Vegetables and fruits
For this table, a serving of vegetable is ½ cup cooked vegetable unless otherwise noted. A serving of fruit is ½ cup fruit; 1 medium apple, banana, peach, or pear; or 2 apricots or plums. A serving of cooked fresh or dried fruit is ½ cup fruit and liquid.
| Servings | |
| per | |
| pound[2] | |
| FRESH VEGETABLES | |
| Asparagus | 3 or 4 |
| Beans, lima[2] | 2 |
| Beans, snap | 5 or 6 |
| Beets, diced[3] | 3 or 4 |
| Broccoli | 3 or 4 |
| Brussels sprouts | 4 or 5 |
| Cabbage: | |
| Raw, shredded | 9 or 10 |
| Cooked | 4 or 5 |
| Carrots: | |
| Raw, diced or shredded[3] | 5 or 6 |
| Cooked[3] | 4 |
| Cauliflower | 3 |
| Celery: | |
| Raw, chopped or diced | 5 or 6 |
| Cooked | 4 |
| Kale[4] | 5 or 6 |
| Okra | 4 or 5 |
| Onions, cooked | 3 or 4 |
| Parsnips[3] | 4 |
| Peas[5] | 2 |
| Potatoes | 4 |
| Spinach[6] | 4 |
| Squash, summer | 3 or 4 |
| Squash, winter | 2 or 3 |
| Sweetpotatoes | 3 or 4 |
| Tomatoes, raw, diced or sliced | 4 |
FOOTNOTES:
[2] As purchased.
[3] Bought in pod.
[4] Bought without tops.
[5] Bought untrimmed.
[6] Bought prepackaged.
| Servings | |
| per package | |
| (9 or 10 oz.) | |
| FROZEN VEGETABLES | |
| Asparagus | 2 or 3 |
| Beans, lima | 3 or 4 |
| Beans, snap | 3 or 4 |
| Broccoli | 3 |
| Brussels sprouts | 3 |
| Cauliflower | 3 |
| Corn, whole kernel | 3 |
| Kale | 2 or 3 |
| Peas | 3 |
| Spinach | 2 or 3 |