Posts Tagged ‘ radish ’

Creamy Radish Leaf Salad Dressing

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Creamy Radish Leaf Salad Dressing

Sure, chickens love radish leaves, but it’s a shame to let the chickens have all the fun. I harvested a bunch of radishes from the garden earlier today and saved some of the greens to try this. Consensus? Pretty tasty! Creamy Radish Leaf Salad Dressing Greens from one bunch of radishes (about 1 cup) 1 clove garlic 3/4 cup sour cream 1/8 cup olive oil 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper Whir all ingredients together in a blender until smooth. Serve with salad or as a veggie dip. If you’ve got radishes aplenty, you might also want to try making radish leaf pesto.

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Radish Leaf Pesto

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Radish Leaf Pesto

Radishes are one of the fastest ripening crops a gardener can plant. If you’re aching to have something – anything – that you grew yourself on the dinner table, radishes are a good bet. They’re one of the earliest crops you can plant, and are ready in just 3-4 weeks from planting date. But don’t stop at eating the rosy roots. I discovered a couple of years ago that the radish leaves are edible too. (I have no idea how I grew up without knowing this!) My writing colleague, April Paffrath, shared a recipe for radish leaf pesto on Wicked Tasty Harvest a couple of years ago, and I’ve been hooked ever since. Spicier than pesto made with basil leaves, radish leaf pesto is a fabulous way to stretch the harvest from an early spring garden. I’ve served it over pasta, and my kids love to spread it on crackers or in mozzarella grilled cheese sandwiches. It has a tendency to maintain its bright green hue without discoloring like traditional pesto does, so it’s a nice bet for a pretty springtime appetizer, too. If you know me at all, you know that I didn’t make this without modifying April’s...

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Saving Seeds

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Saving Seeds

I’m kind of an intermittent seed saver, but it’s something I’m interested in doing more of. With so many questionable seed sources these days, I think it’s a good idea. It will allow me to maintain a continuous supply of heirloom seeds for my own use, plus I can share or trade the seeds with others, keeping these plants in cultivation. I’ve already harvested a couple of small crops of daikon (a type of radish) and allowed one or two of the plants to go to seed. The flowers are followed by pods. When the pods get fat and look like they’re starting to dry out, it’s time to pull the plant and let the seed pods thoroughly dry. I just put mine in a recycled planter and tucked it under the house where it wouldn’t get wet. Once the pods are thoroughly dried out, break them open to reveal the next generation of seeds. If you’re interested in saving some of your garden seeds, note that heirloom seeds will “come true” from year to year. In other words, you’ll end up with a plant with the same characteristics from year to year. This is not true with hybrid...

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Kris Bordessa has been gardening for most of her life. She's been authoring books and writing features for the past ten years or so. It's about time she combined the two, don't you think? [More about the author]