Radishes! Radishes! Radishes!

• For extra crunch and bite, add sliced radishes to stir-fry's.
• Stir chopped or sliced radishes into tuna, egg, potato or chicken salad.
• Thinly sliced radishes make a tasty, fresh garnish sprinkled over New England clam chowder or other milk-based soups.
• For an unusual vegetable side dish, sauté quartered radishes in butter until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes; sprinkle with cracked black pepper.
• Bagels spread with cream cheese and sliced radishes make a quick appetizer or snack.
• A combination of mayonnaise and chopped radishes makes a tangy instant spread for sandwiches.
• Thinly slivered radishes stirred into rice pilaf add an unexpected nip and crunch.
• Toss radish greens (full of vitamins A, C, and B!) into mixed vegetable soups or stir–fry's. They cook quickly. If they are young and tender toss into a green salad.Stir chopped radishes into plain yogurt or sour cream for a topping for baked potatoes or chili.
• Roast radish halves brushed with oil at 450 deg. F for 15 minutes.
• Sprinkle chopped or sliced radishes into tuna for more zip and texture.