Waaaal, preppers know. My granny knew. And now that I’m a granny, I think it’s time to be sure all y’all know, if you didn’t already. The humble, pale, and pointy parsnip can be a spectacular addition to your kitchen and garden brilliance. It’s easy to grow and cook, keeps in your root cellar or fridge for quite a while, and cooks up in an air fryer in no time at all. Roasts in a hot oven, too, or a slow cooker. But as a quick demo of how easy and fast it can be, we’ll do air fryer.
First, though, a few quick words about why you should bother to grow them, buy them, keep them and cook them: Whole food. Real food. Vegetable. Vitamin C, vitamin K, folate, vitamin E, magnesium, potassium, several B vitamins, fiber, antioxidants.
Better yet, you can get all those benefits without having to doll the pointy little pearls up with a lot of calories or grease. Just peel ‘em, cut the ends off, then cut ‘em into little fry-size strips, maybe 2-3 inches long by 1/2 inch, or a bit bigger if you like.
Toss those little jewels in a bowl with a spoonful of olive oil and a sprinkle of smoked salt, smoked paprika, cumin, turmeric and black pepper. Boom.
They’ll take 10 to 15 minutes or so in your air fryer, at 390 degrees or “on” in the case of my extremely simple air fryer. I love an appliance that’s basically just “off” and “let’s do this!” without a lot of nuance.
When your parsnips are tender and browned at the edges, they’re done. Then you shovel those perfectly imperfect little puppies onto the plates you prepared in the 15 minutes they were cooking. In this case, on a base of Trader Joe’s Power Greens (right outta the bag, raw and whole) and a gorgeous slab of Simple Salmon (page 152, “Brownies for Breakfast,” ) with (wild, of course) salmon also sourced from Trader Joe.
And sweetie pals, there ya go. You’re welcome. All that’s left now is for you to let me know how perfect YOUR parsnips came out. Oh, and don’t forget to “like” and “subscribe” and all that, so the algorithm will keep us connected. Which, you may already know, is actually more important to your longevity than all the whole, real food and vitamins and minerals and protein you can consume. Connection. Right after that, though, parsnips.
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