Like a portion of vegetables consumed by Edie (6)
I believe the answer is:
edible
'like' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'a portion of vegetables consumed by edie' is the wordplay.
'a portion of vegetables' becomes 'bl' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'consumed by' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters get consumed).
'bl' placed inside 'edie' is 'EDIBLE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for edible that I've seen before include "Comestible" , "description of fare" , "OK for eating" , "Able to be eaten" , "Fit to be eaten" .)