Tofu Scramble with Kolhrabi Greens and Chard Stems

This is one way I've found to use up miskalaneous parts of my vegetables. Chard stems are beautiful and tasty. They have a bite like celery, but have a much sweeter and earthier flavor. Also I usually get the chard stems to myself, as my partner, who loves chard greens, never cooks the stems. (Fine with me!) The kolhrabi greens I tried for the first time this morning. Alas they tasted wonderful, but I didn't cook them long enough--generally greens should be cooked a few minutes less than chard stems. Not, however, kohlrabi greens, they need a few more minutes than the stems.

Tofu scramble

Kolhrabi greens (or whatever greens are available)
Chard stems
Tofu (flattened and crushed with a fork)
Turmeric (for flavor and to color the tofu like cooked scrambled eggs)
Asafoetida (a spice, it tastes great, but its a bit expensive.)
Shoyu (or tamari soy sauce)
safflower oil

Heat the oil in a pan medium heat
add the Kohlrabi greens (cook a few minutes)
(keep stirring the ingredients regularly)
add the chard stems (cook a few minutes)
add any additional greens
add the tofu
add a teaspoon or two of turmeric mix it with the tofu so it colors yellow
add the asafoetida to everything
add a bit of the shoyu

eat up.

Kohlrabi, Bok choy and Tofu stir fry

The great thing about making a stir fry is that they are simple and quick and its easy to whip up using any available vegetables. I walked to my garden picked a big hand full of bok choy leaves, and a few other cooking greens leaves, a little Swiss Chard, a little Orach. I chopped up one of the Kohlrabi from the CSA and a third of a cube of tofu and voila! its a quick 10 minute meal. Its a good, tasty meal to make when you're home alone and want to eat healthy but not make a big deal of it.

Kohlrabi, Bok choy, Tofu stir fry
1/3 lbs tofu diced (soak in shoyu or tamari)
One Kolrabi bulb, peeled and diced
1/2 cup Bok Choy Leaves
Oil (I used high heat safflower oil)
Shoyu soy sauce (or tamari)

heat up oil
add the Kohlrabi and cook on high heat until ... (you want to add the other stuff)
add the tofu and shoyu for a minute
add the green leaves and cook until wilted

um... eat it. (over brown rice if you have some hippie!)

CSA Week 1: half share

4 kohlrabi
6 green onions
2 heads lettuce: 1 red, 1 green
1 small bag snap peas

I'm excited about the kohlrabi. First because when it showed up last year, I didn't know how to cook it and second because my Mom and Aunt Ann Margaret called me up this Spring (3 sheets to the wind) demanding that I plant some kohlrabi.

I'm also excited because we are starting slow enough with the volume of food so that our house will be able to ease back into CSA cooking.

Hooray! I think I'll saute some Kohlrabi tonight.