My hubby and I decided to register for weekly fresh farm veggies basket, the main idea behind being to force myself to try new stuff and be more creative with our daily menu.
I should probably mention the basket doesn’t come with a list of what’s inside. It took me a while to search online and find out the small orange “roots” are actually turmeric. I still don’t know what are the “roots” next to the beets. Ideas?
The first thing I tried was a beets feta salad. I should probably mention I am normally not a big fan of beets (don’t ask me why). Yet, there were soo many in the basket , I had to give it a try. Initial recipe can be found here.
Ingredients
2 medium-large beetroots
60g feta cheese
2 tbsp lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
2 tbsp olive oil
1 garlic cloves – minced (or more if you like)
black pepper & salt to taste
Instructions
Boil the beets on medium heat for 45min or until it can be easily pierced through with a knife. Add boiled water to the pot to keep the beets covered with water.
In the meantime prepare your vinaigrette: mix the lemon juice, olive oil and garlic. Add black pepper and salt to your taste. The feta cheese is already salted, so go easy on the salt.
Once the beets boiled, the skin will easily peel off. Cut the beets into cubes. Do the same with the feta cheese. Combine the two and the vinaigrette and serve. Add some parsley for a nice touch.
This turned out to be delicious!
Bon appetit.
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