Day 16 - My 365, How do you measure a year?

Day 16:
Monday, October 31, 2011

It's all about the beet.  Yep, the BEET!  No, not pickled gross beets!

My buddy Em convinced me to buy beets!  So I got them at the farmers market on Saturday and I tried them out tonight, following her exact instructions (as much as I follow recipes or instructions, which is generally not very well at all...).

These little suckers are intimidating!

And I couldn't take and post just one picture because beets might just be one of the strangest vegetables... I was concerned that my fingers would be purple for days and that my cutting board was going to forever be purple!

Ah, but it wasn't so exciting.  The vibrant color of beets does not permanently stain.

But they are an intriguing little vegetable.

So were the roasted beets delicious?  Ahh, jury is still out.  I think they were okay but as always my timing was off... by the time they finished cooking, I had eaten the rest of my meal so that it wouldn't get cold.  Go figure.

And so it goes, my style of cooking.  A little bit unpredictable.