Winter farm share, distribution 4 of 11

[magid]

• three pounds of Yukon Gold potatoes (from Maple Row Organic in Ashfield, MA)
  
• three pounds of Murasaki (white-flesh) sweet potatoes
  
• three pounds of carrots
  
• two pounds of purple-top turnips
  
• a small head of cabbage (think grapefruit size)
  
• six small yellow onions
  
• three small heads of garlic
  
• a big bag of kale
  
• a big bag of spinach

First thoughts: add the spinach to mac & cheese, and/or some kind of Impossible pot pie; lots of garlicky carrot pickles; kale salad with tahini-lemon dressing; sauted root veggies with cabbage.

I'm uninspired by the purple-top turnips (and I wasn't alone; there were a lot of them in the swap box, which is why I kept mine): suggestions/recipes welcome. (Discussion at the pickup has me thinking they might be good mixed with carrots in some kind of latke-type thing, or maybe roasted and added to the aforementioned pot pie?)

Comments

No help, just thoughts:

[avivasedai]

That farm share box does seem pretty latke-forward to me! I don't use turnips ... ever? I remember them in my mom's soups and I thought they tasted kind of weird, but I might need to give them another try to see if this is what I think now. Adding into latkes seems like a safe bet; mixed with potato, it can't do much harm, right? Seems worth testing. Otherwise, add to soup. *grin* Good luck!

[cellio]

Armored turnips (yes really) are similar to potatoes au gratin but with turnips. Here's one recipe; there were a bunch of others in my search results: https://thestirringspoon.com/armored-turnips/ .

I sometimes use turnips when roasting mixed veggies.

Re: No help, just thoughts:

[magid]

We *never* had turnips when I was younger, because as it turns out, Dad only liked them cooked, and Mom only liked them raw, so the compromise turned out to be "never"!

Thanks for the suggestions!

[magid]

Oh, wow! For some reason, the idea of armored vegetables has me wanting to assemble the slices into armadillo shapes!

I have a lot of root veggies; I could toss some in with the rest and call it good enough, definitely.

[cellio]

I know! I want to give them little swords and shields, or armored plates and horns, or something!