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Asado Roots: Potatoes (or Beets)

October 12, 2020 – 6:32 am

Adapted from Anya Fernald’s Home Cooked – Essential Recipes for a New Way to Cook, which is fabulous!  Let’s just say the first section is on building blocks and it includes lard and 3 bone broths, including Trotter Broth – she hooked me there.  She got her start with the Slow Food movement in Italy and […]

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Marinated Beets & Greens

July 20, 2020 – 8:13 am

Fresh beets with their greens are so lovely (visually and for the taste buds).  Here is a recipe inspired by one on Genius Kitchen that skips the roasting or boiling steps as beets, like their carrot friends, are wonderful thin sliced or shredded and raw!  Works as a cracker alternative too, with some nice cheese. […]

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Beet Poke (‘po-kay’)

March 14, 2020 – 7:06 am

Somehow, my mind had nearly forgotten about this delightful way to enjoy beets. I haven’t had it in ages, but it is lovely and somehow as we transition between Winter and Spring, it is particularly pleasing. Thanks to our farmshare member Jo Ann, for introducing us to the Hawaiian Poke (po-kay)!   Traditionally it is a […]

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Creamy Beetroot Risotto

January 31, 2019 – 8:03 am

Based on BBC Good Food Recipe So creamy, delicious and what a color!  A great different way to enjoy your beets. Thanks Donna (as always) for a great introduction! Ingredients: 2 lb (approx) cooked beets (either previously roasted, or boiled) 4 Tablespoons Lard or other yummy fat 2 Onions, chopped 2 Garlic cloves, chopped 2 […]

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Holiday Pancakes

December 19, 2018 – 8:23 am

Or depending on the audience you could call them Pretty Pink Pancakes or what they are…beet pancakes.  They are quite spectacular, we love them with some blueberries or other fruit, adding to the mornings color with some yogurt on top! And perfect with some of the farm’s pasture-raised Maple Breakfast or Alsatian Christmas Sausage. Mari figured […]

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Red Velvet Brownies

April 10, 2018 – 8:33 am

Adapted from Vegetarian Times This is always a favorite and a warm mug of maple milk and a red velvet brownie seem like the perfect treat, so here is this farm favorite!   To those of you who haven’t yet sampled these gems at one of our farm events, try. these. brownies. They’re that good.  They […]

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Ode to the Beet

January 31, 2018 – 11:58 am

We often sing praises of our beets and certainly believe they are deserving of their own ode.  Which is saying a lot as beets are the only vegetable I (Laura) had a negative run-in with as a child. Long story, but suffice to say went to bed with them in my mouth and I didn’t […]

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Root Vegetable Bread Pudding

January 4, 2018 – 8:29 am

What a great different way to enjoy the abundance of eggs along with the solid staples of our root veggies and have something baking in the oven during these cold days!  Thanks Donna for another great recipe idea. 4 C root vegetables (I used beets and carrots) 1 1/2 C Onions – chopped 1 clove […]

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Beet Greens with Roasted Beets, Yogurt & Lemon

October 19, 2017 – 5:20 am

Last chance for beet greens with your beets for this season!  Adapted from a recipe in NY Times.  1-2 lbs beets with greens 2-3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, lard, bacon fat or other good fat Salt and freshly ground pepper 1-2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice 1 to 2 garlic cloves (roasted or fresh) 1 cup drained […]

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Flaky Beet Biscuits

December 8, 2016 – 8:06 am

We had plenty of questions and requests for the recipe at last weekend’s holiday market, so by popular demand here is the farm’s (ok really Donna’s) Flaky Farm Biscuit recipe, with a beet twist.  These are delightful to eat and with the beet addition are a treat for the eyes as well!  You can make […]

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