until we beet again
As a health coach, I am always growing and learning right alongside my clients. I mean aren’t we all? If you think about it, nothing that is living is ever just staying the same. It is either growing, adapting, changing, or dying. Anyway, with all of that being said I’m still navigating home cooking and learning how to implement different or unfamiliar foods.
Most recently I was faced with a Beet. Now don’t get me wrong, this isn’t the first time trying a beet. I’ve had them before and usually opt for the canned version because I just didn’t know how to prep and cook a raw beet. Well, I tried and kind of failed. I hate the word fail because it sounds so negative and failure is just helping us get closer to success.
So, I googled it (of course) and thought “okay, this is easy”. I think the failure came from a mix between my impatience and forgetting one simple task of checking on it every twenty minutes. If you didn’t already know a beet takes like 50-60 minutes of roasting in the oven at 400 degrees. I didn’t realize it would take this long which is why my impatience was part of the problem. I read this small but very important detail when I was halfway through cooking dinner and knew an hour was pushing it. Then, since I was focused on cooking I forgot to check on the beet periodically to give it some moisture and prevent it from drying out.
At the time of dinner, I was left with a dry and pretty hard beet. I thought “okay whatever, we will eat dinner without it and I will continue to let it cook to use in my lunch salad tomorrow”. After the beet was in for exactly one hour I took it out and let it sit, as the instructions said but when I went to peel and chop, it was hard and not peeling. This was a pretty big beet so maybe it needed longer than an hour but since my impatience grew I didn’t even consider this thought.
So what did I do you ask? I wrapped it in tin foil, stuck it in the fridge, and told myself that I would deal with it the next day. Did I deal with it? No. Is it still the fridge, just as I left it? Yes.
Until we Beet again.
Benefits of eating Beets!
Great source of fiber, vitamins and nutrients like vitamin C, potassium, iron, and folate! You can eat them cooked or pickled (maybe I should try that next time haha) and you can find them in many colors and variations such as yellow, pink, dark purple, or even white! Since Beets are a root vegetable they’re great at supporting the liver, inflamation, digestive health, and energy!
You can incorporate beets into salads, juice, dips, or just on their own with some goat cheese!