach
Best avoided
Avoid🥬
Cabbage
Best avoided
Avoid🍃
Grape Leaves
Best avoided
Avoid🌿
Mloukhia
Not a regular dish — rarely is fine
Avoid🫘
Fava Beans
Best avoided
Avoid🫘
Lentils
Best avoided
Avoid🫘
White Beans
Best avoided
Avoid🫘
Chickpeas
Best avoided
Avoid🫘
Cowpeas
Best avoided
Avoid🌿
Dill
Best avoided
Avoid🫘
Red Kidney Beans
Best avoided
Avoid🫘
Black Beans
Best avoided
Avoid