maxine wrote:

> While shopping this afternoon, I checked the reduced rack in the
> produce section. For $2, I found the strangest bag of veggies I've
> ever seen, so had to buy it.
>
> What would you do for a dinner with: (slightly less after paring off
> the sad parts)
>
> 3lb ruby sweet potatoes
> 3/4lb turnips
> 1 tiny onion
> a hand sized bit of endive
> 1 small fist-sized raddichio
>
> I also have some scrod, lemon juice, the whole spice cabinet, and
> salad fixings.


Dice the turnips and sweet potatoes, and then cook them in butter on the
stovetop until caramelized. Wait until they're done cooking to add salt,
pepper, and ground fennel seed.

Mince the onion. Slice the endive and radicchio. Heat olive oil in a pan
which has a lid. Add the onion, endive, and radicchio and cover. Cook over
medium heat until wilted. Add a splash of red wine vinegar and sugar to
taste. (If you have them, you can add raisins and pine nuts.)

Brush the scrod with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and paprika. Broil.
Serve scrod on top of radicchio with the sweet-potato hash on the side.

Alternatively, you can cook the turnips by themselves and then make a
dessert (e.g., a microwave steamed pudding) with the sweet potatoes -- but
three pounds of sweet potatoes would make a LOT of dessert compared to the
rest of the items mentioned.

Bob