Fall in Love With Purple Kohlrabi Salad!

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Tegan Crowley
Purple Kohlrabi
Purple Kohlrabi

I’m so grateful for the opportunity to connect and share some wonders with you!  I’m a very busy actor (among many other things) and find myself having to eat out and about a lot (of course I also take along my own foods), as well as return home to prepare delicious, nutritious and super fast meals for my partner and myself. I have created an awesome new raw meal for us that I am going to share here for you to enjoy! Yay!

The Adventure Begins

Yesterday I went to my favourite place in Melbourne, my local organic grocery and health food store! I seriously love that place.  I popped in to get a few essentials for my juices over the following couple of days (green apples, carrots and kale), when I spotted a vegetable I had never seen before! It was beautiful, so I had to buy it!

Its name is Kohlrabi – you may have heard, seen or eaten this baby before – it’s a welcome new one for me!  I got home and did a bit of research on my new-found friend…I think I’m in love!  Here are some reasons why:

  • Purple Kohlrabi is very beautiful for starters, this is what first caught my eye and attracted me in the first place.  It’s a beautiful purple color, with little edible purple stems and green leaves. It is a very close relation to cabbage, kale, brussels sprouts, broccoli, etc, some of my very favourite vegetables!
  • You can cook this veggie, although it prefers to be eaten raw or very lightly cooked- which works better for my body anyway!
  • Kohlrhabi is a great source of vitamin C, some B vitamins, iron, manganese, potassium, calcium, phosphorus and copper.  The actual bulb will give you wonderful amounts of vitamin A and carotenes, while the very beautiful leaves are high in carotenes, vitamin A, K, minerals and B vitamins.
  • It is currently winter here in Melbourne – Kohlrabi is my new raw winter salad best friend!  It’s refreshing and crisp – awesome for brightening a drizzly Melbourne winters day.

I created an awesome and beautiful salad with this gorgeous vegetable – try it for yourself – it takes next to no time at all!

Purple Kohlrabi Salad

Ingredients: (for two people)

  • 1 kohlrabi bulb, very thinly sliced/shaved
  • 1/2 diakon radish, very thinly sliced/shaved
  • 1 pear thinly sliced
  • 1 lime or lemon, juiced
  • sea salt to taste
  • 1 cup of black beans- or any pulse/legume (I love sprouting lentils and that would be perfect in this recipe, but I had just run out.  I had my black beans pre-cooked from the day before, which makes for less preparation time and the black beans are at the same temperature as the vegetables).
  • Handful of fresh herbs to garnish – I used coriander and parsley.

Variations: Kelp noodles would be an incredible raw addition for some sea love and iodine. And you could also add fennel to this dish- a perfect union if you have it!

Instructions:

1. Wash fruit and veggies, then very thinly slice/shave. Season with raw sea salt and the lime/lemon juice. Taste and adjust seasoning to your liking.

2. Serve over beans or lentils, and garnish with fresh herbs.

3. Eat! That’s it! Simple and oh so satisfying.

 

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