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RE: The Cultivated Apothecary: Week 8 Edition 1- Homemade Beet Powder For Energy & Health
As we have no TV, I was not aware they had ads for beets!
How cool you finally got some, and made the powder for him. Do you not like beets? I adore them, as a plain veg, roasted, and pickled. The greens are also really good for you
One thing about beets, beet greens, Swiss chard, and spinach you might not know. If you do not eat it with an acid, like apple cider vinegar, it can tie up calcium so it's not accessible to your system.
So I feed it sparingly to my layers, as they need all accessible calcium they can get. And when I eat those vegs, I like to put the brine from the garlic scape pickles on them, as it has apple cider vinegar.
I didn't know that about the calcium! BUT THANK YOU!
I do know anytime I have ever seen beets, they are usually pickled; now I know why.
I didn't know if I liked them or not as I never ate any before. I did have some beet water yesterday to sample my experiment and it wasn't too bad. So now I am searching for some easy (starter) beet recipes to make. I'll be heading back to the little stand on Monday probably.
I'm also considering finding a way to use the powder in my lacto-fermented sodas (with the ginger bug)
I love beets and beet greens - its my husbands Ukrainian family that introduced them to me. We could not live without them in our diet. So glad you are playing with them now! I suggest being light handed with the beet powder - it can make things taste a bit "earthy" or at least that's my experience. I used to be big into juicing and for some reason never loved the beet flavour in a raw juice.