Day 125: Honey-Pepper Beets ♥

~recipe & photo updated 2008 & 2012~
~more recently updated recipes~

2005 Original: With cooked beets in the fridge, a great vegetable dish is only a few minutes away. I cooked a big pot of beets yesterday: just 5 minutes of attention, an hour on the stove, a half hour to cool in a colander, a transfer to a ziplock bag. Peesa-cake. Then today, I made this salad. Quick 'n' easy, for sure.

2008 Update: I simplified this recipe so that it could be served immediately, rather than waiting 3 hours. And it was earthy-rich, just delicious, especially topped with a little sour cream sauce.

2012 Update: Once you have cooked beets, it's so easy to make a quick salad. And that's what I did. And then I gobbled them up with some Massaged Kale Salad. And then a few days later, when there was a small cupful left in the fridge, I learned that after this slow soak in a little bit of balsamic vinegar, the beets deepen and darken and turn to something akin to pickled beets, all without any of the fuss and muss of canning.

RECIPE for HONEY-PEPPER BEETS

Hands-on time: 10 minutes
Time to table: 10 minutes
Serves 4

1 tablespoon honey, warmed in the microwave for a few seconds to pour more easily if needed
1 tablespoon good vinegar
Sprinkle red pepper flakes
1 - 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
1 pound cooked beets, peeled and diced or cut into batons

Mix all the ingredients. That's it!

TODAY'S VEGETABLE RECIPE INSPIRATION Great Good Food by Julee Russo.

NUTRITION ESTIMATE Per Serving: 71 Calories; 0 g Tot Fat; 0 g Sat Fat; 17 g Carb; 2 g Fiber; NetCarb15; 14 g Sugar; 88 mg Sodium; 0 mg Cholesterol; 2 g Protein.
WEIGHT WATCHERS Old Points 1 & PointsPlus 2

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