Warm Lentil Salad with Roasted Beets and Goat Cheese

Posted by on 5:46 am, Jan 6, 2012 in Recipes | 0 comments

This recipe comes from the Food Network’s Bobby Flay and can be found on their website.  It has a lot of components, but you can use turkey stock left from the holidays, or the fresh chicken stock you made from this week’s chicken bag.  The individual components, like the dressing, will come in handy for a variety of dishes all year...

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Harvard Beets

Posted by on 5:05 am, Jan 4, 2012 in Recipes | 0 comments

One of our customers, Lyn, always talks about making Harvard beets.  Those of you with kids know that getting them to eat vegetables can be a chore.  Her whole family seems to like Harvard Beets, so I looked up a recipe for them.  I found this one on Cooks.com, but it seems like there is little variation from one site to another when it comes to Harvard...

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Charkhils Mkhali (beet and walnut puree)

Posted by on 10:34 pm, Jul 3, 2011 in Recipes | 0 comments

A hallmark of Georgian cuisine is mkhali, a vegetable puree to which herbs and ground walnuts are added. Mkhali is made from any number of different vegetables, though spinach and beets are favored. To make mkhali, you must depend on your palate for the amount of vinegar depends on the sweetness of the veggies. You will need 1 lb roasted and peeled beets. ...

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Simple Borscht with Beet Greens

Posted by on 8:34 am, Jul 3, 2011 in Recipes | 0 comments

from Betsy P Ingredients: - 1 bunch beets, approx 3 medium beets - Beet greens - 3 mushroom soup cubes Cut the greens off the beets about 1 inch above the beet. Wash greens; set aside. Carefully wash the beets; place in large Dutch oven with six cups water water. Bring to a simmer. Simmer for 20 minutes.Remove beets to ice water; reserve cooking water....

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Beet Hummus

Posted by on 10:23 pm, Jul 2, 2011 in Recipes | 0 comments

Ingredients: - 0.5 lb beets (about 4 medium beets), cooked, peeled, and cubed - 2 tablespoon tahini (sesame seed paste) - 5 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (not the squeeze bottle) - 1 small clove garlic, chopped - 1 tablespoon ground cumin - 1 tablespoon lemon zest - Generous pinch sea salt or kosher salt - Fresh ground pepper to taste Place all the ingredients...

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