Add a splash of colour to your cooking with beetroots from George’s
Beetroot is an Australian favourite, a staple canned vegetable at the back of the pantry, ready whenever needed to throw on a burger or spruce up a simple salad. Now a super-charged nutritious food that is eaten fresh rather than out of a can, beetroot is having its moment in the sun along with the likes of kale, pomegranates and cauliflower.
Beetroot’s distinctly sweet and earthy flavour has become a firm favourite on dinner tables. Pick up local varieties from George’s market stall at the Davies Park Market with vibrant gold, target and cylinder beetroots on offer, as well as traditional beetroots. Beetroots are a wonderful source of iron, magnesium, potassium, folic acid, and vitamins A, B6 and C, as well as a great stamina booster to keep you on the run longer.
Fantastic in dips, on power salads, in smoothies, as a snack, on gourmet canapes or in a chocolate cake, beetroot has many uses including the added benefit of turning anything from hummus to meatballs vibrant fuchsia. Beetroot has certainly come a long way since Sunday lunch of cold chicken and salad at your grandma’s house.
Try your hand at a chicken and bacon salad with juniper berry and black pepper infused beetroot, beetroot and melted brie on toast, beetroot and goat’s cheese focaccia, or indulgent beetroot brownies to bring some of beetroot’s earthy goodness into your weekend cooking plans.
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