Tag: beets

This is a sneaky and delicious way to get your children to benefit from beets, especially if they are picky eaters. These pancakes are served routinely at my daughter’s daycare. Beets are rich in folate, as well as betacyanin (giving beets their purple/red color). Betacyanin has been found to possess a cancer-fighting ability. And kids especially love that they are eating pink pancakes!

Beet Pancakes

1 medium-sized beet, peeled and chopped
1 1/4 cups whole wheat or oat flour
1 tsp  cinnamon, divided
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup milk
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 medium banana
1 large free-range egg
1 Tbsp unsalted butter

Place beet in a steamer basket and set over at least 1 inch of water, and steam until tender. Set aside to cool.

In a large bowl, stir together whole wheat or oat flour, 3/4 tsp cinnamon, baking powder and salt. Place beet, milk, yogurt and banana in blender container and blend until smooth. Blend in egg. Add beet mixture to dry ingredients and gently combine. Let the batter rest for 10 minutes. Continue reading “Dinner Tonight: Beet Pancakes”

Around here beets are just about to hit peak season. Beets aren’t for everyone, but really they should be, and this beet and walnut salad is a great way to give them a try. Beets are easy to prepare and can be eaten raw (grate them into a tossed salad!) or cooked. They have an earthy, sweet taste and are popular juiced. Beets are a good source of folacin, vitamin C and potassium and they also have terrific health benefits including lowering blood pressure, boosting stamina, fighting inflammation, helping with detox, and more.

One of my favorite ways to eat them is in a beet and walnut salad. This salad requires a little bit of preparation, but the end result is worth it.

Continue reading “Dinner Tonight: Beet and Walnut Salad”