Sweet and Beet

I just made this for dinner last night and it was lovely. I used a medium sized sweet potato and an enormous beet; it was bigger than my fist (is that normal? I don’t know), but for a family you might need to double that and it could be a side dish.

Ingredients

2 medium Sweet potatoes, diced

2 medium Beets, diced

Olive oil (enough to coat bottom of pan)

(dressing)

3 T. Olive oil

2 T. Lemon juice

2 cloves Garlic, minced

Dried oregano

Salt

Pepper

Preparation

- Peel and dice sweet potatoes and beets into approx. 1’’ cubes (try to make them uniform so that they will cook evenly)

-sauté the sweet potatoes and beets with olive oil in 2 SEPARATE PANS. Beets are highly pigmented and using just one pan will leave the sweet potatoes purplish and tasting a bit like beets, so its better to keep the two separate until the end of preparation

-now is a good time to quickly mix the dressing in a small bowl, set it aside for the end

-once the sweet potatoes and beets are tender (beets will be quicker), remove them to a serving dish and toss with the dressing. Done!

Shopping List

2 medium Sweet potatoes

2 medium Beets

Olive oil

Lemon juice

Garlic

Dried oregano

Salt

Pepper