glorious! beet(root) burgers
so canadians don’t feel the need to put the word ‘root’ at the end of ‘beet’ like we do in new zealand. one canadian explained to me that this would be as silly as putting the word ‘root’ after any root vegetable and that maybe we kiwis just need it there to remind us that beets are a root vege. he then asked if we also say ‘carrotroot’ or ‘potatoroot’? we don’t – just to clear that up. but yes, we call beets ‘beetroots’.
anyhoo… the thing i love most about beets is their glorious! colour. (i felt the need to exclamationize ‘glorious’). i figure that anything with such a glorious! colour must be full of glorious! healthy bad-thing-killing enzymes and the like.
turns out that the romans thought the same thing as me… Fun Fact: Ancient peoples believed that the color of beets was indicative of their power. Folklore mentions that beets were eaten to aid the blood: Greeks used beets to “cool” blood, and Romans used beets to fight fever.
right! to eat such magical food, i needed a way to eat them that wasn’t ‘grated in a salad’ or ‘roasted with other root veges’ and that would astonish & amaze any i-dont-like-beet guests that happened to stop by for dinner.
ladies and gentlemen…behold!
i will give away my secret:
in a big bowl, mix together the following:
- 2 cups of grated beet (raw)
- 1/2 cup of grated carrot
- 1/4 cup of finely chopped celery
- 1/2 of a chopped onion (red is fun, but white is ok too)
- a bit of thyme (maybe 1/2 tsp)
- 1 tbsp of vege stock powder or seasoning
- 2 tbsp of soy sauce
- 1/2 cup of cooked oats (yup.. just make 1/2 cup of porridge)
- 1 cup of raw oats
- some nuts (walnuts are tasty)
mix really well like this:
and then shape into patties and cook in a pan. cook at a pretty medium temperature (like maybe 3-4 if you have a stove that goes from 1 – 6) and cook for a while on each side until they are cooked through. it might look like this when you are cooking:
and they will taste delicious with the following toppings inside an english muffin (or suitable burger bun)
- spinach (or lettuce)
- tomato
- cheese and/or cottage cheese
- sweet chilli sauce (and maybe tomato sauce/ketchup
MMmmmmmmm.
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cant w8 to try it!
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beet(root)s are my favourite. But I’ve never even thought of beets + english muffins. Genius.
I’ll be making this sometime next week.
yum! beetroot burgers! I’ll make some this week too!
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