Beets :

Canning Beets

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Another food preservation workshop at the Garratt Wellness Center organized by the Richmond Food Security. This workshop is led by Chef Ian Lai. For this workshop, we had baby beets from the Richmond Sharing Farm for canning. Ian Lai did warn[...]

Roasted Beets

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Remember  The Beets ? Oh wee ohhh...killer tofuuuuu... These roasted beets were so good - they don't even taste like a vegetable! Salty and sweet, they taste like something I would feel guilty eating at a carnival! And they were so easy![...]

Roasted Beets

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Growing up, I thought the only way to cook veggies was to boil them. Roasted veggies are the best. I have never met a roasted vegetable I did not like. I thought pickled beets were gross, still do. But a roasted beet is divine. It is like earthy[...]

Roasted Beets

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Do you like beets? Have you ever tried roasting fresh beets? They are DE-LI-CIOUS. Beets are good for you; sweet and tasty and fantastic. Last week I bought some fresh beets from our weekly farmers market. On Sunday I prepared them; roasting[...]

Roasted Beets

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Roasting beets is as easy as 1-2-3. Its as easy as boiling water, roasting potatoes or even roasting garlic. Its simply a matter of wrapping them up in foil and baking them for 20 minutes to an hour. Although its so incredibly simple the[...]

I Heart Beets

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Good morning! Yesterday ended up being so busy! I had a meeting in Calistoga with Echelon about the Gran Fondo (eeek!!). So excited to start training—I think I’m going to start in two weeks so right now I’m just focusing on[...]

Roasted Beets

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Here is another staple/building block in my cooking.  I use roasted beets in salads, vinaigrettes, and even sandwiches, but most of the time they are served warm from the oven with a bit of butter and vinegar as a side dish to our[...]

Pickled Beets

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My breakfast this morning was the usual oatmeal, hot with PB and sliced bananas. I swear I never get sick of this. I also had a big latte to go with it and another one a bit later on. For lunch, I had leftover Mexican bake from last night,[...]

Pickled Beets

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Why is it most things taste better when submerged in vinegar and salt? As is the case with beets. Try as I may to enjoy them in other ways, I just can't. I remember making my mom buy and expensive bottle of raspberry vinegar, to make a beet salad.[...]

Beautiful Beets

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My favorite thing about beets besides that they are delicious is their beautiful vibrant color.  They seem to bleed deep pink hues onto whatever they come into contact with, which can be a bad thing in the case of your hands, but a good[...]