Salads

Kool Kohlrabi

Kohlrabi can be an intimidating vegetable if you haven’t been around it much. It looks like an organic, green space alien, with a taste like fresh, crunchy broccoli stems, with a hint of radish. The name kohlrabi comes from the German kohl, meaning cabbage, and rabi, meaning turnip—and that kind of says it all about this delicious vegetable.

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Perfect Pamplemousse

Pamplemousse is French for grapefruit. Here are some special ways to enjoy the brightness of grapefruit this winter.

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It’s Easy Eating Greens

Dark green leafy vegetables are, calorie for calorie, perhaps the most concentrated source of nutrition of any food. Here is a recipe to help you enjoy them.

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Of Persimmons & Pomegranates

Late October to early November is the season for both persimmons and pomegranates, which we received in our CSA box this week. You can get them at most supermarkets, but if you live anywhere near where they are grown, it’s best to get them at a local farmer’s market.

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All Aboard the Turnip Truck

Turnips are in season now and an abundance of greens and roots are being harvested across the United States. Here are two great recipes for enjoying them!

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Dandelion: Much More than a Lawn Menace

Many wild plants and “weeds” are some of the most nutrient-dense greens you can eat. It is only in the past 100 or so years, as our food system became more and more industrialized, that wild superfoods dropped out of our diet. So I try to include them in mine when I can. This past [...]

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