Recently I’ve been getting a lot of turnips in my CSA box. Turnips are another one of those vegetables, like squash, that I have no experience cooking.
I have discovered, however, that I really like them and so does the kid. And the purple is SO pretty!
Of course, at first, I didn’t know what to do with them. I knew they could be mashed but I wanted to make something a little more exciting than mashed turnips.
I located a recipe for Turnip Souffle on Recipezaar and decided to make that. Souffle sounds fancy and complicated but it’s actually an easy recipe.
When I got started I realized that I didn’t have enough turnips. I added potatoes and carrots to the turnips so I would have enough filler for the souffle.
And it was delicious!
photo credit: h-bomb
That looks delicious. I never had turnip roots until I lived in Ireland, my mother in law would mash them up with potatoes. They were delicious. I’ve always liked turnip greens and they laughed and me when I asked what they did with that part (which I still think is the best part).
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Hi Tracy – The turnips I’ve been getting are just the turnips – there weren’t any greens attached. Do they taste like collards?
I was surprised at how much I like the mashed turnips.
I really like that you use lots of veggies in your recipes.
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Hi Vered – Thanks! Since I’m a vegetarian I kind of have to ;-)
Oh something new to try on. My CSA has stopped until April….I envy you your fresh supplies…..The Farmer’s Market is closed until April also….and my freezer has bare shelves now!
I like turnip greens too….I just put them in stir fries and enchiladas
Yum Yum…like having new things to try. Thank you
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Hi Patricia – I thought the CSA was going to stop in November but they also have a winter one from January – June. It’s a lot of potatoes, carrots
and onions but I’m glad to have it year round.
Haha, turnips! I slice them thin, salt them lightly and put them in my dehydrator to make potato chips!
Hi Shiva – That sounds yummy. I don’t have a dehydrator – I’ll have to look into that.
You can make all kinds of vegetable healthy snacks with a dehydrator. Beans, peas, turnips, all kinds of roots like celery root, turnips, rutabagas. Excellent replacement for potato chips and you can dream up your own favorite spices or flavors to put on the veggies prior to drying them. No more fattening oils!
You can use fruits too, good to put on cereals and making your own trail snacks
Hi Shiva – I was looking at dehydrators online – would you recommend a
particular one?
Hey Kim. Mine is a very old one but the one you want to buy should be relatively simple. I have looked at a couple after seeing your reply and have found one I would buy here
http://www.everythingkitchens.com/americanharvest2.html#fd35
The FD-35 or the FD – 61 look decent. I wouldn’t go to the next one higher in price because it is too powerful if you wanted to dry herbs. You would have to watch it too closely and that takes the fun out of it. I like that brand because they offer more trays to expand the unit.
Here is another page with many choices on it. I would not pay over $70.00 for one of these myself. If you can find a 5 tray unit for around 50.00 that would be my choice. 450 – 500 watts is fine,
http://www.everythingkitchens.com/fooddehydrators.html
Another hint for using one with veggies etc, I use a mandolin to slice the food so that it is all the same thickness. Dries at the same speed