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  • Are rutabagas allowed?

    I didn't see rutabagas on the acceptable lists anywhere, though I may have missed them. I am wondering if they are allowed? If they are, then what is a correct serving? The following is the wikipedia description:

    The swede, (yellow) turnip, swedish turnip or rutabaga (Brassica napobrassica, or Brassica napus var. napobrassica) is a root vegetable that originated as a cross between the cabbage and the turnip. Its leaves can also be eaten as a leaf vegetable.

    The name
    "Rutabaga" (from dialectal Swedish "rotabagge", root ram) is the common American English term for the plant, while "swede" (Swede) is the preferred term used in much of England, Wales, Australia, New Zealand and India. In the U.S., the plant is also known as "Swedish turnip," "yellow turnip", or "wax turnip", (as it is sometimes sold with a waxy coating to preserve freshness) while in Ireland and Atlantic Canada, where turnips are relatively unknown, it is called turnip. In Scots, it is either "tumshie" or "neep"[1], and the turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa) instead is called a "white turnip". Scots will refer to both types by the generic term "neep" (from Old English næp, Latin napus[1][2]). Some will also refer to both types as just "turnip" (the word is also derived from næp[2]).
    In North-East England, turnips and swedes/rutabagas are colloquially called "snadgies". They should not be confused with the large beet known as a mangelwurzel.
    Its common name in Sweden is "kålrot" (cabbage root). In Norway it is also called "kålrot", but often also "kålrabi" (which in Sweden and Denmark means kohlrabi). In Finnish, it is called "lanttu", which is derived from the Swedish "planta", meaning plant or seedling. (Finland was for many centuries part of the Swedish realm, and rutabaga has to be planted as seedlings due to the short Scandinavian growing season.)
    49 year old female, 5' 5"

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    Re: Are rutabagas allowed?

    Yes, rutabaga is allowed. Makes yummy fries!

    Just be careful with the carbs. If you are on induction, only one cup per day is allowed. It has ~8 g net carbs per cup.
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      Re: Are rutabagas allowed?

      Turnips are allowed but not Rutabagas.
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        Re: Are rutabagas allowed?

        Umm, than I think I cheated in spring.
        "Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster."

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