Monday, July 27, 2009

Guest Post: Beet Salad

Last Summer I visited Emily's lovely family on Lake Michigan and we had what can only be deemed a "gush-fest" about beets. Beets this way are great! Beets that way are great! Beets! We loved them. That night we ate them simply on the deck, and when I showed up in Madison the other weekend, Emily had prepared them, deliciously, as below. She handed me a spoon and the sour cream and asked me to stir in as much as I wanted. Now, that's friendship!


This recipe is from my mom, who discovered it at a church potluck.

Ingredients:

beets
sour cream
parsley
green onion
salt

Boil 5-10 beets whole, until no longer raw (~20 minutes rolling boil). Drain boiling water and refill with cold water several times. Peel beets- this is easy after they've been boiled- the skin falls right off of the beet. Cube beets, chop 2-3 green onions and ~2-3 cups parsley finely, and mix it all together with ~ 1/2 to 1 cup sour cream. Salt to taste.

1 comments:

Libby said...

the first time I saw this at a potluck I thought it was a jello salad and studiously avoided it...until someone said "this beet salad is so good"...at which point I got up and headed right back to it!
here's the original recipe:

2 cans small whole beets(fresh beets better)
5 green onions and stems
1/2 c. mayonnaise
1/2 c. sour cream
1/2 c. parsley
salt to taste

Slice beets thinly. Dice onions and stems. Chop parsley. Blend may and sour cream and add to vegetables. Allow to stand 1/2 hour. Garnish with fresh parsley sprig.