Tag: beet
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Beetroot
Beetroot is a cultivar of Beta vulgaris mostly grown for its swollen taproot (other cultivars are predominantly grown for their leaves e.g. chard or leaf beet). Being Australian, my favourite way to eat beetroot is as pickled slices in a hamburger served with egg. 🙂 You can also boil, roast and puree it and it teams…
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Beetroot Powder
I looked everywhere and couldn’t find the beetroot powder in the shops that I needed for a butter chicken. I was in my local grocery store looking for it and about to give up when on the way out I saw some fresh beetroot. So I made my own dried beetroot to get the powder…
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Leaf Beet – Perpetual Spinach
This handy little leaf is not actually spinach proper but a member of the beet family. Who knew? 🙂 It doesn’t matter though because you can use them just as you would spinach leaves in a raft of dishes from salads to toasted sandwiches and stir fries. The ‘perpetual’ part of the name is true…
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