Edible Vegetable Leaves: Which Ones Taste Good?

Safe but Not All Tasty

None are poisonous, but only beet greens and Swiss chard are genuinely delicious — used like spinach in Italian cooking.

Others

• Bean leaves: tough, fibrous.
• Okra leaves: mucilaginous, bland.
• Eggplant leaves: bitter, potentially irritating.

Recommendation

Eat beet and chard leaves freely. Compost the rest.