Beetroot – Surprise, not as bad as I thought it was!

What a thing to have as my first proper blog post, I always thought I HATED beetroot, but it is so easy to grow!! When we bought the house and moved in at the start of winter, there were just a few things left over in the veggie patch and beetroot was one of them. It seemed a shame to waste it so I found that it wasn’t too bad roasted up with a mixture of other vegetables like carrots and parsnips. Still not a huge fan though.

 Then, despite my rule of not growing anything I don’t like, some more beetroot found its way in to the patch thanks to seedling gifts from a fellow veggie grower, aaaargh! So I thought, right, I actually have to find a use for beetroot that I like. I did a bit of googling and then adapted a recipe that a friend suggested and lo and behold, it was amazing, light fresh and tasty! Beetroot will now be a constant in the garden just for this one recipe! J And what’s more, it involves raw beetroot!! Who’d a thunk it, it got rave reviews and plate licking from husband too even though he is of a similar mind-set to me on the beetroot front. Recipe at the bottom of the blog.