Rutabaga and Onion Hash Browns

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This simple hash brown type side dish, shown above with braised beef and green beans, come close to tasting like real potatoes.  It’s ready in about 15 minutes. This recipe is not suitable until the starchy vegetable rung of the OWL ladder.  For those who question the “starchy veggie” status of this vegetable, rutabaga is listed as a starchy vegetable on pg. 154 of A New Atkins for a New You.  I wasn’t able to find a specific reference to rutabaga in Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution, but am almost certain I read this fact somewhere in that book as well.

INGREDIENTS:

5 oz. peeled and diced rutabaga, ½” dice or smaller

2 oz. chopped onion

1 T. bacon grease

Dash each of salt and black pepper

DIRECTIONS:    Heat bacon grease in non-stick skillet and saute chopped onion over high heat until ½ done.  Add diced rutabaga to skillet and saute, turning often until rutabaga is fairly tender.  This will take about 15 minutes of cooking.  Salt and pepper to taste.   This goes well with your breakfast eggs, sausage and bacon or makes a lovely side dish for meaty dinners.

NUTRITIONAL INFO:   Makes 2 servings, each contains:

93 calories

6.6 g  fat

7.95 g  carbs, 2.05 g fiber, 5.9 g  NET CARBS

1.1 g  protein

25% RDA Vitamin C