Posters and Turnips

I made a post a while ago about some posters that I was thinking of printing. I decided to go ahead and get those puppies printed. I am pretty happy with the way they came out, too! Disregard the price tag stickers on the picture frames.

It was much cheaper to go to the local camera store and have these 11X14s printed as matte pictures rather than having them printed at Kinko's as posters -- $5 each versus $38.95 each. The picture frames were $7.99 from Garden Ridge, and we spray painted them white to match with the curtains and white trim. Yahoo! Still cheaper than similar things I've found online like this.

Turnips Fries - (before baking)

On the eating front, we always get turnips from our local Farmer's Market and then have no idea what to do with them. Peter is always determined to take the vegetables I don't like and turn them into something tasty. It just wasn't happening with turnips...until I found a recipe for turnip fries! Yes, fries. When you eat them while they are hot, they are pretty convincing as French fries. I would highly recommend them if you are curious or needing something to do with turnips.

Turnip Fries Recipe:
4-5 turnips
2 tbsp of vegetable oil or olive oil
1/3 cup of parmesan cheese (the kind in the green can)
1 tsp of onion powder
1 tsp of garlic powder
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp chives (optional)
sprinkle of ground pepper (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Wash turnips and then cut into "steak fries."
3. In a bowl, pour oil and mix with turnips. All fries should have a light covering.
4. Add in cheese, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, chives, and pepper.
5. Toss all fries, so they are covered in the mixture from step 3.
6. Spray a sheet with cooking spray and spread fries onto sheet evenly.
7. Cook for 20 minutes.
8. Eat soon after (--I like them while they are still hot) and enjoy!

Turnip Factoids (wee!):

Turnips have less calories than potatoes.

Turnips have less carbohydrates than potatoes.

Turnips are higher in calcium.