Look at this Kohlrabi I Grew

[NJCher]

I remember the first time I tasted kohlrabi. My mom, an expert and passionate gardener, cut one up for me when I was a little girl. I recall I loved the purple color, but she peeled it and cut it into bite-sized match sticks. All she did was sprinkle seasoning salt over it and it made it taste so delicious. I'll never forget it.

Now here it is many decades later and I am teaching kids in middle school to love vegetables by planting them in the school garden. Last year I had one little girl who fell in love with kohlrabi. In our after school classes, we first taste the vegetable and then we go outside to the school garden and plant them. I like to choose vegetables they most likely don't have at home, such as kohlrabi or yard-long Chinese beans.

I plan to cut this kohlrabi into match sticks, too, but I have sesame ginger vinaigrette that I will use as a dip.