To Market, To Market

[jedishampoo]

So where I work in downtown Indianapolis is right next to the City Market (which used to be a year-round produce/meat market), and on Wednesdays they have a Farmer's Market during my lunch hour. I LOVE the farmer's market! I've gone every Wednesday since midsummer, and I've scored Indiana-grown, organic fresh bouquets of flowers, as well as green beans, heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, collards, eggplant, beets, etc., all in season and all fabulous. ::sigh::

Today I got lots of apples and... turnips! I've never eaten turnips!

Does anyone have any turnip recipes? Preferably vegetarian, of course?

These have the greens attached and I'm going to saute those like I do any other greens (fresh garlic, a little olive oil, NOM), but I have no idea what to do with the root parts. I found a recipe in one of my go-to books for turnip and chickpea casserole, but I'm looking for something maybe a little more plain-- i.e., when I have ultra-fresh vegetables, I like them cooked simply.

I also picked up PUMPKINS TO CARVE and a couple of butternut squash-- I normally don't eat squash, but I have a fabulous coconut-milk-curry-butternut squash-stew recipe. YUM!

Comments

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

People seem to agree that roasting them is tasty. I might try that for my first time out, turnip-eating. :)

I LOVE soup. I could eat soup all day, every day. People have to watch me around their homemade vegetarian soups, 'cause I'll keep going back for seconds until there isn't any left.

Thank you for your ideas!