I'm from Chicago and my family happens to eat a lot of Pasta (I'm also Italian)and if we're feeling a little less "healthy" we love our Italian beef sandwiches with peppers....oh, and our pizza....oh, and our hot dogs...

epicurious.com has a whole library of wonderful recipes. i've been trying at least one new recipe each week for the past 6 months and haven't been disappointed once. i only make things that have 3.5 or 4 forks (their rating system) and i always read the reader's reviews/comments and often revise recipe according to those. if you like indian food, i made the shrimp madras and the indian-spiced cauliflower (without the potatoes) last week and my husband is still talking about them. simple, fairly quick and really delicious. good luck.

starrsville,
Only one type of people sets me off to a blaze - whining kind.

For everyone else -
is Turnip greens for salad? Interesting...
I totally except epicurious.com refferences because admanniv made it herself and ate it and liked it.

Indian food yes, like it! Curry yumm!

Thanks and I hope lots of people reading it and messing up their kitchens. LOL

For me, it's folks with poor spelling skills.

I don't care and asking everyone to nevermind it.
We have recipies to share here...

"Be eschewed" and "nevermind it".
My, my, my what a friendly guy. Sounds a lot like the wedding gift thread.

Ziana,

No, turnip greens aren't used in salad. They are usually boiled with some of the roots cut up with them, and a piece of ham for flavoring.

If ham is out of the question, a piece of smoked turkey will do in a pinch.

Turnip greens are, I understand, just full of vitamins and are very low cal.

Serve them with a little hot sauce or vinegar sprinkled over, and a piece of cornbread.

Byrd

So I can use 'em in any soup like I use celery in any soup? Thanks

Welll--I don't think I've ever used greens in soup, although the turnip roots are delicious in pot roast or stew.

But if you cut up the greens (a chiffonade?) I don't see why they shouldn't be delicious in soup.

I looked in Epicurious, and they have two recipes for Gumbo Z'Herbes, vegetarian gumbo, which might be good.

Byrd

You can use the greens in soup. Try it with black-eyed peas and a little sausage. Hot sauce and a pinch of brown sugar add depth -- not enough to actually taste the heat or the sweet, just until the flavor deepens. Works with mustard greens, chard, kale, just about any greens.

You can also make and excellent soup of kale and wedge-cut potato chunks and a bit of sausage.

Hmm, now that I think of it, ANY recipe can be improved with a bit of sausage. Add a little bit of sausage to some sausage, and you've got something. Or bacon.

Must be lunchtime!

Was looking for turnip greens - no luck.
Can that be out of season or something?

Well, they're available in Alabama. If you can't find fresh turnip greens where you live, you might try the frozen or canned ones.

Actually, there is a really tasty brand of canned turnip greens (seasoned) available here--"Glory" brand.

A friend told me about them, and they really are good (to a southerner, anyway).

And my mother would turn over in her grave if she ever thought I would buy CANNED turnip greens!

Byrd

Soyou are turnip's person? Any recipy to share? With turnip-not-greens that I can find? Thanks

Is "turnip-not-green" the turnip root? If so, I sometimes add turnips to pot roast about half way through the cooking, about the time I add carrots.

We have also added boiled and drained turnips to potatoes and mashed them together. Butter and horseradish make this a good dish.

I looked on Episurious, and it has more than 100 recipes for turnips. Some of them sound good.

Byrd

Make that:

epicurious.com

Oh this thread is hilarious on SOOO many levels!!! Thanks to whomever it was on the "France is Fading Away" thread (or something like that) who sent me here! I actually laughed out loud. Ziana, I think you should have your own t.v. show!!

check out www.chowhound.com.

I try to include the four basic food groups in all of my meals: steak, potatoes, corn and beer.
8-)

Today we are having grilled pork tacos with jack cheese, shredded cabbage, avocados, and salsa. Fresh pintos on the side.

HI..
I love to cook and with the help of Trader Joe's, I can go gourmet without the gourmet prices.. They have a Salmon stuffed with cous cous for around $5-6 for 2 good size pieces, I get some mushroom risotto and bake the Salmon with a head of garlic, tomatoes, asparagus, mushrooms and I bake that for about an hour at 350 degrees and with a bottle of 2 buck chuck and I have a gourmet healthy meal that is so delicous for under $10 for 2..
Today we are having cold chicken that was marinated in sesame ginger orange sauce and cooked on the grill last night and I am making an asian cole slaw to accompany that with some lemonade..
I am starving...gotta go..
Enjoy your food and eat your veggies!