5 Best Turnip Recipes

Last Updated May 06, 2024

Spring turnips, greens and all.

Turnips are here; their white shoulders peaking out from beneath the rich dark soil of spring. These recipes use both the earthy tasting root as well as the pungent greens. Enjoy.

Grits and Greens

This grits recipe has quickly become one of my favorites because it includes everything I love in one dish. The combination of sausage, cheese, greens, and hot sauce could not be better than when...

With a boat load of greens from a friends garden and my CSA (from Sugar Camp Farm), I set out to find a recipe that would make sufficient and tasty use of them. Greek Phyllo Greens Pie it was. Greece...

Cheesy Bacon and Turnip Greens Dip

This recipe comes from Demetria of White's Family Farm in Springfield, Tennessee. We're big fans of Demetria and her cooking. Similar to a spinach artichoke dip, this rich recipe is a great...

Honey Soy Turnip Greens

Smiley’s Farm Produce at The Nashville Framers' Market has bushels and bushels of turnip greens and folks that "cook up a mess of greens" the old-fashioned way seek them out. This recipe may not be...

Turnip & Sweet Potato Gratin with Gruyere

Earthy turnips and sweet potatoes are sliced thin and layered with cream and Gruyere cheese for a classic gratin. A perfect accompaniement to roast chicken, beef, pork or simply a green salad.&...

Hal Holden-Bache's Root Vegetable Dauphinois

This classic custardy gratin of vegetables is super versatile. You can use all potatoes, or your choice of sweet, white and turnips, any kind of cheese and the caramelized onions or not. But this...

Leafy Greens for a Sharp Mind

This is the latest news according to NPR: A study recently published in Neurology finds that healthy seniors who had daily helpings of leafy green vegetables — such as...

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Bet you didn't know today (October 7) is National Kale Day. Yes there's an entire website dedicated to it, Nationalkaleday.org, with Kings of Kale, Kale 101 and Kalebrations. Or maybe you did....

Green Turnip & Spinach Soup

This "potage" or French home cooking soup, celebrates the spring arrival of spinach and turnips. Five simple ingredients.

Recipes for a Winter CSA: Cauliflower, Turnips and Kale Oh My!

Winter doesn't stop for the CSA baskets from our local farmers. Bloomsbury baskets were full or greens, turnips. radishes, cauliflower (the yellow variety) and sprouts. Bells Bends and Delvin...