fresh you: cabbage

This is a simple,
refreshing,
cancer-preventing,
crunchy,
tart,
sweet,
and salty salad that you will love!

Kohlrabi Cabbage Salad

1/3 of a head of cabbage
1 kohlrabi
1 large apple
1 lemon OR lemon juice
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt
Pepper

Thinly slice everything up, mix, and enjoy!

*Before chopping kohlrabi, discard stems and cut off outer layer -- I hadn't even heard of this veggie before I joined Geauga Family Farms CSA!)

*If including a whole lemon, very yum!, cut off outermost yellow skin, keeping plenty of the white portion; it has a mild, taste and adds fiber!

*Play with the quantities of juice, oil, salt, and pepper to get the taste you love! It's always a good idea to start with less than you think you'll need -- harder to take away than to add!

*Kohlrabi and cabbage are cruciferous veggies, in the same group as broccoli and cauliflower, which all have amazing properties which allow humans to prevent cancer, and even potentially reverse it! Click on any of the links for more information and other recipes for cruciferous veggies!

I always love when I don't have to cook something at the stove or in the oven, and ESPECIALLY in this sweltering summer of 2012! Hope you enjoy too! How are you staying COOL?!

Detail: Kohlrabi Cabbage Salad -- Awesome!

Crunchy Cancer Prevention! Kohlrabi, What?!

Funky LOCAL Produce! Kohlrabi!

This was our Week 1 Selection from Geauga Family Farms!

KOHLRABI is the light green, round veggie in the middle. It gives me a chance to talk about CRUCIFEROUS veggies, like broccoli and cauliflower, in case you don't come across any kohlrabi!

Think K-sound, and some Bs and Rs: kohlrabi, cauliflower, kale, cabbage, collard greens, broCColi / broCColi raab, Brussels sprouts, rutabaga, radishes, tuRnips, aRugula, and chaRd!

Key BENEFIT of CRUCIFEROUS Veggies!

Amazing protection from CANCER and even TREATMENT for TUMOR REDUCTION! (Broccoli sprouts are SUPER jam-backed with this protection!)

Science has been finding impressive associations for AT LEAST the last 30 years!

National Cancer Institute has lots to say about this!

Here are some highlights of HOW Cancer may be Prevented!

Protect cells from DNA damage

Inactivate carcinogens

Anti-viral and anti-bacterial effects

Anti-inflammatory effects

Induce cell death (healthy killing of old or cancerous cells)

Inhibit tumor blood vessel formation AND tumor migration (prevents cancer from spreading)

Cruciferous veggies contain a wide variety of nutrients, including some vitamins (C, E, and K, folate) and minerals, fiber, and especially a wide variety of PHYTOCHEMICALS (indoles, carotenoids, such as beta-carotene and lutein)!

As you may read on the National Cancer Institute's website, various nutrients may be responsible for the protection. Often one nutrient is studied in animals or on petri dishes, and sometimes results aren't as clear when human intake is studied.

Remember that humans have a lot going on inside and out, so it isn't as easy to prove effectiveness.

Plus, we're talking about eating veggies, not smoking a cigarette because a study told us it was good for us! I'm saying it is a pretty low risk thing to try; while it may not cure us of cancer for 100%, there is ABUNDANT respectable information that says that it might -- pretty exciting to me!

So eat your kohlrabi! Or!

Here is a yummy BRUSSELS SPROUTS recipe!

Truffle Trio!