My 1st attempt at roasted turnips...

Last week, I received some fresh tasty looking turnips in my +Green BEAN Delivery . I had never cooked turnips so I hopped on +Pinterest  to check out some recipes. I stumbled across a yummy recipe for twice baked turnips. I didn't have the patience for all the recipe steps which consisted of cutting & scooping out part of each turnip, re-stuffing & then baking a 2nd time. I quickly decided to improvise and come up with my own version to kick it up another notch.

4-5 turnips (washed & tops removed)
2 medium potatoes, washed & quartered
1/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth or more as needed
1/2 lb. bacon cooked & crumbled
1/2 cup shredded mild white cheddar cheese (I grate my own because I like the fresh taste without the anti-caking crap that's in the bag shredded cheese)
1/2 stick butter or 4 Tbsp. Olive Oil
1 Tbsp. Garlic Basil Pesto in a jar (this is awesome to have on hand to throw in recipes)
3 washed, trimmed & diced greens onions (scallions)
Optional: 1 cup of fresh washed greens (spinach, kale, swiss chard, mustard greens, etc.)

Preheat oven 350
Place turnips & potatoes in a casserole dish. Drizzle with olive oil & with sprinkle sea salt.
Roast 30-45 min. until tender
Mash turnips & potatoes in a large pot adding chicken broth, shredded cheese, butter, & pesto (if not using greens).
If using greens, sauté greens in very little reserved bacon fat or olive oil with pesto until wilted. Add greens to mashed vegetables.
Lightly grease a cookie sheet and place scoops of mashed vegetables side by side as you would cookies on a cookie sheet. I used a small cookie dough scoop to make perfect little round scoops.
Bake 10-15 minutes until lightly golden. You may place them under the broiler to sped up the process, but watch that you don't burn them.
Garnish with bacon crumbles & diced green onions


A new neighbor stopped over to visit as the turnips came out of the oven and she was as pleasantly surprised as I was with the results and we enjoyed our first bite of turnips together! Cheers to new neighbors and trying new foods! We are never too old to expand our taste buds.