Beet Greens!

I didn't post yesterday as my camera battery was left charging on the kitchen counter. 

Yesterday I had breakfast.  It doesn't look like I took a photo, but trust me when I say it was cereal and berries. :)

In the morning, I ate a muffin - more on this later.

Also an entire Cliff bar.  I don't usually do this, but I was feeling SO hungry.

Lunch was a beautiful beet green and spinach salad.  Added were a few radishes and shaved carrot with Italian dressing.  So fresh.

With it, the usual wg english muffin and Laughing Cow cheese.  I can't get enough of this cheese.

In the afternoon I ate cherries.  A lot of them.  I ate about half, then remembered the photo.

I made muffins the other day, the recipe is from Sweet and Savory - Blueberry Crunch Muffins. They were super. Not what I was expecting. They were dense, chewy, moist, and I’d say, one of my few baking successes. I changed a couple of things. I used sucanant, instead of brown sugar, and apple sauce instead of oil. These are great.

So, I ate one when I got home from work.

Beet greens are here for a short time. Beets need thinning, and who wants to throw away the thinned beets? Not me! They are like a delicacy. So soft, tender, amazing! I eat them fresh, like in the lunch salad, or steam them for about 3 min, then add some butter. The Shepherd loves vinegar on them as well. They last for such a short time, because I can’t pull all the beets, so the last 2 days, and hopefully just a few more, we’ll be munching on these beauties.

As you can see, this is a mix of all the varieties of beets I grow, red, pink, yellow.

With them, bbq chicken thigh and potatoes.

Then another muffin.

Have you had, or do you eat beet greens?
Have a great weekend everyone!
Jess