One Word: Kohlrabi (& Rule #30)

This past week we attempted to eat like omnivores. We tried to mix it up by eating foods that we would otherwise look at and think, "What the heck is that?!?!" Here are just a few pictures so you get the idea:







It was pretty fun to stroll down the grocery aisles and throw weird looking things into the shopping cart. We had no idea what we were going to do with these food items (but that is what the Internet is for, right?!). When we went to pay for our goods the grocery checker looked at our food selection, looked back at us, looked at the food again and must have been thinking, "What in the name are these kids doing???" She even inquired as to our plans with the kohlrabi and Ryan responded, "We have no idea."

Well, to answer the grocery checker's question, we did something great with the kohlrabi. We made a curry. The funny part is that the recipe called for tamarind, which I thought we had. Sadly, I was thinking of turmeric. When we discovered my mistake I remembered that we had a piece of turmeric candy, one of the many pieces of candy that Ryan brings home from work (don't ask). Well, between the kohlrabi and the turmeric candy we made one heck of a curry (see pictures below). In case you are wondering, kohlrabi tastes a lot like the stalk of broccoli. Ryan thought it also tasted like artichoke. I encourage everyone to go cook some up so you can taste it for yourself.....except you might want to peel the hard skin off (thanks for telling us AFTER we tried to eat it mom!). But hey, we got a little extra fiber.







Ryan also tried his first guava this week. I have only eaten guava when I was in India and they were amazing. Sadly, these guavas were dry and lacked any real flavor. Ryan was unimpressed and now holds the belief that he does not like guava....No, you like guava, trust me, because the Indian guavas I ate were one trillion times more delicious.

This week for Rule #30: Eat well-grown food from healthy soil, we are sticking to organic items. Yes, eating organic does not necessarily protect you and can be misleading, but between this and eating locally we are hoping to follow this rule the best we can.