50 + 1 Parsnip Recipes

I have to admit, the only way I prepare parsnips is by roasting them, so I am as interested as the rest of you as to how else you can cook parsnips.

1. Curried Parsnip Pie

2. Potatoes and Parsnips in Acorn Squash Bowls - these sound good, though a lot of work

3. Sweet and Gooey Parsnips

4. Corned Beef Parsnip Hash - yummy!!

5. Carrot and Parsnip Latkes

6. Gingered Carrot and Parsnip Soup

7. Baked Parsnips Irish Style - I can't decide why these are Irish Style?

8. Breaded Parsnips

9. Buttered Fried Parsnips - this sounds good

10. Mashed Potatoes, Parsnips and Garlic

11. Creamy Potato and Parsnip Gratin

12. Parsnip Chowder

13. Parsnip Patties

14. Maple Glazed Parsnips

15. Green Bean Parsnip Soup

16. Parsnip Pecan Cake

17. Parsnip Potato Pancakes

18. Winter Vegetables with Horseradish Dill Butter

19. You Hate Parsnips? - yes its a recipe.....

20. Root Vegetable Gratin Dauphinoise

21. Sugar Crusted Parsnips

22. Cajun Parsnip Fries

23. Cheesy Bacon Parsnip Patties

24. Country Pork and Winter Vegetable Pie

25. Curried Cream of Parsnip and Carrot Soup

26. Irish Stew (Lamb Shanks and Ontario Root Vegetables Braised with Guinness)

27. Parsnips with Pears and Wild Rice

28. Savoury Parsnip Parmesan Mini-Muffins

29. Turkey Barley Stew - good way of using up the Christmas turkey

30. Winter Vegetable Soup

31. Smoky Cod and Parsnip Chowder

32. Mashed Potato, Rutabaga, And Parsnip Casserole With Caramelized Onions

33. Baked Butternut Squash and Parsnips

34. Beef and Parsnip Stroganoff

35. Beet Soup with Parsnips

36. Carrot Parsnip and Lentil Soup

37. Chicken and Parsnip Casserole

38. Farfalle with Onion Parsnip Ragout

39. Garbanzo Parsnip Gnocchi

40. Hearty Rutabaga, Carrot, Parsnip and Sausage Soup

41. Low-Fat Parsnip and Butternut Squash Risotto with Herbs - this sounds so good

42. Parsnip and Bean Pie - this is an easy recipe.

43. Parsnip and Cheddar Souffle

44. Parsnip and Pancetta Tagliatelle with Parmesan and Butter

45. Parsnip Cake

46. Parsnip, Carrot and Cauliflower Korma

47. Parsnip Garlic Ravioli with Mushroom Ragout

48. Parsnip Oven-Fries with Yogurt Curry Dipping Sauce

49. Parsnip Parmesan and Sage Bread

50. Parsnip Slaw

51. Pork and Parsnip Casserole

Nutritional Information:

Nutrition Highlights
Parsnips (raw, sliced), 1 cup (155g)
Calories: 100
Protein: 1.56g
Carbohydrate: 24g
Total Fat: 0.4g
Fiber: 6.5g
*Excellent source of: Vitamin C (22.6mg), and Folate (88.8mg)
*Good source of: Potassium (498mg)

So there you go, I didn't realise you could do so much with parsnips.

As next Wednesday is Christmas Eve and the following Wednesday New Year's Eve, I'm going to take a break on the 50 + 1 recipes for a couple of weeks.

Are there any vegetables that you would like me to feature?

Bread Sauce and Old Fashioned Stuffing Recipes....

The bread sauce recipe is a British one, I have no idea where I got it from, but have been using it for years. The stuffing/dressing recipe I got from the Toronto Sun Newspaper not long after we moved here from Britain, again I have been using this same recipe for years.

I have no photos of either of these recipes, sorry.

Bread Sauce

Ingredients:

1 large onion, chopped
little dripping or butter
3/4 pint (1 1/2 cups) milk
1/4 pint (1/2 cup) chicken stock
6 oz stale white bread, cut of crusts and cut into chunks
salt, pepper and freshly grated nutmeg
1 tbsp chopped parsley (optional)

Fry the onion gently in the dripping or butter until softened. Add the milk, stock, bread and seasonings. Cook very slowly until the sauce has thickened.

Adjust the seasonings to taste and keep sauce warm. Sprinkle with parsley before serving.

Old Fashioned Stuffing

Ingredients:

1/4 cup of butter or marg
2 medium onions, finely chopped
3 - 4 stalks celery, finely chopped (I of course never include these)
9 cups day old bread, crust removed and cubed
2 tsp each sage and savory
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 - 1 cup chicken broth or giblet stock
1 lb sausage meat, browned and drained

Melt butter in large fry pan, add onions and cook until tender, around 5 minutes. Add celery and cook for a further 2 minutes. Pour over bread in a large bowl, stir in seasonings and sausage meat. Gradually stir in broth until moistened, but not wet.

Makes enough to stuff a 12 lb turkey.

*****MAKE A MENTAL NOTE TO YOURSELF NOT TO THROW OUT YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS AFTER CHRISTMAS, AS I WANT YOU TO USE THEM FOR SOMETHING, MORE ON THIS AFTER CHRISTMAS****

You know it's close to Christmas when.....

you add on another hour to your shopping trip, as that is how long it is going to take to find a parking spot at the mall.......and they say there is a recession on!!!

when, there is a police officer directing traffic in and out of the parking lot where the liquor store and Beer Store are located. Also there is a security guard at the door at these stores only letting so many people in at a time and the line up outside is right around the store.........again and they say there is a recession on!!!

In Canada, we can only buy beer at the beer store. All wine and liquor is bought at the LCBO, but there are the odd wine stores here and there, and can be attached to a grocery store. You cannot however buy alcohol in a grocery store or a corner store.

when you know fine well you MUST avoid the grocery stores come hell or high water on the 20th through to the 24th at 12 noon, as due to the fact the grocery stores are closed on the 25th, and people will panic like mad that they may possibly starve due to the stores being closed that one day.

Just a hint, if you have time on Christmas Eve, you may find some good deals in the meat department later on in the afternoon. They will mark the prices down so they can sell them before they expire. Also after 12 noon the grocery stores tend to be dead quiet.

when, you actually see me in Toys 'R Us, as I never set foot in the place any other time of the year!!!

when, on garbage day in the recycling bins are all the cardboard tubes from the wrapping paper!!

when, you actually hear me say, I hope it snows....it's the only time of year you will ever hear me say that, as I can't stand the horible stuff!!!

Now it's your turn..........

Today's Flower

I haven't had time to post these past couple of weeks on Today's Flower. I bought this Poinsettia the other week, its a new variety, which reminds me of a Candy Cane, and is so pretty.

For more of Today's Flower photos, please click on the link

More getting to know you.............

Popped over to Lakeland Jo's blog and happened upon this:

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends. Okay, here's what you're supposed to do, and try not to be a SCROOGE!!! Just change all the answers so that they apply to you. You are all tagged....it's Christmas after all and I don't want to leave anyone out!


1.Wrapping paper or gift bags? This year both, as I have a lot of gift bags I want to use up and a lot of wrapping paper.

2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial....can't be doing with the mess real trees make.

3. When do you put up the tree? Generally by the first weekend of December.

4. When do you take the tree down? New Year's Day, I know crazy. All the decorations come down and I give the living room a good clean also that day.........I don't touch alcohol, so I am never hung over.................gosh it must be good to be so perfect eh!!! (I'm joking!!!)

5. Do you like eggnog? Nope, can't stand the stuff.

6. Favourite gift received as a child? I have no idea...

7. Hardest person to buy for? My mother and step-father in Britain.........

8. Easiest person to buy for? The kids....

9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, but its a Partylite Product and you put a tea candle in the back. I don't have it out though this year .


10. Mail or email Christmas cards. Mail


11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Probably cheap chocolate, despite the fact I tell everyone I am particular about what I will eat.

12. Favourite Christmas Movie? National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

13. When do you start shopping? Boxing Day, seriously I do.........I get a pile of stuff during the Boxing Week sales......

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes...........is that bad? I don't think so.

15. Favourite thing to eat at Christmas? Quality Street candy

16. Lights on the tree? 800

17. Favourite Christmas song? Merry Christmas From the Family, sung by the Dixie Chicks

18, Travel at Christmas or stay home? At home, with snow on the ground.......which being in Canada happens nearly 100% of the time. I can't remember ever having a white Christmas when we lived in England?

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? I think so....but don't test me!!!

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? This year its a star, but I do have an angel as well.

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Stressing about the fact that will people actually like what I have bought...........stupid or what?

23. Favourite ornament theme or color? Gold

24. Favourite for Christmas dinner? Other than the turkey my bread sauce, it is so good!!

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Digital photo frame, gift cards for anywhere, and like Lakeland Jo, world peace etc!!!!

You know that was fun doing that, looking forward to reading everyone elses responses!!

Dear Santa (from Mom)

Dear Santa,


I've been a good mom all year. I've fed, cleaned and cuddled my children
on demand, visited the doctor's office more than my doctor, sold
sixty-two cases of candy bars to raise money to plant a shade tree on
the school playground. I was hoping you could spread my list out over
several Christmases, since I had to write this letter with my son's red
crayon, on the back of a receipt in the laundry room between cycles, and
who knows when I'll find anymore free time in the next 18 years.


Here are my Christmas wishes:

I'd like a pair of legs that don't ache (in any color, except purple,
which I already have) and arms that don't hurt or flap in the breeze;
but are strong enough to pull my screaming child out of the candy aisle
in the grocery store.

I'd also like a waist, since I lost mine somewhere in the seventh month
of my last pregnancy.

If you're hauling big ticket items this year I'd like fingerprint
resistant windows and a radio that only plays adult music; a television
that doesn't broadcast any programs containing talking animals; and a
refrigerator with a secret compartment behind the crisper where I can
hide to talk on the phone.

On the practical side, I could use a talking doll that says, "Yes,
Mommy" to boost my parental confidence, along with two kids who don't
fight and three pairs of jeans that will zip all the way up without the
use of power tools.

I could also use a recording of Tibetan monks chanting "Don't eat in the
living room" and "Take your hands off your brother," because my voice
seems to be just out of my children's hearing range and can only be
heard by the dog.

If it's too late to find any of these products, I'd settle for enough
time to brush my teeth and comb my hair in the same morning, or the
luxury of eating food warmer than room temperature without it being
served in a Styrofoam container.

If you don't mind, I could also use a few Christmas miracles to brighten
the holiday season. Would it be too much trouble to declare ketchup a
vegetable? It will clear my conscience immensely. It would be helpful if
you could coerce my children to help around the house without demanding
payment as if they were the bosses of an organized crime family.

Well, Santa, the buzzer on the dryer is ringing and my son saw my feet
under the laundry room door. I think he wants his crayon back. Have a
safe trip and remember to leave your wet boots by the door and come in
and dry off so you don't catch cold.

Help yourself to cookies on the table but don't eat too many or leave
crumbs on the carpet.

Yours Always, MOM...!

P.S. One more thing...you can cancel all my requests if you can keep my
children young enough to believe in Santa.

*Santa has asked that this gets passed on to all the mommies you know*


(thanks to Linda, for sending me this!!)

Finally finished the quilt........

I finally got Mya's quilt finished. I was going to make her a Tu-Tu, but haven't had the time to go and get the material, so thought I'd make her a quilt with some material I had in my stash.

I must say I am pleased with how it turned out. I love the pink's and cream, just right for a little girl. The front of the quilt is in cotton and the back is flannel, so it is nice and warm. It's around 36" square.

The front of the quilt:

A close up of the front:

The back, I used some leftover flannel from my niece's quillow:

Finally a close up of the back with the label I put on it.

Lets hope she likes it............