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The Eking Diet

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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 3 Sep 2014 06:47

You will never starve, Sharron, you are so inventive!


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Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 2 Sep 2014 18:09

Well done Sharron.

If OH knows what's good for him, he'll keep quiet and enjoy the tasty offerings.

I'll admit to not generally using beetroot leaves, but I remember when I was buying fresh beetroot from a market stall last summer, the next customer asked if I was going to use the leaves and if not please could she have them, as she was going to make chutney.

I gave them to her, but it did set me thinking.

.......I'm sure you'll think of many other interesting ways to use them.

Gwyn

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 29 Aug 2014 12:39

Beetroot tops are lovely - we had them at a restaurant in the middle of Dartmoor donkey's years ago. If memory serves correctly, they tasted a bit like mild spinach.

Not only are you extremely inventive at using what other people would bin, you're also blessed with friends/acquaintances that are willing to share their bounty. It must help living in a (semi?) rural area where you can grow your own and hedgerow forage.

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Sharron

Sharron Report 29 Aug 2014 11:01

This poverty bit is something of an exciting challenge.

Luckily we have a bit of stuff from the garden and I have plenty of flour to make bread so we are eating pretty well and OH is doing a bit of basic shopping with what he earns.

I know there will be an end to it so there is no despair just a bit of frustration.

Fred's mate brought us some veg from the market. One thing was a bunch of beetroot because I can't be without something with vinegar on.

OH was going to throw the leaves away as, in his chefly wisdom, he decided they were poisonous. So, you wouldn't expect a chef to be able to remember that beetroot and rhubarb are not actually the same thing.

Those leaves were his tea last night and he is still here this morning (no life insurance this week then!)

I fried up an onion and some of that celery the pineapple woman left for me, wilted the beetroot leaves and added a chopped spud lentils and some green Oxo stock.

Liquidized and sieved with a bit of garlic and Lea and Perrins it made a very acceptable soup.

Sadly, the only downside was that it looked like it was not it's first journey through an alimentary canal but you can't have it all can you?

The sievings from the soup will go into some rissoles later so they are in the fridge in a bowl. They look even more unappetizing!