June 15, 2012

FFwD: Lime Honey Beet Salad


One of our old neighbors in CA was from Russia.  Our daughters became good friends and we use to get together so the girls could play and we would talk about food and cooking.  She was a vegetarian and an amazing gardener.  At one of her daughters birthday parties, she made a beet salad for all the Mom's.  I can still see the look of fear on all the other Mom's faces, it was so funny.   You could just see them waiting for the caesar or pasta salad option, nope... just beet and onion salad.  I felt so bad for my friend who had enough of this stuff to feed an army.  I took my portion like a good friend would and ate as much as I could to be polite.

Needless to say, I knew this was not going to be a recipe for me.  Thank goodness for my day job is all I can say.  I made it for my little group of seniors and they loved it.  

8 comments:

  1. I always make sure there are willing mouths around when I have to make any thing beet :-)
    It looks pretty...

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  2. I will take your portion. no questions asked.

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  3. I loved this salad. It was the perfect end to a hot Summer day!

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  4. LOL, at least you gave it a try! :) I always make a couple options of stuff and hope people will give something different a shot, but dont necessarily have to eat more than a bite to be polite!

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  5. Beets are always a risky offering. For my husbands birthday I had burgers and several salads, one of them a smallish beet salad thinking many folks wouldn't eat it. It was the first dish emptied and people asked for the recipe! Go figure.

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  6. I love beets so this is a welcome salad for me :) Yours look refreshing ! have a nice day!

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  7. I admire you for trying this even when you aren't a beet fan. You never know when you will end up liking something you never liked before.

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  8. I hope things are ok with you since you haven't posted in a while. Cheers

    PS I know you have probably been busy. Just a wee reminder that it would be great if you followed Carole's Chatter back. Cheers

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