Dirt Dish

BEETS

I bet not too many of you, that read this, have actually bought fresh whole garden beets.

Well, I too have never bought fresh whole garden beets.
A funny thing, cause I love to eat them.
Maybe its because I love to grow them more than I love to eat them.
They are very easy to grow, hardy and lasting all season into the early winter months.
Therefore, beets can make a spring, summer or fall salad.

Beets are a beautiful garden vegetable with their large green leaves and showy red veins and the beet top popping out of the ground.

The whole beet plant
from the green top
down the stalk
to the beet
is edible.



A Beautiful Garden Plant



            
            
                            Here is the recipe for beet salad with vinaigrette and freshly dug carrots and onions.

A fresh dish dug from the dirt.

All ingredients must be freshly dug from the dirt.

Beets, cooked to soften and then sliced

Onions, sliced
Carrots, grated
Vinaigrette dressing to taste

Beets have an "earthy" flavor, lots of folate and betanin coloring, an antioxidant for your health.