Root Groupie

Day 46: This dish blows my mind. How can it taste so good? After all, we are talking raw beets and parsnips. Oy! Yes, this is a variation of a slaw I made earlier but THIS is the correct way to do it. It is from Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero. […]

Day 36: This is another great way to eat beetroot! The original recipe  – from Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero – calls for parsnips but I used carrots, instead. We just got some parsnips from our February Winter CSA share, so I’ll try this again with the proper ingredients and report […]

Day 26: I always forget how much I love quinoa. This is adapted from a Waitrose recipe, using yesterday’s left over slow-roasted beets. Ingredients: Handful of fresh salad greens Handful of leftover Slow-Roasted Beets Handful of leftover Italian Sweet Potatoes 1/2 cup quinoa Pinch of leftover Truffled Parmesan For the Dressing: 2 Tbs lemon juice […]

Day 25: This is a nice way to eat beets; they get really sweet – in their way. This is adapted from Kris Carr’s Crazy Sexy Kitchen recipe. Don’t do what I did, though, and leave the beetroots to cool down for too long – the skins seemed to stick back on, and they don’t […]

Day 19: Okay, so today I braved a full-on raw dish. We have so much beetroot from our Winter CSA, I am trying out all kinds of beet dishes. This one comprises marinaded, sliced beets with a nutpaste (‘cheese’ – it’s nothing like cheese-) filling. There are a few of these recipes around and this […]