hello parsnips!

Cooking here, is best done and enjoyed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  Thursday is left overs. Friday, take out. Saturday, pizza and Sunday, almost always,  pasta and veggies.  It is no wonder i watch more cooking TV  in the early part of the week. food just tastes better when you can change it up from the tired old standbys.

On Monday, Rachael Ray made a nice meal.  winter veggies, pork loin, and a warm apple slaw (which intrigues me still).  i decided to make a pork loin for dinner as i always have a few in the freezer.   the parsnips, carrots, and potato mix was easy to put together.   so off to the store i went, in search of parsnips.

I have never had parsnips in my 60+ years. just one of the vegetables in the food market that i look at and pass by.  Pale carrots, with an unknown taste.  

Easy to find and definitely a different taste... not unpleasant.  scrubbed not peeled, cut on a slant like the carrots. nice looking mix.  a little oil, salt and pepper.  Tossed together & laid out on a roasting pan. cook at 400 degrees for 40 minutes. The result....they were good!  

The three of us managed to eat the entire amount made.. and i could have easily  made more!  For something just a little different i will definitely make these again.   Hubby now vows to try and grow some this summer.  time will tell on that score.

Parsnips..... who would have thought?!