Recipe Tuesday.. Beets

My husband picked all of our beets this last weekend. There were about 40 of them ranging from super small to huge wonders. I love beets which is why we always plant so many. I wanted to pickle them but they never made it into jars. Instead I boiled them until they were tender ate 5 or 8 of the little beets. I could not stop eating the boiled beets they are wonderful. I also made a pickle beet salad. Which is the recipe for the day. I got this recipe from Simply recipes I linked the recipe to the original source. Side note I finally figured out how to use the link button!

My pot of beets before they were cooked.

Pickled Beets Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 bunch (4 or 5) beets
• 1/4 cup cider vinegar
• 1 Tbsp sugar (I used honey instead if you are worried about sugar.)
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
• Salt and pepper

Method

1 Remove greens from beets. Cut beets to uniform sizes so they will cook evenly. Steam or boil around 30 minutes or until done. (Alternatively, you can roast them by wrapping them whole in foil and cooking them in a 350°F oven for about an hour.) A fork easily inserted into the beet will tell you if the beets are done or not.
2 Drain the beets, rinsing them in cold water. Use your fingers to slip the peels off of the beets. The peels should come off easily. Discard the peels. Slice the beets.
3 Make the vinaigrette by combining the cider vinegar, sugar, olive oil, and dry mustard. Whisk ingredients together with a fork. The dry mustard will help to emulsify the vinaigrette. Adjust to taste. Add salt and pepper to taste. Combine beets and vinaigrette in a bowl and allow to marinate for a half hour at room temperature.

I added feta cheese to this lovely salad and you can serve it over your favorite salad greens. It will keep in the refrigerator for a few days if you don't eat it all in one sitting like I tried to do.

If you have never had fresh beets this is a great way to try them out. I bet you will fall in love. I bet that you could roast the beets instead of boiling them. Oh my gosh I can only imagine the wonders of pickled roasted beet salad. I am going to try it next time we harvest beets. Let me know if you try the recipe and if you liked it. I do hope you enjoy it.

I hope your day is filled with inspiration, love, and laughter. Be well my friends

A Beet update

Do you remember my beets from the other day? I finally got around to cooking them up into something sinful. Well they are good for you so they are not really sinful but they were so yummy.

First you have to cut them up and peel these babies. Too bad it looks like a terrible crime scene with all that dark red juice everywhere. oops.

I have a confession. My family is at boy scouts this evening. Dinner is waiting for them kind of. As you can see my fork. Shh. Fyi, That broccoli is from my garden too.

When something comes out of the oven that looks and smells wonderful I am guilty of eating straight out of the pan. It is hot and I burn myself every time but it is the best way to eat.

I promise not to eat out of the pan when you are coming over for dinner. I hope you are enjoying a lovely meal with some of your favorite people, and that it is filled with love and laughter. Be well my friends.



Beets

The most wonderful thing about growing your own food is sometimes you get something wonderful.

I get the man and those big red beets!

I can not wait to roast these sweet babies.

Maybe I will make a roasted root vegetable pizza.

How about a couple of beat songs?

Oh yes, Beet it!

Another one?

We got the beet!







The Beet goes on.                       

Wait for it . . .

You can't stop the beet.

Yeah I think I am funny.

Turn the beet around.

One more?



Eat to the beet.                             

Okay I promise to stop now but I did find a few other beat songs.

I hope you have a upbeet day that is filled with love and laughter! Be well my friends.