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Botanically, a tomato is a fruit because it develops from a flower and contains seeds. In the kitchen, it is treated as a vegetable because of its flavor and how it is used.
Broccolini is not simply young broccoli: it is a cross between broccoli and gai lan, or Chinese broccoli, selected for long tender stems and small florets.
Flatbread is not automatically lighter: a small pita may be moderate, but a large naan or wrap can weigh as much as several slices of sandwich bread.
A green plantain is much starchier and less sweet than a ripe banana; as plantains ripen, part of that starch is converted to sugars and their flavor changes.
In U.S. cooking, scallion and green onion are usually two names for the same market vegetable; chives are distinctly different, with much thinner leaves and no comparable fleshy white stalk.
Shallots have fine layers and an aromatic flavor that often seems more delicate when cooked; common onions provide more bulk and a wider range of intensity across varieties.
Both are green, elongated, and water-rich, but zucchini is a summer squash that handles cooking extremely well while cucumber is crisper and used mainly in fresh preparations.
A traditional corn tortilla usually has fewer calories per piece; fiber has no universal winner because a whole-wheat flour tortilla can exceed refined versions of either type.
A bagel is not necessarily dramatically more calorie-dense than bread by weight; one bagel simply tends to weigh as much as several slices.
Powdered peanut butter is lower in calories because peanuts are pressed to remove much of their oil before the remaining solids are ground; it is not simply dried regular peanut butter.
Plain oatmeal starts with an advantage because it has no added sugar and provides soluble fiber; packaged breakfast cereals vary so widely that the label determines the comparison.
Granola can be nutritious, but it is usually much more calorie-dense than plain oatmeal because it is baked with energy-rich ingredients and eaten dry.