Cheesy Keto Scalloped Turnips Recipe | 4 ingredient low carb side dish! (2024)

If you miss potatoes on a low carb diet, try this cheesy keto scalloped turnips recipe. It’s just like traditional scalloped potatoes but using turnips and it’s so good you won’t even realize they are turnips! It’s full of cheesy, creamy goodness and it’s simple to make with only 4 ingredients. This is the perfect low carb side dish for any roast or meat dish and has only 1.8g net carbs.

You might also like these low carb rosemary garlic turnip noodles!

Recently I made a and I was surprised at how much they tasted like potatoes. Then I remembered an old potatoes au gratin recipe and thought I’d use turnips instead of potatoes. It was sooo good! You really could not tell they were turnips and not potatoes.

Over course that is probably because it has cream and gruyere cheese in between each layer and when it baked down it got that tasty brown and crispy bits around the edges. This dish is rich, tasty and each individual cheesy keto scalloped turnips stack has only 1.8g net carbs! You’ve got to try it.

Why I Love Turnips And This Recipe

I would have never tried a turnip if I wasn’t on a low carb diet. I learned about them way back when from a diet message board. Someone suggested turnips as a substitute for potatoes and I was surprised when they were right!

Turnips are root vegetables that are low in calories, fat and carbs but high in fiber, vitamins and minerals. 1 turnip has 34 cals / 0.4g fat / 7g carbs / 2g fiber / 1g protein = 5g net carbs. Check out this article about the health benefits of turnips to learn more.

They can have a bit of a bitter taste but with the rich gruyere cheese and cream you won’t taste it. Instead the turnip has the texture of a potato and along with the cream and cheese it bakes down to make the most delicious scalloped potato dish.

And since they bake in their own individual compartments, they each get that crusty brown bits around the edges that taste so good.

Just 4 Ingredients For These Scalloped Turnips

All you need to make this turnip recipe is a few small turnips, heavy cream, green onions and Swiss and/or Gruyere cheese. I bought most of my ingredients at Aldi but they did not have turnips. I used the Swiss Gruyere blend but you can use either Swiss or Gruyere or both. It won’t matter.

When buying turnips, make sure they seem fresh and stick to smaller firmer ones. Below you can see the size that I used.

Let’s Make Some Cheesy Keto Scalloped Turnips

First you want peel and slice the turnips. I only used 3 small ones but I sliced them very thin. I used a mandoline to evenly slice them and to make sure they were thin.

Make sure you spray a muffin tray well first. Then add a turnip slice or two on the bottom. Sprinkle some salt and pepper, add a few pieces of green onions and a little bit of the shredded cheese. Repeat with next layer of turnip slices, salt and pepper, green onions and cheese.

When you place the last slices of turnip, pour 1 tablespoon of heavy cream over each stack and then top with the remainder of the cheese. It should like the picture above. Bake covered in foil for 20 minutes. Then take off the foil and cook for 20 more minutes. They should look browned and yummy like the picture below.

In this recipe I used 3 smaller sized turnips and it made 8 scalloped turnip stacks. They shrink down a bit so they are not very large. However they are rich and you only need 1 or two for a serving as a low carb side dish.

More Keto Turnip Recipes

I’m starting to use turnips more and more in my keto recipes so if you enjoy this recipe, try making one of these other turnip recipes. I have a simpleas well as a garlic and lemon turnip noodle recipe with faux bread crumbs and both aredelicious. Lastly I have a turnip fauxtato salad which is a mock potato salad using turnips!

Roasted Turnip Recipe Notes & Tips

• This recipe only requires 4 ingredients: heavy cream, turnips, green onions and gruyere /Swiss cheese. You can use gruyere, Swiss or both cheeses, it doesn’t matter. But I would not use cheddar or mozzarella. The Swiss flavored cheeses work best.
• Make sure to grease the muffin tins well so they come out easily. You will be flipping them over when they come out of the pan.
• Try to buy small, fresh turnips so that they will be less bitter. Also make sure to peel them first before slicing.
• Use a mandoline to make even and very thin slices so they cook well.
• While these bake down and shrink a bit, they are very rich and 1 or 2 stacks will be plenty.

This recipe is an adaptation of Melissa d’Arabian’s and if you want to make the potato version, check her’s out. I hope you love this as much as I do. Next time I make them I’m going to make a big batch and see if I can freeze them because I like them so much. The nutritional information for 1 serving (stack) is:

116 cals / 10g fat / 2.4g carbs / 0.6g fiber / 4.7g protein = 1.8g net carbs

Mini Cheesy Keto Scalloped Turnips Recipe

Yield: 8

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

If you miss potatoes on a low carb diet, try this cheesy keto scalloped turnips recipe. You won't even know they are turnips! It's full of cheesy, creamy goodness and it's simple to make and only needs 4 ingredients. This is the perfect low carb side dish for any roast or meat dish. Each mini turnip stack has only 1.8g net carbs.

Ingredients

• 3 small turnips, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 cup shredded gruyere/ Swiss cheese
• ½ cup of heavy cream
• 2 green onions finely chopped
• salt and pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F and spray 8 compartments of a muffin tin.
2. Slice peeled turnips very thinly and evenly.
3. Add 1 or two slices of turnips to the bottom of each of the 8 muffin wells.
4. Sprinkle a little salt and pepper as well a few bits of green onion in each of the 8 wells.
5. Add a little cheese and then start with the next layer. Turnips -> Salt & Pepper - Green Onions -> Cheese.
6. The last layer should just be turnips. Then pour 1 tablespoon of heavy cream over each stack. Top with remaining cheese.
7. Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes. Then take off the foil and bake for 20 minutes more until nice and browned.
8. Let cool a bit and scoop ot of the muffin tin.

Notes

116 cals / 10g fat / 2.4g carbs / 0.6g fiber / 4.7g protein = 1.8g net carbs

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