{"id":10546,"date":"2017-03-03T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=10546"},"modified":"2017-03-02T10:28:44","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T15:28:44","slug":"come-meet-the-grand-dames-of-the-brassica-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/03\/come-meet-the-grand-dames-of-the-brassica-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Come Meet the Grand Dames of the Brassica Family!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/899556fda0c2b943a8937afa56d75c57-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"899556fda0c2b943a8937afa56d75c57\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/899556fda0c2b943a8937afa56d75c57-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/899556fda0c2b943a8937afa56d75c57-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/899556fda0c2b943a8937afa56d75c57-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/899556fda0c2b943a8937afa56d75c57.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Zel Allen wrote a terrific recipe piece on Brassica vegetables in the recent issue of Vegetarian Journal. Zel states: \u201cThe Brassicas are a delight to know. Formally, they&#8217;re called Brassicaceae or Cruciferae, but their very informal family members are well known cousins. Living in the neighborhood are watercress, bok choy, all broccoli and cabbage varieties, choy sum, Swiss chard, tatsoi, arugula, rutabagas, radishes, Daikon, horseradish, kale, collards, turnips and their greens, mustard greens, and arugula. Also in the hood are mustard seeds and mustard oils.<\/p>\n<p>Recipes in this article include:<\/p>\n<p>Asian Cauliflower Salad<br \/>\nBalsamic Dijon Brussels Sprouts<br \/>\nA Quartet of Brassy Pickles<br \/>\nThe Grand Brassi Salad<br \/>\nPenny Pinching Cauliflower Surprise<br \/>\nCabbage Salad with Vegan Cheese<br \/>\nHail Caesar Kale Chips<br \/>\nBaked Potatoes with Brussels Sprout Pesto<br \/>\nCreamy Cauliflower Dressing<br \/>\nChinese Style Kohlrabi Cakes<br \/>\nAsian Dipping Sauce<br \/>\nRainbow Kaleslaw with Grapes and Roasted Peanuts<\/p>\n<p>To read the entire piece, go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/journal\/vj2017issue1\/2017_issue1_brassica_family.php\">http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/journal\/vj2017issue1\/2017_issue1_brassica_family.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To subscribe to Vegetarian Journal, visit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/2013sv.php\">http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/2013sv.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zel Allen wrote a terrific recipe piece on Brassica vegetables in the recent issue of Vegetarian Journal. Zel states: \u201cThe Brassicas are a delight to know. Formally, they&#8217;re called Brassicaceae or Cruciferae, but their very informal family members are well known cousins. Living in the neighborhood are watercress, bok choy, all broccoli and cabbage varieties, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10548,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10546\/revisions\/10548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}