Rutabaga Recipes

Thanks to Kim for this rutabaga idea. She cooks and mashes potatoes, rutabagas, celery root (also known as celeriac) with garlic.

People often grate rutabagas in raw slaw with cabbage, carrots, celery root, and onion with a typical slaw dressing OR in a Waldorf type salad with cabbage, apples, raisins, and nuts like walnuts with a lemony mayonnaise dressing.

Rutabagas are great cooked with meat in a pie crust pocket - called pasties in the upper peninsula of Michigan. They are also good in gratins cooked and mashed and combined with eggs, milk, cream, nutmeg, salt, and placed in a buttered casserole and topped with bread crumbs and or cheese and baked ina preheated 350 degree oven for about a half hour.

Rutabagas are worth befriending! They are a member of the brassica (cabbage) family, and are high in vitamins A and C and calcium. The rutabaga is one of the crucifers that are believed to be effective in cancer prevention. Many people are increasing their intake of rutabagas as they decrease their consumption of potatoes. Potatoes are a member of the solanum family and can irritate arthritis symptoms. Potatoes also have faster sugar conversion,and tend to spike blood sugar levels. This is a concern to people with type 2 diabetes. WE love potatoes, but if you have arthritis or blood sugar concerns, consider eating more rutabagas.

For more detailed recipes we recommend Asparagus to Zucchini by the Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition. We usually have copies available for sale.