Fresh beets, Parsnips, and Turnips
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I find that keeping it simple with these works great. Peel (if you wish), cube them, toss them with some olive oil, salt, and pepper, maybe a little cayenne. Place them in the oven at 400F until done...similar to french fries.0
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I LOVE beets. I put beet puree in the kids pancakes to make them bring pink, they love this. I roast them tossed with a little olive oil, salt and pepper. Once peeled I just eat them on the side or chopped in a salad. They're amazing with goat cheese.
Parsnips are good roasted too. I've browned them with pimentos as a side, made them into a gratin (with butternut squash apples and yes, more goat cheese) and shredded them into a coleslaw.
I don't eat a lot of turnips.0 -
Oven roasted with garlic chive butter.0
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I LOVE beets. I put beet puree in the kids pancakes to make them bring pink, they love this. I roast them tossed with a little olive oil, salt and pepper. Once peeled I just eat them on the side or chopped in a salad. They're amazing with goat cheese.
Parsnips are good roasted too. I've browned them with pimentos as a side, made them into a gratin (with butternut squash apples and yes, more goat cheese) and shredded them into a coleslaw.
I don't eat a lot of turnips.
Someone told me you shouldn't eat beets raw...... Is this true? I thought it was weird.0 -
Roast the parsnips. Freeze the beets and throw them at your enemies, because they taste like dirt.0
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MAKE BORSCHT!!!
Contrarian is right, though: beets DO taste like dirt.
I like them a lot anyway, though.0 -
I find that keeping it simple with these works great. Peel (if you wish), cube them, toss them with some olive oil, salt, and pepper, maybe a little cayenne. Place them in the oven at 400F until done...similar to french fries.
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This! My fiance loves root vegetables and requests them roasted all the time! Enjoy!0 -
Parboil the beets, chill and slice them thinly. Then put them on top of tossed mixed greens with goat cheese with a drizzle of aged balsamic vinegar. Add some pecans if you like.
It's one of my favorite salads next to buffalo mozzarella, fresh tomato and basil with extra virgin olive oil and aged balsamic.0 -
Roasted beets are the bomb! Also yummy in Borsch. If you buy your beets with the leaves attached, don't toss them. Wash them, cut them up and saute them with EVOO and some garlic. I buy (or pick) the beets one day, use the greens that day, and roast the beets later. I've never used a parsnip, but I like turnips in my vegetable soup.0
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I have eaten a raw beet. Really, I think they're best cooked. I don't think eating them raw will hurt you at all, I've juiced raw beets.0
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If you buy your beets with the leaves attached, don't toss them. Wash them, cut them up and saute them with EVOO and some garlic. I buy (or pick) the beets one day, use the greens that day, and roast the beets later.
YES and YES. Beet greens are really good in an omelet too.0 -
Beets are delicious! I am making some now... I cut of the stems/root and then wrap them in foil (keep the skin on.) I roast them in the oven at 450 until you can poke a fork straight through- like a potato. I then peel them semi-warm... The skin comes right off with my hands. I chop them up in cubes, add in chopped up cilantro, kosher salt, and fresh squeezed lime juice. If I am feeling crazy, I put some lime zest. My hubby will sometimes use fresh blood orange juice, but I love the lime.
I then like to sauté the beet tops- I think they are best mixed with kale and some lemon juice/ salt though apple vinegar is good too.0 -
Beet greens are very tasty.
Parsnips are great for roasting, pureeing and making a Fall/Winter soup. Ditto turnips.
I roast parsnips, carrots, and turnips together and toss in a little beef consommé or vegetable stock. Quite tasty as a side dish.0 -
Rather than serve mashed potatoes, I sometimes cook and mash carrots and parsnips with a litte butter and salt & pepper. My kids like them. My husband does the same thing with the turnips and rutabagas. I can't get the right mix of butter or olive oil for them but when he makes them everyone is happy.0
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Parboil the beets, chill and slice them thinly. Then put them on top of tossed mixed greens with goat cheese with a drizzle of aged balsamic vinegar. Add some pecans if you like.
It's one of my favorite salads next to buffalo mozzarella, fresh tomato and basil with extra virgin olive oil and aged balsamic.
Do I save just the leaves or the stem part too?0 -
Parboil the beets, chill and slice them thinly. Then put them on top of tossed mixed greens with goat cheese with a drizzle of aged balsamic vinegar. Add some pecans if you like.
It's one of my favorite salads next to buffalo mozzarella, fresh tomato and basil with extra virgin olive oil and aged balsamic.
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I love love love beets. I usually buy the golden ones, boil and roast them. I put some olive oil s&p and a balsamic glaze on them and just eat them plain, sometimes on a salad with goat cheese like another poster mentioned. It's one of my favorite foods. My daughter LOVES to eat the regular ones because she pees pink lol0
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You can make scalloped turnips just like scalloped potatoes. I also cooked turnips last night and mixed them 50/50 with potato to mash up and made mashed potato & turnips, my 5 year old ate them without complaint so I guess it was successful.
I love roasted parsnips, cut them up and toss them in some olive oil in the oven. I also sometimes cut them like carrots and steam them and serve them as a side that way.
I can't help with beets because I hate them!0 -
Wow, great ideas.
I love all root veggies hunked up and roasted - always.
Also when I make a roast I load it with them. If you eat meat - next big roast throw in all kinds of root veggies. I always think it's funny when people say "oh, I use potatoes, carrots and onions in my roast." What? I like a little change up in my foods.
Those salads above sound fabulous - I LOVE goat cheese... I may need clean undies after I read that one!0 -
Parboil the beets, chill and slice them thinly. Then put them on top of tossed mixed greens with goat cheese with a drizzle of aged balsamic vinegar. Add some pecans if you like.
It's one of my favorite salads next to buffalo mozzarella, fresh tomato and basil with extra virgin olive oil and aged balsamic.
Do I save just the leaves or the stem part too?
Parboil the beet bulbs. Add the leaves to the salad. This is my favorite salad by far.0 -
Parsnip purree is great. You can mix with mashed potatoes.
Otherwise I agree with recommendations to roast.0 -
Thank you all for the wonderful advice!!!! I roasted the turnips to go with dinner tonight and yum. I will be using turnips a lot more now
tomorrow I am going to try the beets and am going on a hunt for goat cheese. I've never heard of it before and am interested in trying it. I love love love salad and am always looking at new ways of preparing salad so it was great to learn about the beet leaves! 0 -
yum, I have beets every day, I put them in everything0
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Keeping this one on file for some ideas.... farmers markets today may need to pick up some other veggies..... LOVE roasted parsnips and carrots with onion.... beet salad sounds tasty.0
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God I could eat several plates of roasted parsnips on their own and sod the rest of the meal. Love them. Something I do now that I have to watch my portions of things like white potatoes is add in a root vegetable to them. This bulks up the meal so visually I feel I am getting a bigger meal still and adds another vege to the plate, handy with my 4 year old being anti veg apart from carrots! The usual one I add is rutabaga or turnip, but have done it with sweet pots, carrots, squash, parsnips too.0
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Beets make a change-up hummus. Haven't tried parsnips (which I love) in hummus - but I see a future adventure here. Don't know if you have tried fennel, but I like cooking with it as well, soups, salads, roasts, raw - adds another dimension.0
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Parsnips i've never had. I only eat turnips raw, right out of the garden. Beets can go straight to hell.0
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Parsnips i've never had. I only eat turnips raw, right out of the garden. Beets can go straight to hell.
YES! Go to hell, beets! And take the brussels sprouts with you!0 -
I find that keeping it simple with these works great. Peel (if you wish), cube them, toss them with some olive oil, salt, and pepper, maybe a little cayenne. Place them in the oven at 400F until done...similar to french fries.
This and try it with a bit of balsamic vinegar. Being summer, I also love to do these in a similar fashion but in packets on the bbq with blackened bell peppers!0 -
I love beets and beet greens. I just discovered candy striped beets that are sweeter than regular (delicous) beets. I made sauteed beet greens wth garlic and beet salad with goat cheese. SO GOOD!
I boile or roast beets in their skin and then the skin comes right off.
The only problem is the candy striped beets won't turn my pee as pink. I like pink pee.0
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