I never liked eating turnips. Each year, I tried to find a way to fix them that I could eat and serve to my family. Finally, this year, I succeeded. With our membership in Seton Harvest, this year I tried roasting vegetables more and discovered my family liked eating vegetables more too. Another reason I like oven roasting them is that it is faster.
So this fall….we tackled the turnip. I was pleasantly surprised that they were the best tasting turnips I had ever tried. Purists won’t like the whole recipe, but my teen-aged son and husband do.
- 3-4 sliced turnips
- 1 sliced onion
- Steak seasoning (with garlic and pepper or whatever your favorite herb mix is)
- Salt
- 2 Tablespoons Olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon bacon grease (ok – so this isn’t purist. However, it adds great flavor.)
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Spray a metallic pan (it caramelizes better). Put the turnips and onions into a bag or bowl. Stir or pour in the oil and turn until they are completely coated. Layer the turnips and onions in the pan.
Sprinkle spices. Bake the turnips about 10 minutes and then turn them. Continue baking them until the turnips are tender and are starting to brown.
Serve while warm.
Hi Mary!
This sounds like a great low carb recipe. And just in time to fit into the new low carb menu that we have adopted in our home. Down 13 lbs in 2 months – taking it slow and much more to go! This recipe sounds like a palatable substitute for the fried potatoes that I miss.
I have a question about the recipe. In the instructions, you said “Put the turnips and onions into a bag or bowl.” Do you mean in two separate bowls? Because later you said to “Layer the turnips and onions in the pan.” which I interpret to mean, put down a layer of turnips and on top of that a layer of onions (or vice versa).
Also is that layer of turnips one slice thick? What I am getting at is are we trying to get the surface of the turnip browned by giving it contact to the oil on the pan? I just don’t want to end up with a bunch of mush and I’m not really familiar with how turnips behave unless they are cooked in water.
I was unable to find your show on tristatehomepage.com and we don’t have traditional TV here anymore. So thanks for the post and for taking the time to answer my questions.
Nancy
Thanks, Nancy. Put them into the same bag or bowl. On air, we used a ziploc bag as a faster way to mix the oil with the veggies.