Yep. You read that right. On our FABULOUS food blog, I am writing about BEETS. I always thought they were those stinky vegetables you could pretty much only eat pickled or canned, and no matter what, you had to HIDE THEM. And they don't hide well (ask anyone in our family about our purple pancakes, even a pound of blueberries can't mask a can of beets).
But guess what? REAL beets, you know, fresh ones farmers pull out of the ground, are actually GOOD. Like really good. No, I am not kidding.
My dad was in town a couple weeks ago and we visited our farmer's market. He picked up a couple bunches of organic golden beets. I was worried. Although, probably not as worried as my husband, who had a built in aversion to beets due to some heinous beet crime his mother committed against him as a child (sorry Gail, but it is true!).
The time came, and my dad pulled out those beets, topped them, and washed them. I couldn't believe what was happening. We were going to eat beets. BEETS! We tossed them with olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic and parsley, wrapped them up in foil, and tossed them on the grill for an hour.
The results? Smooth, sweet, buttery goodness. They are like carrots, but not. Even the kids love them. Andrew had THIRDS! I went back to the market the next week and loaded up on those bunches of organic golden beets, topped them, cleaned them, quartered them and froze them so I can be sure to have them all winter. Go. Find yourself some real beets and see for yourself!
Yes! I had beets for the first time ever this summer and they were QUITE good! My mom always put pickled beats on her salad at salad bars and I thought that was the only way they came.
ReplyDeleteI had red beats with butter and s and p. They were earthy and had great texture.
Look at us, growing up and liking beats!
That might be the encouragement I need to give 'em a try. They are always at the Natural Grocer in a marked down bag for $1 (guess nobody else likes them either) and I never pick them up because I didn't know what to do with them. Now I know! Thanks!
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