Keto Scalloped Potatoes using Turnips!

If you miss potatoes on a keto diet you have to try these keto scalloped potatoes using turnips! The tender turnips are baked in a luscious creamy sauce with a bubbly brown top. It’s the perfect keto side dish for the holidays or Sunday dinner. Best of all each serving has only 4.9g net carbs!

You might also like this keto scalloped cauliflower recipe!

I am really starting to love turnips as a low carb substitute for potatoes. They were so good in this keto scalloped potatoes recipe that I think I will be making them like this from now on. I don’t think anyone will know.

On there own turnips can have an earthy, slightly bitter taste but when they are baked in this rich, creamy and cheesy sauce they taste just like a potato to me. It’s soft and tender and has the same texture as a potato!

This dish is pretty decadent so you should get about 8 side dish servings out of it and each serving has just 4.9g net carbs. If I used potatoes the carb count would be 16.2g! It’s pure low carb comfort food and you won’t even know it’s turnips!

Why I love turnips as a pasta and potato substitute.

Turnips are a root vegetable that are low in calories, fat and carbs but high in fiber, vitamins and minerals. Check out this article about the health benefits of turnips to learn more. 

I have substituted potatoes with turnips in this traditional potato dish but also in this bacon and turnip hash brown recipe.

And not only are they great as a substitute for potatoes but also as a good keto substitute for pasta. Lately I have also used the m in a pesto pasta dish and this garlic and lemon pasta dish. Both are low carb dishes and tasty fabulous.

So give them a try. This recipe is the perfect recipe to start with. The nutritional information for 1 turnip is 34 cals / 0.4g fat / 7g carbs / 2g fiber / 1g protein = 5g net carbs.

Recipe ingredients I used.

Below you can see that you only need 4 simple ingredients to make this delicious dish and they are turnips, heavy cream, green onions and gruyere or Swiss cheese.

I bought all of these ingredients at Aldi. You can use either swiss or gruyere cheese or a blend of them both. They would both work find. I love the flavor of these cheeses in for the sauce but you could possible use sharp cheddar cheese or even gouda. But try the swiss/gruyere first.

When picking a turnip go for a smaller, fresher turnip. Larger ones will be a bit more bitter and fibrous. The ones I used below are about 2 -2 ½ inches in diameter.

How to make keto scalloped potatoes.

1. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Get out a baking or casserole dish and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Slice your turnips into thin, uniform slices. This works best with a mandoline. They should be about ⅛ – ¼ inches thick. Layer half of the turnips in the baking dish.
3. Sprinkle half of the shredded cheese over top and then sprinkle the green onions.
4. Season with salt and black pepper and then add the rest of the turnips and then pour all of the heavy cream over top.
5. Lastly top with the rest of the cheese. Place a piece of aluminum foil over top and and place in the oven.
6. Bake for 30 minutes then take off the foil and place back in the oven. Bake for 30-40 minutes more until the turnips are soft and the cheese top is brown and bubbly. Note that cooking time may vary depending on your oven so check on it occaisonaly towards the end of baking time.
7. Let sit for 5 minutes to thicken the creamy cheese sauce then serve. Store leftover in an air tight container. (Please scroll down to view and print the recipe card.)

Below you can see a closeup of the final dish. See how thin the turnips are sliced. Seriously this is one of my favorite keto recipes but it’s all very rich so it would be perfect for a holiday dinner.

What to serve with these scalloped turnips.

We always eat this low carb side dish when we have ham. So these baked are great for a holiday when you have a ham, roast beef, lamb roast etc.

You could also serve them with any simply prepared meat dish like steaks, lamb chops, chicken breasts or even fish.

Well as you can guess I am very excited about this delicious side dish recipe. As I’ve mentioned it’s pretty rich so I won’t be making them on a weekly basis but it will be perfect whenever I make a roast or ham. In other words it’s a Sunday dinner kind of keto dish.

The nutritional information for 1 serving is 289 calories / 25.5g fat / 6.4g carbs / 1.5g fiber / 9.8g protein