Friday, June 3, 2011

Root Vegetables and Fresh Turmeric!


I made these root vegetables on the stove top when I made the chicken in the French oven. I could of thrown them all in the same pot, but I decided not to crowd the chicken this time. I tossed in a little olive oil, and used my fine herbes blend that goes so well with vegetables, sea salt pepper and garlic, and some fresh rosemary from my garden. The root veggies are parsnips, carrots, little red and white potatoes, and shallots...


When I was up in Michigan for my nieces wedding I found some fresh turmeric in this market near my mom's house. I was so thrilled I brought some home. I planted some in a pot and some in the garden...


...I will let you know if it grows like the ginger that I planted. I read that turmeric has a lot of health benefits, and the difference from the dried powdered is remarkable. I hope you get to try it.









I thought I would try it with the root veggies, how pretty the color it is when it's peeled. So I just grated a little and added it to all these root vegetables when it was cooking. Finished in the oven until all was fork tender.






I could enjoy this anytime of year.



Have any of you used fresh turmeric before? I would love to hear your ideas on how you use it!



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32 comments:

  1. pigpigscornerJune 3, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    I've never seen fresh turmeric! Looks just like ginger.

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  2. tinyskilletJune 3, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    pigpigscorner - That was the first I've seen it. I believe it's in the ginger family. I sure hope it grows so I can have more...otherwise I'll have my mom bring me more when she visits Florida.

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  3. Belinda @zomppaJune 3, 2011 at 6:26 PM

    I love roast chicken with root veggies. It's a perfect marriage.

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  4. tinyskilletJune 3, 2011 at 7:42 PM

    Belinda - I agree, it works well together, so comforting.

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  5. Barbara BakesJune 3, 2011 at 11:30 PM

    Such a great healthy side dish. I've never cooked parsnips.

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  6. Treat and TrickJune 4, 2011 at 2:24 AM

    So colorful and healthy, I love to cook veggies this way with least spice but never tried parsnip before....

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  7. Sam Hoffer / My Carolina KitchenJune 4, 2011 at 7:00 AM

    I've never seen fresh turmeric. How exciting. Root vegetables and chicken are a match made in heaven.
    Sam

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  8. tinyskilletJune 4, 2011 at 8:04 AM

    Barbara - If you find parsnips you should try them they are slightly sweet and oh so good. I love them roasted and caramelized too.

    Treat and Trick - I hadn't had parsnips until I was an adult, and funny thing is they are grown fin the area where I grew up.

    Sam - I know I was excited when I found the fresh turmeric. I hope it grows.

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  9. DianeJune 4, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    I have grown ginger before but I have never seen fresh turmeric, really interesting, I would love to try it. Diane

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  10. ElisabethJune 4, 2011 at 10:38 AM

    I love the way your roasted root vegetable turned out with all the amazing fresh herbs. I could just smell the aroma as I'm gazing at the photos. I've never seen fresh turmeric before, but I sure love the powdered one, as well.
    Thanks for your kind comment on my blog...bless your sweet Aussie for living such a long life...just like Thai, so determined to stay around. Thai has issues as well, with her hind legs sometimes, and she bounces back. Also has a bit of cataract, as well, but all-in-all she is so happy, and still healthy as she can be:DDD

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  11. Cooking GalleryJune 4, 2011 at 8:02 PM

    I usually use turmeric powder because it's very hard to find fresh turmeric here. Your root vegetable dish looks delish...!

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  12. JunJune 5, 2011 at 10:55 AM

    It is amazing that you found fresh turmeric in North America. We use fresh turmeric all the time in our region cooking. They are mostly used for the yellowish hue. For the taste, not so much because they can be rather bitter. Javanese use this widely in their health drink concoction - grind and mix them up with ginger and some palm sugar - serve cold with ice or warm with hot water. I hope they grow in your garden! I planted mine and it is growing so much. By the way, you can use the leaves for cooking too, the same way you'd use bay leaf. Same smell as the root, minus the yellowish hue!

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  13. tinyskilletJune 5, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    Diane, turmeric is in the ginger family, so I am hoping it will grow like my ginger does here. If you happen to see some pick some up, it's interesting to try.

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  14. tinyskilletJune 5, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    Elisabeth, thank you for your kind comment as well. I love using fresh herbs when I can, there are just a couple that I prefer the dried. I have many photos of Tucker on my photography/family blog Aqua Sunday, a few here too, he is a big part of our family.

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  15. tinyskilletJune 5, 2011 at 12:50 PM

    CG - it's hard to find here too, I was lucky to find it in a great marketplace by my mother's house in Michigan, they had so much more too, I wish it was near me!

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  16. tinyskilletJune 5, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    Jun, I was lucky to find it, my mom asked how to use it. Thank you for all the information on turmeric. I have used it in a mixed grains side dish and chopped it up very fine. It wasn't too bitter in that, but I wasn't sure on the flavor, it was interesting. I heard it has many health benefits. I love the color, and it stains like beets do :D

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  17. ann lowJune 5, 2011 at 1:26 PM

    Nice color and looks very delicious too! Hope to see the turmeric in your garden, Lindsey :)

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  18. tinyskilletJune 5, 2011 at 2:55 PM

    Ann, yes so do I! You know I will keep you all posted if it does grow in my garden. Can't wait to try the leaves.

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  19. ICook4FunJune 5, 2011 at 5:10 PM

    We usually used fresh turmeric for our curries. It will give the curries a nice hue of yellow. You can also use it for marinating meats. As for the leaves I will usually sliced it thinly and put it in Rendang. You can find the recipes at my blog.

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  20. MariaJune 5, 2011 at 7:22 PM

    Fresh turmeric is such a gorgeous ingredient. This sounds so good!

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  21. CathyJune 5, 2011 at 8:21 PM

    What a delicious combination of veggies. My mother used to cook parsnips all the time but I haven't had them in years.

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  22. JeannieJune 5, 2011 at 11:36 PM

    Plenty of these here:D we pound them into a paste together with other ingredients to cook curries! Very delicious and gives a wonderful color to dishes!

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  23. Foodness GraciousJune 6, 2011 at 12:06 AM

    Love your blog and happy to follow. I also adore parsnips my favorite being either chips or mashed with tons of butter and garlic...
    Thanks for sharing.

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  24. Elin ChiaJune 6, 2011 at 12:26 AM

    Lyndsey...this must be flavorful with the fine herbs and turmeric :) Have KIV it for side dish to the roast chicken :) Thanks for the idea of adding a bit of the fresh turmeric.

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  25. UnknownJune 6, 2011 at 8:10 AM

    You have a brilliant colorful blog with great ideas... your root vegetable medley with turneric sounds so tempting... yes I love my veggies:)

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  26. kitchen flavoursJune 6, 2011 at 8:40 AM

    Hi Lyndsey, Thank you for stopping by and following my blog. Really appreciate it! Lovely space you have here.
    Great idea to grate the tumeric for the veggies! And it is wonderful that you are able to get fresh tumeric over there. Turmeric are common and easily available here, we are very lucky! :)
    Turmeric are great for fish, chicken, meat, in fact everything! Hope you enjoy the culinary uses of turmeric! Have a nice day!

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  27. Biren @ Roti n RiceJune 6, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    Lyndsey, I envy you for being able to grow all this tropical plants. The turmeric leaves can also be used to flavor a dry curry called rendang. I have not had rendang in ages.

    I can imagine the flavor of your root vegetables with turmeric. It must be delicious!

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  28. MJJune 6, 2011 at 10:31 AM

    I've never seen fresh turmeric, good to know what it looks like. I can't wait to hear if it grows.

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  29. PamJune 6, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    Lyndsey, your mix of veggies sounds great! I don't recall ever seeing fresh tumeric in the stores and will be looking for it now. I'm looking forward to hearing how yours does and seeing pics of it. There's an award for you on my blog today.

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  30. RitaJune 6, 2011 at 2:09 PM

    This was so so interesting Lyndsey! I have never seen this before and now I am intrigued and will be searching the markets. Looks so good!
    Rita

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  31. Christine's PantryJune 6, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    I've never seen fresh turmeric. Reminds me of fresh ginger. Great recipe! Thanks for sharing!

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  32. Rosa's Yummy YumsJune 8, 2011 at 1:25 PM

    Root vegetables are fantastic and so versatile! I really love that flavor combination. Yummy!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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