Potatoes and Turnips with Bacon

It’s still chilly in this area and I’m still cooking heartier dishes even though spring is officially here now.  Turnips just may be the most underrated of vegetables.  If you aren’t crazy about them, I hope this recipe will change your mind!

Pairing turnips with potatoes is like a marriage made in heaven!  With one bite, you can have the subtle bitter, yet slightly sweet taste of the turnip and the earthy flavor of the potato.  Let them mingle with salty smoky bacon and they ooze an intense goodness.

This is a simple recipe with the wine vinegar and sugar adding a tasty sweet/sour sauce to the vegetables and bacon.  There are a lot of pleasant flavors going on in this recipe and here’s hoping you give it a try ~ it’s a cinch to make!

Potatoes and Turnips with Bacon

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

2 teaspoons sugar

5 slices bacon, cut into 1/2” pieces

1 small onion, diced

3 garlic cloves, chopped

1 pound turnips, peeled, cut into 1” chunks

1 pound small red potatoes, cut into 1” chunks

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon pepper

Method:

In small bow, mix vinegar and sugar.  Set aside.

Sauté bacon until crisp.  Set aside.

Add onion and garlic to skillet, cook until tender.

Add potatoes and turnips and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

On medium-low heat, cover and cook until almost tender, stirring frequently, about 15-20 minutes. 

Pour vinegar mixture over vegetables and toss.

Add bacon.

Check for seasonings.

Continue cooking until browned and slightly crisp, another 8 minutes or so.

Serve

YUM!!!  DELICIOUS!!!

Be sure to visit my friend, Linda’s blog @My Kind of Cooking for great tips, recipes and cookbook giveaway! 

Tangy Turnips

This time of year is great for root vegetable dishes.  Turnips are a good source of potassium, fiber, Vitamin C and calcium; low in carbohydrates and calories, plus they have a unique taste.

If you have never eaten turnips, they have a firm texture, and a very mild cabbage or radishy taste, though not as pungent as a radish and a little sweeter.  Turnips can be roasted, mashed like potatoes, grated for a slaw-type salad, added to a soup, eaten raw, or boiled and served with just a little butter and salt and pepper.  This time though, I wanted something a little different and then I eyed the bacon in the refrigerator…

Who doesn’t like bacon!  Combine cooked turnips with a little bacon, add a touch of vinegar and sugar and VOILA!  You have a great vegetable dish!  This is delicious if you like turnips as much as we do!

Tangy Turnips

Ingredients:

6 medium turnips, peeled and sliced

1 teaspoon salt

4 slices diced bacon

3 teaspoons apple cider vinegar

1 teaspoon sugar, or less; depending on your taste

Salt and pepper, to taste

Method:

Place turnips in saucepan, cover with water.

Add salt and bring to a boil.

Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes until tender.

Drain and set aside.

Meanwhile, fry bacon in a large skillet until crisp.

Discard skillet drippings, leaving a scant teaspoon in the skillet.

Add vinegar and sugar, blend well.

Add turnips and toss.

Serve

YUM!!!

Check out my friend, Linda’s blog, at My Kind of Cooking for her great recipes and giveaway!