Radish Greens Salad Recipe

Did you know you can eat the leaves that come along with the radishes you have? Yes, they’re edible and super healthy, do not throw them away! One simple way to put them to use is with this simple radish greens salad recipe. It’s an excellent healthy side dish salad for spring or autumn when radishes are in season!

There are many things I love about radishes! They’re crunchy, versatile, they’re healthy and they’ve got a great color on them. But one of my favorite things about this vegetable is how fast it grows. Within 30-40 days you can harvest radishes from seed to a fully developed vegetable. They’re every (impatient) beginner gardener’s dream.

Radish Greens Are Edible And Healthy

Now, I think radishes are underrated…but radish greens? They’re not even on the map of what we know to be food these days. It might sound crazy, but some people won’t even know they exist. And they’re missing out.

Gardening has reminded me and re-taught me something very basic that is also hugely important. To plant a vegetable, you need good soil and the seed. To grow a vegetable into nutrient-packed food, you need leaves, carbon dioxide, water and the sun. That’s how plants feed themselves. Welcome to photosynthesis. Without the leaves, there’d be no life.

And guess what? We stopped eating the leaves. Leaves feed the plants, they’re the part that keeps them alive. Leaves are basically, where life begins. We’re constantly looking for the healthiest superfoods and protein sources and we’re often forgetting about the leaves. Let’s not do that – they’re so nutritious! Whenever available and edible (make sure to check!) – eat those greens that come with your vegetables!

Radish Greens For Gut Health

Let’s start with radish greens. Until last year, I’d always discard them when cooking. Later once we got some chickens, I started feeding them with these greens. And now, I’m competing with the chickens for those greens.

Because, did you know, radish greens are actually great for your gut microbiome? They contain polysaccharides that feed the good bacteria in your gut, thus helping with nutrient extraction and improving the gut barrier.

But it’s not only gut health, because the study I just linked to, also showed that radish greens have anti-obesity effects and can prevent fat accumulation in vitro.

Salad Ingredients

Now, after this long intro, here’s what you need for the radish greens salad:

• Radishes with greens
• Spinach
• Scallion
• Carrot
• Fresh dill
• Olives
• Lemon or lime
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper

It doesn’t get any more spring than this! The salad is very light and goes great with rice- or meat-based dishes to help brighten them up.

How To Make The Radish Greens Salad

All you need to do for the making of the salad is:

toroughly wash the vegetables

thinly chop them

add them to a bowl

add lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste

toss

Basically, same instructions as with every salad.

More Healthy Salad Recipes

I hope you enjoy this refreshing light radish greens salad recipe! For more healthy salads, check these out:

• Easy Gut Health Salad
• Rice and Tuna Salad Recipe
• Best Mediterranean Chickpea Salad

Radish Greens Salad Recipe

Yield: 2

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Radish leaves are edible and healthy, don't throw them away! Put them to use with this simple radish greens salad recipe.

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Ingredients

• 6 radishes with leaves on
• 2 cups spinach
• 1 carrot, grated or thinly sliced
• 2 tbsp olives, pitted and chopped
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 scallion, thinly chopped
• 1 1/2 tbsp fresh dill, thinly chopped
• salt, pepper and fresh lemon juice to taste

Instructions

1. Thinly chop the vegetables
2. Add them to a bowl
3. Add fresh lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste
4. Toss.

Nutrition Information

Yield 2 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 152Total Fat 9gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 7gCholesterol 0mgSodium 496mgCarbohydrates 19gFiber 6gSugar 5gProtein 6g