Purple Kohlrabi Sprouts from a Local Farmers Market

Purple Kohlrabi comes from German word kohl meaning cabbage and rübe meaning turnip, but it's not a turnip. It's a A biennial brassica vegetable in the same family as other healthy vegetables most of us don't eat, like cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussel sprouts and collard greens.

Sprouts, lately called micro-greens, pack a lot of nutrition without taking up much space in your fridge, greenhouse, or plate. You don't need land to make sprouts, and they're ready in 1-2 weeks. It's a good way to get the nutrition from vegetables you don't like to eat. As you can see in the first link above, a mature kohlrabi plant is huge and honestly not very appetizing, so its sprouts are ideal.

Lately the broccoli and purple kohlrabi sprout have been my favourite because they are fluffy and spread like hummus! Others like pea or sunflower sprouts tend to be more stalky. They go great in wraps, salads and sandwiches.

I get 40-70g of organic sprouts at my local Farmers' Market for about $4 which is enough for a couple of salads or a few sandwiches. It's expensive if you think of it as filler or calories, but quite cheap if you think of it as nutrition or a vitamin supplement. I've never done sprouting myself, but here are some growing instructions if you're interested.