Beet Smoothie

I have been eating more beets lately, putting them in salads, adding them to the dinner plate. My wife is a good sport, but she offered veilded threats against me if I brought her any more magenta-stained plates or vegetables. I still had a roasted beet in the fridge, and no place immediately to use it. So, for breakfast I dropped it in the blender(unpeeled, I figured why not make use of that fiber?) along with 2 cups of red grapes, a squirt of lime juice and 2 cups of orange juice. It pureed very quickly into this purplish-red mixture that… I’m sorry, but it just looked like life! A taste, a sip, then a swig, and I was sold on the recipe. It was delicious with all the layers of sweetness from earthy beets and slightly sharp oranges and sugary red grapes. No one flavor overpowered the other, they actually melded.

Two things: Beets can have a laxative effect, so beware(they can also turn your pee bright red). Also, the first person you meet may think you just took a pop in the chops, so be sure to brush your teeth and rinse.

It probably helps if you already like beets, but it might also convert you.