I was totally stumped on what to make for dinner tonight so I moseyed over to the grocery store to get inspired. I was initially debating chicken stir fry, but changed my mind when I stumbled upon beet greens! They were so pretty looking, I couldn't resist. Right next to the beet greens were candy cane beets! Done deal.
For those of you that haven't tried beet greens, don't be freaked out by their appearance. I admit, they do resemble weeds. Once you get past the fact that they look like something you would feed your bunny, they're actually really tasty and sweet. Whenever a plant is rich in colour, you know it's good for you. And these are gorgeous - deep pink and deep green. A cup of beet greens is about 8 calories, 0 fat, 1 g of fibre, and 1 g of protein. I used about 5 cups (didn't measure - just grabbed a huge handful and chopped them up).
Into the pan they went!
Threw the candy cane beet (peeled) into the steamer...
Added some EV olive oil, chopped garlic, and strawberry slices into the pan and sauteed the greens...
Had to have a cooking snack! Snack of choice: sultana raisins.
Marinated my chicken with a little dijon and maple syrup (going with the "sweet" theme tonight).
Ta-Da!
Had some berries for dessert - hope I don't wake up pink! Bought this new notebook yesterday - love the saying! Good for us Type A girls...Haha.
xo Britt
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