What's For Dinner - I'm Bringin' Back The Parsnip

When I read that title, it reminds me of the time I was picking out carpet for my house. I wanted a low nap, grey, berber kind of carpet. The man who was helping me wouldn't show me any samples of berber because he said no one gets berber anymore, especially not grey berber. Everyone gets the same shaggy brown, and I would be sorry if I didn't put something like that in my house. I tried really hard to explain to him that the reason I wanted the berber was for the exact reason he felt I shouldn't get it. He kept telling me it wasn't in style. And I looked at him and said, "Well, I'm bringin' it back". He wasn't amused and just looked at me like I was stupid.

You might think I'm stupid too, with the whole bringing back the parsnip thing. But this is my goal. To make all of you start eating parsnip, so they will carry more of it in the store, so I can find it without a 10 minute hunt in the produce department. I had never had parsnip before, but we got it in our Bountiful Basket Co-op a while back. It is so good. It's like a big giant white carrot, but it tastes so much better than a carrot. I'm so not kidding. It is the new carrot, as far as I'm concerned. So I actually bought parsnips at the grocery store the other day when I was doing my Thanksgiving shopping. Who would have ever thunk it? I'm going to make the same dish I made before when we had parsnips. Because it was really super fantabulously yummy, everyone liked it, and I have been craving it since I last made it. And I think the beautiful fall colors will look dandy on the Thanksgiving table.

So if you want to try it, and I feel that you do, here's the recipe. I call it:

Allyson's Scrumptious Roasted Root Veggies

diced carrots

diced parsnips

diced sweet potatoes

diced any other kind of potato you have on hand

(I think mine were russet)

diced onion

diced red bell pepper

diced zucchini

(i know the last 2 ingredients aren't root veggies, but i had then and i wanted to get rid of them so i threw them in)

pour some olive oil over the veggies, add some salt n pepa, a lot of minced garlic, and some italian seasonings, stir,cover with foil, bake in a 400 degree oven for about 40 minutes or until tender.

Yum! So this is one of the dishes that will be making an appearance at my table on Thursday. I really sometimes can't stand blogger because it does dumb things such as: not letting me change the font color back to normal. Anyhoo, another thing that will be gracing my table, which I am a little nervous/excited about? This turkey. (click on the turkey word to be taken to the link)

Go buy parsnips! So I can show that carpet man exactly what I mean!

GO AWAY ORANGE TEXT!