Enjoy Your Radishes

If it’s been a while since you cooked with radishes, then its time to revisit this colorful vegetable. Besides being fat free and low in sodium, a serving of seven radishes has only 20 calories and provides 30% of the recommended daily value of vitamin C. They also contain a smattering of potassium, phosphorous, magnesium, and iron.

Radishes make perfect snacks – they have a peppery bite and crispy crunch. And try the radish ideas here to bring crunchy, crisp radishes back into your diet.

For extra crunch and bite, add sliced radishes to stir-fry's.

Sprinkle chopped or sliced radishes into tuna for more zip and texture.

Stir chopped or sliced radishes into tuna, egg, potato or chicken salad.

Thinly sliced radishes make a tasty, fresh garnish sprinkled over New England clam chowder or other milk-based soups.

For an unusual vegetable side dish, sauté quartered radishes in butter until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes; sprinkle with cracked black pepper.

Stir chopped radishes into plain yogurt or sour cream for a topping for baked potatoes or chili.

Bagels spread with cream cheese and sliced radishes make a quick appetizer or snack.

Roast radish halves brushed with oil at 450 deg. F for 15 minutes. Great with roast beef or chicken.

A combination of mayonnaise and chopped radishes makes a tangy instant spread for ham or roast beef sandwiches.

Thinly slivered radishes stirred into rice pilaf add an unexpected nip and crunch.

Toss radish greens (full of vitamins A, C, and B!) into mixed vegetable soups or stir–fry's. They cook quickly. If they are young and tender toss into a green salad.

From Kate Hayhoe at www.globalgourmet.com, www.hungrymonster.com and From Asparagus to Zucchini: A Guide to Farm-Fresh, Seasonal Produce published by the Madison Area CSA Coalition.

Posted by Chris Buss

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