Signed, Alisha - Villa Rica Elementary. Cooking is a wonderful pastime for me, and for anyone who knows good cooking, you've got to have onions. Onions, along with their counterparts, garlic, shallots, and leeks belong to a genus of plants called Allium.
Onions are a very versatile vegetable which are rich in nutrients, starch, and essential elements.
Some reports indicate that onions may reduce your risk of cancer, diabetes, and other diseases. In fact, onions would be pretty close to perfect if it weren't for the crying part. Anyone who has ever chopped an onion has experienced it. It starts off with an odor followed by a mild burning sensation in the eye. Pretty soon your eyes are swollen and you're having a full blown cry.