Week 2, Meal 2

I feel like I probably have eaten a turnip before, it's not a crazy vegetable. Most people have heard of them, maybe in a soup, maybe roasted. I looked around for recipies for how to cook them, what they taste good with and saw one that had you sautee the turnips and serve them with the greens and some spinach. I amended it to what I had and added flavor since it only had olive oil, salt and pepper. Here's my version of Haruki Turnips with Greens, Asian Style.

1 bunch Haruki turnips, greens separated and set aside
1 lb of greens, spinach and arugula worked well
Olive oil
1 t. of each ginger and garlic
1 T. soy sauce
1/2 T. orange marmalade
Salt & Pepper

Start by thoroughly washing all vegetables, including the turnip greens and then chopping them in to bite size pieces. Set aside. Slice turnips in to rounds, about 1/4 " think. Mine were very juicy, so I dried them off before I put them in a pan on medium high heat and cooked them on both sides until golden brown in just enough olive oil to cook with. Set aside and season liberally with salt and pepper.

Next take your greens and put them in to the pan, turning the heat down to medium low. Add the ginger and garlic. (I have a jar of ginger and garlic already made in to a paste in my refrigerator and I pull it out frequently for things like this. If I had to go through the trouble of chopping garlic and ginger every time I wanted it, I would never use them fresh. I just put some olive oil in it and it keeps well). Cook 1-2 min, then add the soy sauce and marmalade, and cover until greens are finished. Add the turnips back in and enjoy! I served this with some cous cous cooked with vegetable stock and seasoned with lemon, salt and pepper. There is a sauce that comes together from the soy and marmalade that is delicious over the cous cous. This is definitely something that I would make again!