The RUTABAGA!

Last weekend we went to Paducah, Kentucky for a much

needed weekend getaway.

It's amazing how one night in a hotel, a good 

meal at a nice restaurant and some dancing can revitalize 

my being.

On this particular trip, I made a stop on the

way home at the local grocery store.

I love to shop in different towns

and see what ingredients they may have to offer.

On this particular trip, one discovery was the RUTABAGA.

I have never bought or cooked one.

I ate one once that was cooked by 

my sister-in-law, Karen.

I am pretty sure she cooked

them kinda like turnips.

I just remember they were

good.

  That was about 20 years ago.

As many turnips I have seen in my life, I was still

intimidated by this 

turnip-like

 veggie.

It is covered in wax.

That may have been one factor that

caused me to be leery.

Turns out, it is a wonderful and easy veggie

to cook.

First, I cut it in half.  I then used my peeler to peel it.

I only used half for this recipe.

I cut the half into nice chunky fries and tossed 

the pieces with a bit of olive oil,

steak seasoning, garlic powder, salt and pepper.

I preheated the oven to 425 degrees and placed the strips

on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper.

I cooked them for about 40 minutes.  I tossed them a couple of times.  The would have probably crisped

more, but it would have taken and hour...

and I was hungry.

These were soooooo

good.

They were similar to white potato fries,

but they had a slight sweetness to them and more 

pizzazz.

And about half the calories!

  OMG!

The RUTABAGA will definitely be on my 

"to buy" list from

now on!  

Here is a pic of the fries with 

my huge slab of awesome salmon that I grilled.

It was so so so DE-LisH-Ous!

The hubs had a huge ribeye that I grilled to medium...

 BUT...he admitted the RUTABAGA fries 

won

his heart 

over.   

Love what you eat and eat what you love!

:)