Turnip has a white flesh and purple trimming. They have a sharper taste than rutabaga and are often available in summer before the fall crop of rutabaga is harvested. Rutabaga has yellow flesh and is sometimes called Swede or yellow turnip. They are often waxed for winter storage.

Turnips and leeks tend to be light, silky, and sophisticated as is, but they're even better baked in creamy blue cheese béchamel. The unique gratin easily serves as a vegetarian main with just a simple green side salad.

Instructions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees and generously coat a 11” x 7” or similar size baking dish with softened butter. Layer ⅓ of the sliced turnips in an

Mushroom Stuffed Potato Cakes Fluffy potato cakes stuffed with a fragrant lemony herby mushroom mixture. These mushroom stuffed potato cakes would make an amazing addition to meals. I made these potato filled cakes around this time last year and they went down a treat with the family. I had it in mind to make this recipe again to share on the blog, but then completely forgot about it! I then made them again a couple of months ago, took the photos, but wasn’t 100% happy with the way the shots…

This vegetarian carrot and turnip soup is creamy, rich, hearty, and is guaranteed to warm you up on a chilly day.

Warming Irish style beef stew with lectin-free root vegetables.

These recipes with turnips are some of the best vegetable dishes to try if you are looking to include more vegetables in your diet. You will find some great dinner recipes for 2 in this list of healthy meals.

A sleeper-hit vegetable side dish on a predominantly seafood-rich menu, these sweet and tangy turnips are a loud statement for this idea: At a restaurant, order the unexpected thing. Get the salmon dinner at a brick-oven pizza joint; take a chance on the oatmeal cream pie at an oyster bar. More often than not you’ll be rewarded for your transgression. This dish, birthed by Nicole Cabrera Mills, the chef de cuisine of Pêche Seafood Grill, in New Orleans, is an unassuming celebration of the…

If you find turnips with their greens still attached at your farmers' market, snatch them up for this healthy vegetable recipe. Otherwise, spinach makes a good sub for the turnip greens.

Add horseradish and garlic to sauce