{"id":1025,"date":"2008-04-01T21:58:55","date_gmt":"2008-04-02T02:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/womantalk.wordpress.com\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2008-04-01T21:58:55","modified_gmt":"2008-04-02T02:58:55","slug":"flavorgirl-to-the-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/?p=1025","title":{"rendered":"Flavorgirl to the Rescue!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I happened to be on the phone with my friend Maya<\/a> tonight while I was cooking – what a happy coincidence for me. Her superhero name is Flavorgirl because she knows so much about food and cooking healthfully; not only does she grow her own veggies, but she has worked at times as a personal chef and also in the organic kitchen of Not-Back-To-School Camp.<\/p>\n

Tonight I was admitting to her that I had never once used the bunches of radishes that have been coming with my bi-weekly CSA basket (Community-Supported Agriculture) the last couple of months. Over the phone she started reading from her new favorite cookbook – the one by Mark Bittman of the New York Times – all about radishes. About how they are related to turnips and can be cooked accordingly. Then she read a braised radish recipe out loud while I immediately jumped up to get my radishes out of the fridge. I had had no idea that radishes could be cooked.
\nThey turned out delicious! In fact, they were the best part of dinner (steamed cod, brown\/white rice and broccoli) and I will be making more braised radishes next week when I hopefully get another bunch of radishes with my new CSA basket.<\/p>\n

And if you save the radish greens you can make a delicious green enchilada sauce, that I made once with Maya here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Braised Radishes<\/b> (from memory)<\/p>\n

1 pound radishes, trimmed<\/p>\n

1\/4 c chicken stock (happily I had a cup left over from last week’s roast chicken)<\/p>\n

1 tbs basalmic vinegar<\/p>\n

1 tsp sugar<\/p>\n

butter<\/p>\n

salt and pepper to taste<\/p>\n

1. Saute the radishes briefly in the butter.<\/p>\n

2. Add the rest of the ingredients and cover the pan.<\/p>\n

3. Cook until tender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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