I would be rich if I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard the phrase, “But you said…” My children are masters at taking what I’ve previously said and using it against me.
Case in point, last night we had a salad with our dinner. Emery made the salad, and he decided to add raw radish leaves from the greenhouse into it. Fletcher absolutely loves salad. But he wasn’t so crazy about the radish leaves. In his defense, Emery did pick radish leaves that were too big for a raw salad.
In trying to get Fletcher to eat his salad (without picking out the radish leaves), I said something about how healthy it was to have a variety of greens in your salad. Variety tends to give you more vitamins and minerals because different foods contain them in different quantities.
Fast forward to this morning. Emery made oatmeal for breakfast. Fletcher doesn’t particularly like oatmeal. He was whining and crying, moaning and groaning, and generally complaining about having to eat his oatmeal. Exasperated, I finally exclaimed, “Make one more negative comment, just one more complaint about oatmeal, and you are going to eat oatmeal for breakfast EVERY DAY for a MONTH!” (And I meant it.)
Fletcher immediately shot back, “But YOU said that VARIETY was HEALTHY for me.” Ouch!! That hurt. But the good news? At least I know he listens to me.
And yes, he did eat his oatmeal for breakfast.
Hi Patti….I love your blog. My friends do too. Are radish leaves edible???
Yes, radish leaves are edible 🙂
We usually mix radish leaves with our other greens such as kale and turnip greens. I then steam the mixed greens with carrots. I serve it with lots of butter (the children really enjoy it this way).
This is our main fresh vegetable throughout the winter as they are all grown in the greenhouse.
Emery and Brett like to eat the radish leaves raw. But if you pick the leaves when they are too big, they can become “spikey” – which is what Fletcher noticed and objected to in his raw salad.
Glad you like the blog!
PJ