I am obsessed with non potato root vegetable chips, lets be honest I love potato chips too! We tried this beet chip recipe a couple weekends ago. It was crazy delicious and super easy to make. I like the beets sliced very thin, but you have to really watch them in the oven because they will burn. You can play around with different seasoning like tarragon, thyme, or you could go sweet and add a little brown sugar nutmeg and cinnamon.
Okay so I have not worked on this blog in quite some time but since not everyone is facebook friendly I thought I would open it back up so all Becker Farms CSA members have a place to go to check out whats going on.
So I feel like many of the recipes I have posted have been pretty healthy…this one not so much. What it lacks in health is made up for in deliciousness! I made this tonight for dinner with grilled salted sweet potatoes , fresh corn, and rib steak…and yes it was as mouth-watering as it sounds. This is a quick and easy recipe and it was given to me by the lovely ladies who work in the kitchen at the farm.
Ingredients
1/2 lb fresh green beans snapped and washed
1/2 Stick of butter
1/4-1/2 Lemon
Lemon zest from the 1/4 or1/2 used
1-2 TBL Parmesan cheese
1/8-1/4 cup Toasted almonds
Salt and Pepper to taste
I used 3/4 stick butter and half lemon, I liked it but it was very zesty. If you like a nice lemon kick and lots of butter this is the way to do. You can always add more if you need to, its better to under season and fix it than to over season.
http://www.good.is/post/seven-easy-recipes-with-seasonal-super-foods/
Check out some awesome recipe ideas with veggies from your share. I love the website www.good.is, they always have neat ideas and thought I should share! I love the quirky veggie pictures and unique recipes they suggest. I really want to try the raw beet soup!
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When most people think of beets all they can imagine is pickled beets, and you definitely have to have an acquired taste for most things pickled. I love beets and through the years I have learned to do a few different things with them.
I juice them with apples and carrots for a super healthy fresh juice, high in folic acid. This juice will really get you energized in the morning!
My favorite thing to do with beets is to grill them. I love grilled beets on top of a salad with goat cheese and walnuts. Jill grilled some beets today, here’s what she did;
Slice or cube the beets ( I like them cubed)
coat in olive oil
mix in walnuts
put in single layer on aluminum foil wrap, then throw on grill
cook until tender
after she cooked them most of the way she put some blueberries on them
I coat them in a balsamic olive oil mixture when I use them for a salad. I also candy my walnuts.
Grillin' beets
Almost any recipe that requires using baked beets can be made
with boiled beets if you follow general advice for boiling vegetables and keep in mind a few “don’ts” when cooking beets.
Carefully wash any dirt off the beets, taking care not to break the skin, roots or crown. If the skin is broken, the color of beets will be lost and they will look a dull pink after cooking. Place the beets in a saucepan, cover with boiling water, and cook gently, covered, until tender. Young beets will be done in 30 to 40 minutes depending on their size. Cooking old beets will require 1 hour or more.
Unless you are making borscht and need a lot of beet liquid, cook beets unpeeled and use just enough boiling water to cover.
To determine if the beets are done, pierce them with a knife – the fork will let juices run, or press with the finger. The beet will be tender when sufficiently cooked. When done, drop into cold water for a minute. Then, the skin can be easily rubbed off with the hands. To somewhat minimize staining of your hands with the beet juice, use rubber gloves or paper towel to remove the skin off the beets.
Cut into small slices to serve with dressing and in salads, or serve whole if the beets are small.
If you want something entirely different in taste and flavor of your vegetable dish, try baking or roasting instead of cooking beets in water. They look and taste much better baked than boiled, though it takes longer to cook properly. French cooks bake them slowly six hours in a covered dish, the bottom of which is lined with well-moistened rye straw. However, they may be baked on the oven grate, like potatoes.
Wash and dry the beets carefully. Bake at 375°F in a baking dish with a very little water until tender.
Another way to bake the beets is to wrap them individually in aluminum foil, or bake directly on the oven rack. Baking times and temperature may vary with each individual oven, but expect to bake, or roast beets for 50 min or more, depending on size.
When you are cooking beets, boiled or baked, it’s a good economy to make more than needed for one meal, and pickle the remaining ones. There are different recipes for pickled beets out there – some call for more sweetness, some add horseradish and various spices for a more piquant taste.
Peel the cooked beets and cut them into slices unless they are very small – then you can pickle them whole. Place in a glass jar and pour hot vinegar sweetened slightly and flavored with spices. Pickled beets make an excellent relish, and will keep in a cold place for an indefinite period.
When making pickled beets, save some of the spicy pickling liquid and put a half-dozen shelled hard-boiled eggs. Pickled eggs will take on a beautiful color and excellent flavor and are great as appetizers served with crisp hearts of celery, or sliced in sandwiches or salads.
For good taste and good health, best ways of cooking beets call for a brief and minimal exposure to water or other liquid. Rather than boil beets in the water, steam or microwave fresh beets until they are just cooked through. Choose quick cooking methods to limit exposure to heat. Wait until you are ready to cook, before you peel or slice fresh beets to limit exposure to air.
Microwaving
A microwave oven is hard to match for speed of cooking beets and maximum preservation of their nutrients. Beets cooked in the microwave will have vibrant red color, and fine flavor, and with careful attention, delicious texture. Microwave the beets unpeeled, whole or cut in quarters, with a little water added. They will be ready in 10-15 minutes depending on beets’ size.
How to cook beets in the microwave
Grilling
You can grill beets whole, or cut in slices, wrapped in foil, seasoned with herbs and spices, or directly on the grill rack above a hot fire.
How to cook beets on the grill
Pressure-cooking
Cook whole unpeeled 2 ½ -inch beets with 1 ½ cups liquid at 15 pounds pressure for 15 minutes, small beets with 1 cup liquid for 12 minutes. Cool the cooker at once.
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