{"id":198,"date":"2009-03-02T16:23:47","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T00:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forthillfarm.com\/news\/?page_id=198"},"modified":"2009-03-02T16:23:47","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T00:23:47","slug":"kohlrabi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/?page_id=198","title":{"rendered":"Kohlrabi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kohlrabi<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kohlrabi is a European member of the broccoli family and is a new vegetable for most people.\u00a0 <\/span>Its name is derived directly from German dialect, kohl meaning cabbage, and rabi meaning turnip.\u00a0 <\/span>Kohlrabi has a nice sweet taste like sweet broccoli stem.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kohlrabi offers a balanced array of your essential minerals including calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, and is particularly high is potassium.\u00a0 <\/span>It is also quite high in Vitamin C. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Storage and Handling:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If you plan to use the kohlrabi soon you can store the whole thing in your refrigerator crisper drawer in a loosely closed plastic bag for up to 3 days.\u00a0 <\/span>Otherwise, remove the leaves and store them in a loosely closed plastic bag in your refrigerator crisper drawer and use within a week.\u00a0 <\/span>Store the bulb in a loosely closed plastic bag in the crisper drawer for up to 2 – 3 weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Before using the bulb, rinse in cold water and peel the tough outer layer of skin.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Culinary Uses:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There are many ways to enjoy Kohlrabi.\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s delicious eaten raw (shaved, shredded, sliced thin, or chopped into chunks) in a salad or with dip, it can be boiled, steamed, baked, saut\u00e9ed and mashed in with your potatoes.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The leaves are also edible and can be cooked the same way you would kale or collard greens although kohlrabi greens are not at all bitter.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kohlrabi \u00a0 Kohlrabi is a European member of the broccoli family and is a new vegetable for most people.\u00a0 Its name is derived directly from German dialect, kohl meaning cabbage, and rabi meaning turnip.\u00a0 Kohlrabi has a nice sweet taste like sweet broccoli stem. \u00a0 Kohlrabi offers a balanced array of your essential minerals including…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-198","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}