Kolrabi Radish and Cucumber Salad

Enjoy the flavors of summer with this crunchy veggie packed salad. Made with kolrabi, radish and cucumber and lightly dressed with a sesame dressing. Perfect salad for lunch or dinner.

Kolrabi Radish and Cucumber Salad

Have you ever noticed the vegetables that grow in the same season seem to taste very good when combined together? This salad is an example of just that. We were at the Newport farmers market Saturday morning and a similar salad was being sampled at the Gathering Together Farm booth. The salad there was made with kolrabi and radishes and cut into very small pieces; like the texture of something grated. Everything was drizzled with sesame oil and rice wine vinegar. While I enjoyed this combination very much I thought the addition of cucumber would be wonderful. Cucumbers are so flavorful this time of year and besides adding these to salads they are also delicious on sandwiches.

Serves 2 for a main dish, more if serving as a side.

Ingredients:

1 kolrabi (cut into small pieces)
1 cucumber (cut into small pieces)
6 radishes (cut into small pieces)
Salt to taste

Sesame vinaigrette dressing:

1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
¼ teaspoon honey
Salt and pepper to taste

To prepare:

In a small sized jar whisk together the sesame oil, rice wine vinegar and honey. Taste and season with salt and pepper.

In a medium size serving dish combine kohlrabi, radishes and cucumber, add dressing and toss well.