No April Foolin'

This purple cauliflower is no joke.  It actually grows this way!  We got it from our local organic market, and also bought seeds to try and grow some this spring just for the fun of it.  I was imagining this tossed together with orange carrots, Chinese peas, red cherry tomatoes, and yellow corn to make a lovely colorful spring salad.  My kids actually love cauliflower, especially covered with a creamy cheese sauce.   But this was good, gently steamed and served plain.  It's milder and a little sweet to my taste.  I had to show it with a few points of reference in the background for you to really appreciate just how truly purple this is.  The color is caused by the same substance found in red wine and cabbage and is rich in antioxidants.   We tried orange cauliflower last week.  It was really good too and contains 25 times more Vitamin A than the white varieties so if your kids don't like their veggies, there's a lot of goodness (and fun!) in just a few bites of these rainbow varieties.

Comments

[Michelle]

That might just be the coolest thing I have ever seen come out of a garden. So very fun, I am *so* going to look for that! I wonder if it grows out here on the West Coast? My 2 year old just came up behind me and squealed with delight at the "puh-pull bocklee." Broccoli, cauliflower, it kinda looks the same...

Happy April Fools Day, thanks for showing this off!

[Judy]

Wow, I have never seen colorful Cauliflower.

[Tracey]

That is amazing! I love to see different varieties of fruits and veggies. Your salad sounds beautiful....would love to see a picture of that.

[Stacy A]

That is some colorful veggies. Isn't nature amazing. There are treasures to be found everywhere if you just pay attention! Your pretty good at that. I am dieing to try your quiche recipes, but the husband doesn't like it. I am going home for 2 weeks at the end of the month and my family loves it so we may have to try a couple. Off to your shop now to dream of days gone by. Love Stacy

[Kathleen]

We've had the orange cauliflower before, but I've never seen purple! I'm picturing it smothered in a creamy cheese sauce- yum!

[miss paula]

I have never seen this before. I learn and see something new everyday!!

[bs honey]

WOW, beautiful.
I would really like to find this. I love cauliflower.
Thanks for sharing.

[Tami]

That is too cool! I am going to have to look for it at the farmers market this spring and in seed form. Can you imagine how beautiful it will be growing in the garden?!

[paula luckhurst]

I never saw such a thing!

[Christiane]

what a lovely colour, my fave purple and good enough to eat! I will look out on the gardener's market if I could buy such a beauty, will be a showstopper in the garden too.
Imagine with grated cheddar cheese..

[Terri Pollhein]

LOL! How cool is that??? I'll have to try and find some of that!
Terri

[ReminisceHeirlooms]

Well it is beautiful. I would love to see the whole salad. Yum.

[Carrie]

Thanks for this post! I am always looking for ways to get my daughter to eat more veggies. I'll have to try this now!

[Judi]

I've never seen anything like this. I can just imagine how awesome it would look with all the different coloured veggies. Orange cauliflower? Interesting.

[Judy Gilpin]

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[celia]

Oh, this is so cool. My kids would love it!
Thanks so much for sharing. I thought it was painted!