Today's Recipe If you don't know what to have for dinner tonight ...
The beautiful color of beets also reflects their rich concentration of health-promoting phytonutrient antioxidants, which add free-radical protection to your Healthiest Way of Eating. They are also rich in folate and manganese.
15-Minute Beets Prep and Cook Time: 5 minute prep; 15 minute cooking
Ingredients:
- 3 medium beets, about 3" in diameter
- 1 medium clove garlic, pressed or chopped
- 2 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 TBS balsamic vinegar
- 3 TBS extra virgin olive oil
- sea salt and cracked black pepper to taste
- Optional:
- 1 TBS balsamic vinegar
- 10 fresh basil leaves, chopped
- 1 TBS chopped dill
- 1 TBS chopped chives
- 2 TBS Feta cheese
Directions:
- Fill the bottom of a steamer with 2 inches of water.
- While the water is coming to a boil, wash beets, leaving 2 inches of tap root and 1 inch of the stem on the beets. Cut beets into quarters. Do not peel.
- Steam covered for 15 minutes. Beets are cooked when you can easily insert a fork on the tip of a knife into the beet. Although some of their colorful phytonutrients are lost to the steaming water, there is plenty of color and nutrients left in the beets.
- Press or chop garlic and let sit for 5 minutes to bring out their health-promoting properties.
- Peel beets using a paper towel.
- Transfer beets to a bowl and toss with remaining ingredients while they are still hot.
Serves 2 This 15-Minute Beet recipe can also be found on page 247 of The World's Healthiest Foods bood.
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