Want to be voted most popular at your next brunch gathering? Whip up this Very Berry Cherry Breakfast Custard. I admire anyone who can wake up and whip up a seven course breakfast for their family and guests. I think it takes a lot of patience and discipline to create a spread worthy of a royal homecoming first thing in the morning. That’s not me. I need food, and I need it fast. A scrambled egg in the microwave, a peel top yogurt, toast….something quick. Something easy. I wake up hungry [continue reading...]
Super Bowl Buffalo Blue Cheese Dip
Here’s my problem: you mix anything with cream cheese and I can make it disappear faster than a toupee in a hurricane. It’s a gift really. Why is it when you order a bagel at a coffee shop they give you like a tiny tablespoon of cream cheese? Who wants a bagel with a little cream cheese when you can have cream cheese with a little bagel? Anyway, enough about me and my unhealthy obsession with all things creamy and cheesy. Let’s talk the Super Bowl. More specifically, let’s talk Super Bowl [continue reading...]
Cure All Ginger Tea Recipe
A few years ago, a friend and I flew out to Northern California to visit some Brussels sprout farms in San Mateo County (for a work assignment). We added a few extra days to the trip to spend a little time in Napa Valley and also sightsee around the city of San Francisco. As before any trip, I always research the local cuisine. This led us to Dungeness Crab Louie Salads at Fisherman’s Wharf and authentic Dim Sum at Dragon Beaux. Towards the end of our trip I began to come down with [continue reading...]
Easy Jamaica Ackee and Saltfish
Jamaica Ackee and Saltfish is to Jamaica what hot dogs and apple pie is to the United States. It’s been over 4 years since I got my certification as a Plant Based Home Chef with the Rouxbe Cooking School and Forks Over Knives (see below the recipe for a link to the class I took for my certification). The course was life changing for me as I learned how to pair new flavors and textures together using plant based ingredients. I have amassed a fairly large collection of Vegan and Vegetarian [continue reading...]
How to roast Brussels sprouts like a boss
Welcome to Brussels sprouts 101: How to roast Brussels sprouts like a boss. I can’t remember the first time I tasted a Brussels sprout. All I do know is that I was very young. I was a child in the late 70’s/early 80’s when the only way most people prepared these little cabbage balls was by boiling them. Which in turn made the entire house smell pungent and bitter. Not in my family though. My Mother has been making the most amazing tarragon marinated Brussels sprouts since the 1960’s. And [continue reading...]
Beauty and the Beets Holiday Gift Guide 2020
Happy Holidays! Here’s the 2020 Beauty and the Beets Holiday Gift Guide - Quarantine edition. I’ve included local merchants in Orlando as well as nationwide vendors, but everything can be ordered online and mailed to an address of your choice. (Prices listed were up to date as of publishing) Whoa, what a year it has been. We’ve all become reacquainted with the four walls of our own homes, we’ve probably discovered new things about our spouse/roommate/children (notice I didn’t say [continue reading...]
Cucumber Mint Tonic
Oh no, we are entering flu season. We need this Cucumber Mint Tonic to save the world. (disclosure: this Cucumber Mint Tonic will not save the world but it may help you feel better if you are feeling under the weather) I’ve always had an affection for ginger ale and its soothing benefits. There is nothing more comforting when you aren't feeling well than dry toast and ginger ale. Ginger is known to soothe the stomach and ease digestion, but unless you make your own ale at home, it can [continue reading...]
The Masters Pimento Cheese Sandwich
I was three years away from becoming a food blogger..... The year was 2008. I was three years away from becoming a food blogger, but I was an avid golfer (and still am to this day). By some intervention of God I ended up with tickets to the Masters Tournament, yes, that one….the one in Augusta, Georgia. The $1.50 Master Pimento Cheese Sandwich The one where you have a better chance of admittance into Harvard Law School then getting your hands on a ticket to the world’s most celebrated and [continue reading...]
Houston’s Kale Salad with Peanut Dressing
(Editor: This Houston’s Kale Salad with Peanut Dressing copycat recipe post was originally published on March 1, 2013 and was updated October 13, 2020) Many years ago, I was introduced me to a restaurant called Houston’s (also known as Hillstone Restaurant in some markets). I ordered a veggie burger and by my Mother’s suggestion, substituted their Emerald Kale Salad in place of French fries. (On the current menu, the Emerald Kale Salad is now served with chicken. If I were to substitute [continue reading...]
Blueberry Biscuit Skillet Cake
(Editor: This Blueberry Biscuit Skillet Cake recipe was originally published on July 14, 2014 and was updated August 30, 2020) Sunday is the best day of the week in Beetsland. I get to sleep in, go for a run, and enjoy a nice hot cup of tea. Even the animals seem to sense it’s a day of leisure and laziness. Sunday also usually means I have a little bit more time to savor a warm breakfast. But as much as I love cooking, in the morning I generally want to fix something more quickly than [continue reading...]
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