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Adding Starchy Foods If your soup feels too thin, adding starchy ingredients like rice, potatoes, or pasta can help, while also bulking up the dish.
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Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 3 Dec. 2025
One of the main differences between starchy and non-starchy vegetables is their calorie and carbohydrate content.
—Lindsey Desoto, Health, 26 Nov. 2025
Plus, the starchier produce seemed to stick a little more to this knife than others.
—Molly Higgins, Wired News, 22 Nov. 2025
Although Safeway, Save Mart and other supermarkets priced russet and sweet potatoes by the pound, Target and Trader Joe’s sold the starchy root vegetables individually.
—Sacbee.com, 20 Nov. 2025
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Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 3 Dec. 2025
One of the main differences between starchy and non-starchy vegetables is their calorie and carbohydrate content.
—Lindsey Desoto, Health, 26 Nov. 2025
Plus, the starchier produce seemed to stick a little more to this knife than others.
—Molly Higgins, Wired News, 22 Nov. 2025
Although Safeway, Save Mart and other supermarkets priced russet and sweet potatoes by the pound, Target and Trader Joe’s sold the starchy root vegetables individually.
—Sacbee.com, 20 Nov. 2025
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“Starchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starchy. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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starchy
adjective
starchier; starchiest
1
: containing, consisting of, or resembling starch
starchy foods
2
: consisting of or marked by formality or stiffness
starchiness
noun
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