Is it safe to eat rutabaga greens?

Question

I know we eat turnip greens and collard greens but I see no recipe for rutabaga greens. Do they have to much cyanide in them. I know the rutabaga has some and its not good to eat a lot of rutabaga as it affects the tyroid. I have never seen rudabaga's sold with the greens on them. I have searched the internet and can not find the answer.

Answer 1

Rutabaga greens are edible, but are not as good a source of greens as turnips. ... greens, broccoli, and brussels sprouts. But here is a receipe for you.

Penne with Braised Greens and Rutabaga
Cut 2 pounds rutabaga into 1.5 inch cubes. Put into a large pot. Add 3 cups water, 1.5 Tablespons butter, 1/4 teaspoon fresh thyme, 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook over high heat until tender; drain any excess water; set aside.

2) In a large pot, over medium heat, saute 6 slices thickly sliced smoked bacon, julienned, until just barely crisp, remove to paper towel to drain, set aside, and leave just enough bacon grease in the pot to help saute remaing ingredients.

3) Add 1 onion (your choice of white, red or yellow), peeled and sliced, 1 garlic clove, crushed, and 1 teaspoon (or more, to taste) chile pepper flakes or powder and, over medium heat, saute until onion is just barely translucent.

4) Add 3=>4 pounds just rinsed mixed greens (collards, mustard, turnip, kale, etc.) trimmed and cut into wide ribbons with the water that clinging to them. Cover pot and cook until greens have just withered down. Uncover and add 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, and a dozen or so turns of black pepper. Turn heat up to medium-high and partially cover. Cook until greens are just tender, around 15 minutes.

5) Quickly drain the greens, reserving cooking liquor.

ATTENTION: GENERIC PASTA COOKING!!! Steps 6) and 7).
6) Meanwhile, simulltaneously, in large pot, for ANY amount less than 1 pound of pasta, boil 3 quarts of water and add 1.5 Tablespoons salt per pound of pasta; for 1 pound of pasta, boil 4.5 quarts water, then salt with 1.5 heaping Tablespoons of salt and 1 Tablespoon of oil. (For 1.5 pounds pasta, use 5 quarts water and 2.25 Tablespoons salt and 1 Tablespoon of oil, for 2 pounds pasta, use 5.5 quarts of water and 2 Tablespoons salt and 1 Tablespoon of oil; and NEVER cook more than 2 ponds of pasta in a single pot because you can't stir it well, drain it fast enough, and get it seasoned and coated quickly enough to keep it from sticking together.) Then bring to a re-boil, then dump in 1 pound pasta all at once and stir enough to keep it from sticking together, cover so it will more quickly come to a re-boil and watch so it doesn't boil over, then uncover and and adjust the heat to cook at a lively (but not fierce) boil until the pasta is just (if not homemade, ignore the times on the package) al dente: Keep tasting it until it just begins to loose its stiffness and is tender enough so you can bite through without snapping it, then immediately add a cup of ice-cold water to slow the cooking; turn off the heat, and immediately drain and shake well to rid of water (inside the tubes like penne and the like), put back into pot.
7) The instant pasta is drained, it should be coated with whatever sauce or else it will stick together in a disastrous, gummy mass.

8) Immediately add greens and rutabaga to pasta and toss all very gently in the still warm pot.

9) Immediately taste and reseason if necessary and add greens' liquor if desired to moisten a little more.

8) Immediately serve 4=>6.

Answer 2

Rutabaga Greens

Answer 3

Rutabaga greens are safe to eat. They taste great raw in salads, and just as good cooked. They have very little calories and are a great source of Potassium.

Answer 4

I don't believe I've ever seen a rutabaga or a parsnip. My Mother had several recipes that included turnips. And I have probably eaten my weight in turnip greens.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Rutabaga greens have similar nutritional content as collard greens and turnip greens. It is more bitter in taste, but if cooked with onions and tomatoes , they are good.

Answer 7

they are perfectly safe and in my opinion quite good! ♥