If red beets turn your pee red, will yellow beets turn it yellow?

A philosophical quandary for the ages, to be sure. I bring it up because I will shortly have an answer, since I seem to keep coming across yummy siding recipes involving yellow beets. This one came from Cohen's "Living on Live Food" and feeds roughly four to five-hundred guests. I'm kidding of course, but I am on day three of lunches from this meal. My secret suspicion is that when you shred beets, they somehow multiply in the process, because three medium sized beets shred up into roughly enough to fill a football stadium. More or less.

Golden Beet Salad:

3 medium golden beets, grated
2 medium pears, diced
1 cup of Jicama diced.
8 cups of mixed greens
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 c walnuts (optional)
Fresh cilantro to taste (also optional, you may choose to skip this if you don't have any and are too lazy to go back out to the store. Incidentally, my herb garden seedlings are doing quite well, though it seems to be a bit frosty at night to keep them out all the time. However, I lost both my cilantro seedlings, they just refused to thrive. My mints, basils, and oreganos are growing like friggin weeds though!)

Marinate the jicama and pears in lemon juice for 30 minutes, then combine with beets. Stand on one foot, and distribute the mixture over the mixed greens on a large serving bowl, add walnuts and cilantro if you wish!

There was no suggested dressing, but I favor a honey mustard, so I got out my "good seasons" shaker and my boom-box and mixed it all up to the beat of the Pet Shop Boys. Dressings are a nice area to begin exploring your personal touch and creativity, try adding different juices, fruits, spices etc to the mix and see what you come up with.

I also added some grape tomatoes to the salad, and there's certainly no rule against cucumbers, bell peppers, or perhaps even some lovely fresh goat cheese if the spirit moves you. Maybe some pumpkin seeds, a dash or two of nutritional yeast, or a nice scoop of homemade veggie pâté? Maybe not, who am I to say?






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