Beet Farro Salad with Yogurt Sauce and Cumin Oil

How About Giving Beets the Star Treatment? Taking a break from my Thanksgiving planning and preparations, I had a couple bunches of beets and decided to really go to town and make them the focus of the meal, rather than the side dish. Roasted beets don’t need much in order to be delicious. A little […]
Roasted Beets with Anchovy Dressing

Let’s Hear it For the Love of Beets! Beets, you either love them or you hate them, there doesn’t seem to be much middle ground on this subject. I always chuckle when I hear people say they taste like dirt because all I can think is that while I’m not aware of ever having actually […]
Beets and Apples with Horseradish Walnut Sauce

Need to Brighten Up a Meal? This Salad Delivers on All Fronts. Many times I will roast more beets than I need at the moment. It’s just as easy to roast a couple pounds as it is to roast only a few. I roast mine by placing scrubbed and trimmed beets on a large piece […]
Salad of Black Rice, Beets, Apples, and Aged Cheddar

There’s Some Really Good Stuff Going on Here. Here I am with another rice salad. And what a beauty it is. Black rice lends itself so well to salads that I’ve kind of been hooked on it for awhile. It has the perfect texture for a salad because it doesn’t ever get mushy when I […]