According to a recent article in The New York Times, a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that Americans are not eating their vegetables — unless you count french fries as a vegetable.

Here are five songs to speak up for the rejected portion of our food pyramid. Eat up!

1. Addicted To Spuds “Weird Al” Yankovic; The Food Album (Volcano)
2. Chicken Cordon Bleus Steve Goodman; No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology (Red Pajama)
3. I’d Eat It Anyway Imagination Movers; Good Ideas (Walt Disney)
4. Plant A Radish Original Cast; Fantasticks (Polydor)
5. Yes We Have No Bananas Spike Jones; Best Of Spike Jones-#2 (RCA)

For more songs on this topic, see GreenBookofSongs.com® categories Food & Beverages: Fruit, Food & Beverages: General and Food & Beverages: Vegetables.