{"id":5941,"date":"2016-04-14T12:30:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T20:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathycasey.com\/blog\/?p=5941"},"modified":"2016-04-14T12:30:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T20:30:28","slug":"veggie-mash-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/?p=5941","title":{"rendered":"Veggie Mash-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the surging popularity of kale, brussel sprouts and even rutabagas, what\u2019s old has become\u00a0new again, especially in the veggie world! In years past, moms everywhere couldn’t bribe their kids to eat these veggies, but today,\u00a0being green is now fun and good for you!<\/p>\n

A great example of an old but “new” veggie is the gorgeous Lacinato Kale (aka black kale). It’s a beloved veggie in Italy and traditionally slow cooked into soups. It is branded at most\u00a0stores now as “dinosaur kale”, which makes it\u00a0fun for kids and just one way of getting them to eat it too.<\/p>\n

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Also new on the veggie hipster horizon are vegetable mash-ups! Take for example kalettes<\/a>,\u00a0which are a cross between brussel sprouts and kale or\u00a0broccolini<\/a>;\u00a0a hybrid of broccoli and gai lan<\/a>\u00a0(aka Chinese broccoli).<\/p>\n

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And don’t forget the\u00a0gorgeous Romanesco aka broccoflower<\/a>!\u00a0A lime green vegetable that takes the best of broccoli and cauliflower and marries them together in a blissful union. So delicious steamed and tossed in olive oil, lemon juice, salt and lemon zest!<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t have time to get to the market, then checkout Barn2Door<\/a>. Founded by 2 Washingtonians. This “un-grocery” store gives you 24\/7 access and a direct line of communication between you and the growers, plus\u00a0access to an ever changing fresh sheet of local products. You can even message the farmers directly! How cool is that?<\/p>\n

I have been a\u00a0veggie lover since I was a kid, so it\u2019s great to see so many people eating their greens\u00a0these days. With spring on its way, our local markets will be brimming with amazing options\u00a0in no time. So get your veggie on and try something new! \u2013Kathy<\/p>\n

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With the surging popularity of kale, brussel sprouts and even rutabagas, what\u2019s old has become\u00a0new again, especially in the veggie world! In years past, moms everywhere couldn’t bribe their kids to eat these veggies, but today,\u00a0being green is now fun and good for you! A great example of an old but “new” veggie is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11760],"tags":[11211,5559,11213,9562,11214,6930,11118,11212,5565,8418,2172,1274,11856,11215,4342,9077,1798,11216,226,11217,293,11884,4095,3620,11865,5579,6809,1921,2633,11860,11218,6604,1045,11857,11219,5677,11220,11861,466,237,3113,5257,11221,1338,11886,2037],"class_list":{"0":"post-5941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-dishing-with-kathy-casey-blog","7":"tag-barn2door","8":"tag-black-kale","9":"tag-broccoflower","10":"tag-broccoli","11":"tag-broccolini","12":"tag-brussel","13":"tag-brussel-sprouts","14":"tag-chinese-broccoli","15":"tag-dinosaur","16":"tag-dinosaur-kale","17":"tag-farmers","18":"tag-foodie","19":"tag-foodie-news","20":"tag-gai-lan","21":"tag-greens","22":"tag-growers","23":"tag-italy","24":"tag-kai-lan","25":"tag-kale","26":"tag-kalettes","27":"tag-kathy-casey","29":"tag-komo-news","30":"tag-komo-news-radio","31":"tag-komo-radio","32":"tag-lacinato","33":"tag-lacinato-kale","34":"tag-lemon-juice","35":"tag-lemon-zest","36":"tag-lifestyle","37":"tag-mash-ups","38":"tag-news-radio","39":"tag-olive-oil","40":"tag-recent","41":"tag-romanesco","42":"tag-rutabagas","43":"tag-rutabags","44":"tag-salads","45":"tag-salt","46":"tag-soups","47":"tag-sprouts","48":"tag-traditional","49":"tag-un-grocery","50":"tag-vegetable","51":"tag-vegetables","52":"tag-veggies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}