We’ve Still Got Beets! and a great way to enjoy them

Friday, July 24, 2009

As everyone on the mid-Atlantic region knows, we’re still eating beets from our CSA! Cooler temperatures this summer meant that I got two big bunches in my box this week. I LOVE beets, so eating them is no problem for me, but I’m always looking for new ways to make them more palatable for folks who might not be so sure about them. This week when my friend Mike came over to reset some complicated internet gizmo that went off-kilter after a lightening storm, I made him this roasted beet pizza. I was excited to use candy onion and beautiful Chioggia beets and their greens from my CSA, rosemary from my garden, and low-fat feta purchased at my neighborhood middle eastern market. Even though I might have left it in the oven a little too long, he liked it. We ate it with a salad of fresh heirloom tomatoes (my first of the CSA season!) with mango, salt and balsamic. Savory -sweet, just like the pizza!

If you’d like my recipe, you can get it here!