Happy 4th everyone!
What better way to celebrate than to enjoy our independence from junk food with some good, earthy veggies! If you like peppery foods, this is the veggie dish for you! It has a really strong flavor and an even stronger “bite”. I should tell you that you do need to be a beet fan to enjoy this dish. I’ve found that, generally speaking, there are two kinds of people in the world. Those that love beets and those that hate them. I don’t think I’ve met anyone yet that is somewhere in the middle.
So if you are a beet fan, you should definitely enjoy this!
Clean Eating Peppery Garlic Beets Recipe
(Makes 2 servings)
Ingredients
4 yellow beets, including the greens
Garlic powder
Fresh ground pepper
1 tbsp. olive oil (approximate)
2 garlic cloves
Directions
Step 1 – Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 2 – Peel and slice your beets (about 1/4 inch thick).
Step 3 – Lay them out on a cookie sheet that has been lightly sprayed with olive oil. Sprinkle with generous amounts of garlic powder and fresh ground pepper. Place in the oven for approximately 30-45 minutes, or until they start to brown and shrivel a bit. They should be soft to bite into.
Step 4 – While the beets bake, wash your greens and chop them into large pieces (I cut mine twice).
Step 5 – Peel your garlic.
Step 6 – Chop your garlic.
Step 7 – Put the fresh garlic in a pan with a small amount of olive oil. Brown it slightly, then add the greens and cook until they are limp.
Step 8 – Put the greens in a bowl and top with the baked beets.
Eat and Enjoy!
Munchkin Helpers:
If you have little ones, here’s how they can help (With close supervision, of course).
Little ones will love putting the beets on the pan and sprinkling the garlic and pepper on them. They can also a put the chopped garlic in the cold pan. Older kids can cook the greens.
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Nutritional Content
1 serving = 1/2 the recipe
Calories: 143
Total Fat: 7 gm
Saturated Fats: 1 gm
Trans Fats: 0 gm
Cholesterol: 0 gm
Sodium: 214 mg
Carbohydrates: 18 gm
Dietary fiber: 6 gm
Sugars: 11 gm
Protein: 4 gm
Estimated Glycemic Load: 6
Nutritional Information estimated at Nutritiondata.com. Data may not be accurate.
Caution: Any time a child is in the kitchen, they will require close supervision. Munchkin Helpers suggestions should be applied with common sense to your own child, taking their own capabilities into account. Do not assume that because it says here that your child can do something, that they can, in fact do it. Please use common sense when in the kitchen with your child(ren).
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