{"id":1053,"date":"2017-02-23T22:54:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T06:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2018-08-06T23:05:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T06:05:50","slug":"rutabagas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/rutabagas\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do with Rutabagas &#8211; Real Food Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ebd-block \" data-type=\"text\">\n<p>This is a root vegetable with many names. Rutabaga is the most common name in North America, but it&#8217;s also called Swedish turnip, or even just Swede. In Swedish it&#8217;s &#8220;k\u00e5lrot&#8221;, meaning &#8220;cabbage\/kale root&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Rutabaga is a cross between cabbage and turnip, and it&#8217;s thought to be originated from Sweden. The most common way of eating rutabagas in Sweden is &#8220;rotmos&#8221; (&#8220;root mash&#8221;); rutabaga mashed with butter and either stock or milk\/cream. There are many different ways of preparing rutabagas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Roasted<\/li>\n<li>Baked<\/li>\n<li>Saut\u00e9ed<\/li>\n<li>Boiled<\/li>\n<li>Mashed, by itself or together with other root vegetables<\/li>\n<li>Grated into salads or coleslaws<\/li>\n<li>Added to soups and stews<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rutabagas\/Swedes, and other root vegetables like it, keep several months if stored in a cold area or cellar. This is one reason why root vegetables are considered in season during winter, even though they&#8217;re harvested in fall, because they last throughout winter when stored properly.<\/p>\n<p>Rutabagas are high in fiber and antioxidants, making them a great healthy vegetable to eat regularly. Rutabagas are a part of the Brassica family of vegetables that are all known for their cancer-fighting properties. Rutabagas are also high in Vitamin C which helps support your immune system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to make with rutabagas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rutabagas are a part of the Brassica family of vegetables that are all known for their cancer-fighting properties. Rutabagas are also high in Vitamin C which helps support your immune system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[238],"tags":[287],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}