Eat a fruit/veggie you've never tried before

I took Heidi with me to the grocery store last week (week 2 of the Biggest Loser). I bought a parsnip. What is that, you ask?

Basically a white carrot, to my knowledge.

I told her I was buying it to count toward the point section of eatting a veggie I've never tried before. I didn't get around to eating last week. But, today I did! Here is a picture of the parsnips after I boiled them.

This is after I mashed them and added butter and salt.

Thanks to howtodothings.com, I got ideas of how to prepare/serve parsnips.

They weren't too bad, actually! Lisa says they are bland by themselves, and I think I would agree if I had just chomped on it like a carrot. But, you also know my great desire to turn into a rabbit and eat carrots (see my carrot comment on an earlier post - I think it was Em's post last week sometime).

Here's to trying new things. ;)