Vegetable
Turnip
A humble, peppery root that is light, low in calories, and gently supportive of digestion and immunity.
🌱 What it is
The turnip is a round white-and-purple root vegetable from the cabbage family, eaten along with its leafy green tops.
✨ How it may help
- may help support digestion with a light, fiber-rich bite
- may help support immune health with vitamin C
- may help support bone health when the leafy tops are eaten
- may help support a light, low-calorie addition to meals
🥄 How to use it
Roast, mash, or add to soups and stews; the young leafy tops can be cooked like other greens.
🥗 Nutrition
Per 1 cup cubed, cooked (156g) · about 34 calories
- Vitamin C 18.4mg
- Fiber 3.1g
- Potassium 276mg
- Calcium 51mg
- Folate 15mcg
Source: USDA FoodData Central
⚖️ Caution
As a cruciferous vegetable, very large raw amounts may affect thyroid function in iodine-deficient people, though cooking reduces this. Its fiber can cause gas in large servings, so increase gradually, and choosing firm, smaller turnips gives a sweeter, less woody bite.
🍃 A note from nature
Turnips do their quiet work out of sight underground, a reminder that unseen, faithful growth still bears good fruit.