Food on Fridays: Beets Are Back

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Food on Fridays with Ann

Beets are back.

This week’s CSA delivery included a bunch of beets, so for lunch on Thursday, I recreated LaVonne Neff’s salad made with beets, oranges, goat cheese and sliced almonds (I wrote about it earlier this year, but didn’t have pictures of the salad; only the beets). I even washed some of the beet tops (you know, the leaves or I guess you’d say the “greens”), tore them up and added them to the lettuce.

I tossed in pieces of leftover corn cut from the cob.

Drizzled with olive oil and a tiny bit of agave.

Sprinkled with sea salt and freshly ground pepper.

Voila. A healthy salad that’s hard to beet; er, beat.

Photo by Ann Kroeker

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  • There and Back Again: So Much Life

    The world seems so full of life in summer, when leaves and lawn spread into a thick, full green. This is the peak, before rain forgets to fall and grass withers to a brittle brown.

    For now, redbud leafs outside my office window.

    Ferns sway lazily in a shady corner.

    Hydrangea’s giant snowballs bloom soft white against deep green.

    A rose shimmers, iridescent, in angled afternoon sun.

    A neighbor’s lily screams energy.

    And the children! Oh, the children in summer…bursting with life!

    Every day holds so much energy, so much beauty, so much life—all pointing me to God, the Father Almighty, the Maker of heaven and earth.

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    Darlene inspired me to grab my camera when she asked, “How did you see God today?” Read about it (and admire her photography) THERE (“Have You Seen God Today”), and then come back HERE again! Oh, and be sure to visit Charity, host of There & Back Again.

    Each Thursday, consider going “There and Back Again” yourself. It’s simple.

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