French Fries, Tomato sauce , and Popcorn.

What about coffee and chocolate? They are vegetables too, and so is bread. Even though grains fit into a separate food group, grain/bread/cake is a vegetable, because they're not an animal, or mineral. The way I see it, natural things are either animal, vegetable, mineral, or made from animals, vegetables, minerals. My silk blouse is animal (silkworms!), but my cotton blouse is a vegetable. The rings on my fingers from metal to stone are minerals. Coffee is a vegetable, because it's not an animal or mineral. OK the water is a mineral, but that which seasons the water (coffee, mocha) is a vegetable, but if I add cream to the top, it's animal, because milk comes out of a cow.

While not healthy, french fries are still technically a vegetable. Tomato or marinara sauce still constitutes a serving (or partial serving) of fruit. Your diet makes me want to weep, but that is my general reaction to most people's diets. You can be a vegetarian even if you don't eat fresh fruits and veggies. Vegetarianism is the lack of meat from one's diet; that doesn't automatically translate to "healthy" diet. You can be a vegetarian and live on mac 'n' cheese and potato chips. Even veganism doesn't necessarily have to be healthy. You can live off french fries and vegan doughnuts (healthier than some things, but certainly not as healthy as a piece of fresh fruit).

Well I wouldn't call them veggies either...but regardless....I love veggies...any kind. Now fruit that is a whole different story...can't say I like too much of that!

Yes you're right about all of that. They do lose their titles once they meet the fryer etc. However, popcorn is most likely the healthiest as it's just corn that's popped, and provided you don't use a lot of salt and butter it's still healthy. The same with tomato sauce, as long as it's not too processed it's still healthy... French Fries, if you just cut up potatoes and put them in the oven, or use healthier oils to fry them in... Each of these can be made healthier, but of course nothing is as healthy as just leaving the item be. A lot of people are steering away from the healthy stuff though.

This reminds me of the discussion I have with my kids. I keep telling them to eat their potatoes, and they say NO. I tell them how about french fries? You seem to like them, but they are potatoes! To this they'd shake their heads and say, dad french fries are not vegetables! I guess not!

Actually these three kind of food are made with vegetables, but when they are mixed with another ingredients, then they won't be considered as healthy as pure vegetables. Thus vegans avoid to eat that kind of meal. :)

Amazing trivia here. I was like, "hmmm...good point." I haven't really meet any vegetarians personally yet but I think I'll point some of this things out when I get to have a conversation with one.