Introduction

This Blog will contain lots of food and health related information that me and my wife have stumbled across and our recipes that we use here up in Maine. Here's a taste of the kind of info you will be reading about.

Rutabagas... yes that purple top turnip as it is sometime referred. Although not a turnip at all it belongs to the same family as cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower. The only encounter I used to have with this veggie back at home was at Thanksgiving when it would be served mashed in with carrots. It wasn't very tasty then.

Many years ago I was limiting my carb intake and was looking for an alternative to potatoes. I missed French fries and decided to try using a different veg. Boiling rutabagas is not the tastiest way to cook them, but if you fry, bake or roast them it unlocks their sweetness.

Peel a Rutabaga, also known as a Swede, and cut them into French fries. Be careful they are very dense. Place them in a bowl add olive oil, pepper, garlic powder and chili powder then mix. Place on a baking sheet and into a 400 degree heated oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until tender tuning about halfway through cooking time.

You may love them or hate them but they resemble sweet potato fries and are a great alternative to the high carb potato. Rutabagas have 1/3 the carbs of a potato and many time the nutrients. This is, in a nut shell, the kinds of writing you'll find here. Hope you enjoy us.

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