Gorgeous box this week. We threw together a salad to go with some of Owen's smoky grilled chicken last night. We grated two beets, one carrot and some onion together. Incredible colors! We tossed it with a mustardy vinaigrette, some salt and pepper and a bit of chopped basil, parsley and mint. Then at the last minute, because I realized I'd used up all the vinaigrette I just threw some of the salad greens in with it. It tasted as vibrant as it looked.
I grated it all in my food processor so it took about two seconds. Granted you have to wash the darn thing but Ernie gets to do that! I saw another recipe for a salad of thinly sliced carrots, beets and cucumbers….kind of the same thing but it would have a really different texture….
Any wonder that our salads taste so good? Look at this picture taken in the Sola Gratia fields:
Okay, I need to know: do you peel the beets first or what? I’m so confused when it comes to beets.
If I am cooking beets I peel them…but after they are cooked, because then it just slips (kinda) off. With these I didnt peel them…they were clean and nice and the skin isnt tough….same with the carrots. Some people might want to peel them but Im not fussy….