RADISHES

[Anonymous]

I have yummy radishes and radish greens...any ideas on what to do with them? I usually just munch them but I am interested in some culinary fun!
[:D]

[karen joy]

shaUna!

I pick up every week a load of veggies from the csa and try to process much that night. What I have been doing with the radishes (sorry no idea for the greens though) is slice them and put in olive oil, herbal vinegar (my conewort vinegar is ready!), and salt. Sometimes some garlic scapes if I get them too. Last time I added sliced onions. They last weeks, at least (I eat them all by then), in the fridge. I snack on them some and toss some with a salad. YUM!

Last fall I pickled/fermented the winter radishes ala Nourishing Traditions. They got better with age. So far the new radishes get eaten before fermented, but if I get enough I plan to try to put them up for a winter treat!

hmmmm, maybe the greens would make a good bitey vinegar.

karen joy
nourishing wholeness anywhere

[Anonymous]

ooooo....I will try that...I have scapes as well. Thanks for the info.
It has been hard this year...I am feeling a bit disconnected from my homesteading-ness...being in school, living in an apartment.
It is hard to feel connected in this reality. Sometimes I let it get me down but right now I am flowing with it. Keeping myself strong and being where I am. I know that my near future will reflect more of my love of homesteading...it is just holding on until then.

thanks for listening.
[:(]

[Leaf]

Hi ShaUna,

Ok, I can NEVER stick to exact recipes, but I use the greens for radish soup. They contain lots of vit. A, C, E, fibers and calcium... good stuff! [^]

Mostly I use for one liter soup 2 bunches of radisches + greens, three onions, "some" leek, two potatoes, and depending on what there is available and what I feel like I add some nettle or other herbs as well... Ok, this is clearly not a "real" recipe description [:I], but just to give you an idea... you can also eat them raw and throw them into salads.

Karen Joy, the vinager idea sounds great... I'l defenitely try it!

ShaUna, I'm understanding what you're going through... hang on... watch the stars and hear the winds whispering to you... {{{{{{{{{hug to you}}}}}}}}}

Wishing you strength,
Lieve

[wildflower]

just put the greens in the salad. the germans love radishes. at beer gardens you can buy red or white radishes and they douse them with salt. not a good habit I know, but it tastes yummy.

wildflower

[Anonymous]

thanks sisters!
I am feeling better today...more connected. I find that my meditation practice helps me so much...it is sometimes hard to motiviate. If anyone is interested more in Vipassana meditation...go to www.dhamma.org. It is amazing!

Karen Joy: Ok, I put the radishes and scapes in some apple cider vinegar today. Should I wait 6 weeks like other vinegars...or longer, or shorter. I can't imagine I will be able to wait that long. If I had a garden I would surely have dill and how lovely it would be added to this concoction. [:)]

Leaf: I will try that tonight or tomorrow...thanks. You know I rarely use a recipe, and when I do I just use it for estimations on how much veggies...which go good together, etc. So your "recipe" was purrrrfect! Thanks.

Love to you all,
shaUna

[snowwitch]

radishes,sliced oranges peeled, black cured oils and olive oil alittle s&p enough

[karen joy]

shaUna, the radishes sliced I put in a jar in vinegar, olive oil and salt, like a vinagerette. I wait just a few hours!!, but of course i make a big batch so remainder goes in fridge for whenever I want. It was the greens I thought might make a good vinegar (you know the 6-week kind). Or are you asking about my fermented/ pickled radishes? This is not with vinegar, it is the traditional way with water salt and whey.

karen joy
nourishing wholeness anywhere

[Anonymous]

Karen Joy--I read your post wrong...so it looks as though I concocted my own specialty...pickled garlic scapes and radishes! I cut them up and poured apple cider vinegar over them in a jar. Yummy!!! So good...pickled, garlicky radishes.

Leaf--I made a soup...onion, garlic, celery, carrot, olive oil, motherwort vinegar, radishes, radish greens...put it in my bowl and added South River Miso's Hearty Brown Rice Miso (my fave).
***go to www.southrivermiso.com to learn more***
So good! Thanks for the inspiration.

shaUna

[Marlene]

If you boil them they tase like about 60% potatoes and 40% cabbage. I usually boil them with potatoes or fry them with them and some onions and potatoes. Very good.

I read a recipe that had them boiled with cauliflower and mashed. Sounds yummy.

[kelli]

This is my favourite recipe to use radishes. It's a middle eastern salad, YUM!

Fattoush - usually eaten with 1-2 flat bread that has been toasted and broken into bits.

SALAD
2 lebanese cucumbers - diced
2 medium tomatoes - diced
4-5 radishes - halved and sliced thin as you like
1 carrot - large grate
lettuce leaves - torn
purslane leaves - torn
chopped mint
chopped coriander
3 spring onions - thinly sliced

DRESSING - mix in a bowl then pour over salad.
3 garlic cloves - crushed
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon paprika - mild/sweet
1 teaspoon sumac - ground
1 teaspoon coriander - ground
1 teaspoon cumin - ground
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice


sooo good..yum

Kelli

[Lady Alinor]

That sounds SO GOOD, especially on a HOT day!

[Movlin]

that sounds sooooo delicious - i'll be having that for lunch tomorrow!

[lshill929]

Mmm, sounds really good to me. I love eating radishes in any form possible.