Be Humble and Always Remember Your ROOTS

In New England vegetables can get pricey in the winter. Your favorite summer vegetables like tomatoes, peppers and carrots are shipped to your local markets with a hefty price tag. To save some change buy what’s in season…root vegetables. .. Root vegetables include; turnips, parsnips and rutabagas. They’re nutrient rich and particularly high in vitamin C. Root vegetables are often over looked because of their odd shapes and colors. Plus most people don’t know where to start when it comes to preparing and cooking them. If you’re one of those people try the recipe below. Roasting vegetables that are bitter, like root vegetables, makes them taste sweet. Ingredients like cinnamon and ginger compliment the sweetness. Plus, it’s easy to prepare, uses one pan and the result is DELICIOUS!

Ingredients

1 Turnip
1 Rutabaga
6 Parsnips
3 Garlic cloves - chopped
Olive oil
Seasonings: cinnamon, ginger, pepper

Large roasting pan


Directions

~Preheat oven to 400F
~Peel turnip and rutabaga
~Chop turnip, rutabaga and parsnips into ½ inch cubes, place them into roasting pan
~Drizzle (thats a funny word) olive oil across top of cut vegetables
~Sprinkle garlic, cinnamon, ginger and pepper onto vegetables
~Toss vegetables with spoon/ hands until oil and seasonings coat vegetables
~Roast for 40-50 min or until a toothpick can slide easily in and out of a vegetable. ~Turn vegetables 20 min into roast