My favorite time of day to go check on my home farm is early in the morning. The kids are still sleeping, the birds are chirping cheerily, and the grass is wet with fresh dew. Everything seems so new, so clean. Peacefully, I walk through the rows of my home farm. I giggle as I glance at what we are growing.
I do not know how to cook half of it!
Thankfully there are plenty of recipe ideas at homefarming.com. It is my go-to resource, since not once have I purchased or prepared Fennel, Kohlrabi, cabbage, or tomatillos. Below, I will share how I prepared the Kohlrabi – and I bet you will love it!
When I took Lizzie and David out to see the home farm progress, they measured the success and learned the names of all the plants.
I am slightly disappointed with the lack of progress some plants are making – namely my broccoli, cauliflower and cilantro. The cilantro already went to seed and the broccoli and cauliflower are not blossoming at all.
Our carrots are still itty bitty! Look how cute this one is in Lizzie’s hand! According to Home Farming, the carrots will probably take another month or so to mature. I cannot wait!
We found a Kohlrabi bulb that was fully matured and picked it! The leaves are very large, and we discard them into our compost bin. Lizzie was ecstatic with her job of carrying this odd vegetable back to the house.
Once inside, I read that oven roasting Kohlrabi with seasoning salt and parmesan cheese is a popular way to prepare it.
Small slices cook faster! And we have some hungry kids
Toss the slices in olive oil and seasoning salt! Others suggested salt, pepper, paprika and garlic. This brand of seasoning salt has those ingredients and a few others in it.
Bake for 10-15 minutes at 450 degrees. Take it out, turn the slices, sprinkle the parmesan cheese and bake for another 5 minutes.
My kids ate them up! I was thrilled because Kohlrabi is an excellent source of vitamin C, dietary fiber and potassium.
Now I am dying for my other veggies to grow! I cannot wait to pick fresh green beans, cucumbers and tomatoes!
This is a sponsored post for Triscuit. All ideas, thoughts, experiences are my own.
Kohlrabi is such a great vegetable! I can’t wait until mine come in! I will definitely be trying that recipe 🙂
Thanks Candy! I am sure you will love it!
Such a great idea! We had a bulb from my Mother In Law and had no idea how to use it. We’ll have to try this!!
I didn’t even know they’re a bulb plant. This is cool! I just started my first garden this year. I’d never heard of Kohlrabi before this post – now I want to try it!
I’ve never tasted that veggie. Did you like it???
I can see that it would be fun to walk around your garden and see all the changes!
With the seasoning salt, I really enjoyed it. Without? Not so much. I would not eat this raw either….not a fan of the texture. Unbaked, it is very crunchy.
That sounds good! We have some kohlrabi in our garden I think….I will have to remember this recipe.
Oh I saw that vegetable at the Farmer’s Market a few weeks ago and was talking out loud to my dad about what in the world it was … some lady popped in the conversation to tell me it was “her favorite vegetable” but couldn’t tell me what it tasted like. lol
So I need to know, what does it taste like, texture?
When I roasted/baked it in the oven, it made it very soft. It has the texture of a potato but a more earthy taste. It is like cabbage meets potato? Yes….that sounds about right. Green Kohlrabi tastes more like radish/cucumber and purple ones taste more like cabbage.
It looks kinda like french fries! What is the consistency and texture of it?
Your pictures make me want to go to the store and buy some and try this recipe.
I think the fact that my kids helped pick it and it looks like french fries is why they ate it. Cause it has a consistency of a potato and the taste of a cabbage. Really hard to describe 🙂
Hmmm, now I’m really anxious to try it!
I have NEVER tried Kohlrabi, but I really want to now! That looks YUMMY!
Oh yum. I love anything out of the garden
wow fresh green leafy vegetable.
I never heard of Kohlrabi before, but they look so tasty!
I wouldn’t have known what to do with kohlrabi – glad you were able to find a recipe the whole family enjoyed!