Day 17
radish
I roasted some this afternoon and am going to make a cool roasted radish dip. There are some foods that really stand out. These little babies are spiked with a bright spice and they are beautiful to look at. I love the way some root vegetables are so colorful; the way they look just after you wash the dirt from them. I love their long tails and the variety of greens that top them. Radish greens are a lovely dark green, like nettles.
The radish seems best raw, so I was surprised to learn that you can roast them. When I am familiarizing myself with a vegetable these days, I always scour the internet to see if there are ways to turn the into dips. This reveals a lot about what you can do with a veggie and what flavors pair well with them. No surprise that the radish is paired with the cool fats from dairy, like yogurt, cream cheese or butter. I love the roasted radish tossed in olive oil with a little lemon juice.
If I was to choose which vegetable to be, I’d go root for sure. The bright hidden introverts of the veggie kingdom. You might have to dig a bit, but hopefully once you get me cleaned up, like the radish, I deliver.
