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DIVERSIFY YOUR VEGETABLE GARDEN
OVERLOOKED HARVESTS
VEGETARIAN DISCOVERIES
• BY VALÉRIE LEVÉE
• BY VALÉRIE LEVÉE
After you’ve taken good care of your radish seedlings, watched them grow into plants, and the tuberous roots have developed, your radishes are ready. It’s time to harvest them and throw the green parts into the compost. Whoa! Not so fast! Radish tops can be eaten in salad, made into pesto or fried up on the stovetop! You can even freeze them and take them out in winter to make soup. And if your radishes have gone to seed, you can always let them keep on growing, as the seed pods are edible and add a nice touch to salads.
A museum is an ideal place to discover new things. At Espace pour la vie, you can discover the wonders of the natural sciences and the environment, from the far reaches of the cosmos down to the food on your plate, with a menu that is 100% vegetarian. Plant protein is featured heavily among the vegetables, berries, flowers and herbs on offer, some of which come directly from the Jardin botanique! A meal at Espace pour la vie is an opportunity to experience vegetarianism through a wide variety of new flavours and textures and to discover new ways to prepare them. A vegetarian diet is not only good for your health. It also substantially reduces your environmental footprint. A small step for the planet through a concrete initiative that is part of the Ville de Montréal and Espace pour la vie’s ecological transition.
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Radish tops can also be eaten!
PHOTO Shutterstock/Berezovaya Nonna
Have your coriander (cilantro) and arugula plants flowered too quickly? Not to worry. You can eat the flowers. If you cut back your coriander, it’ll start growing again, which means you won’t have to plant new seeds. A vegetable garden yields far more than you imagine, as the leaves of bean, sweet potato and beetroot plants, as well as carrot tops, are all edible and available for use in culinary experiments!
