I am NOT Martha Stewart


Are these roast beets not gorgeous and so sweet you would have thought I added sugar!


Crispy beet greens

Here is another good summer recipe that I discovered.

Lentil Beet Salad
Cook lentils (45 min-1hr) in chicken broth with 2 bay leaves, drain

Preheat oven to 400, cook beets for about 30 minutes with garlic powder, onion powder, salt, fresh chopped basil, and chopped green onions, cut (1/4 chunks or so) and add beets and juices to lentils

Dressing: in a pint jar, 1/2 olive oil, 1/2 basalmic vinegar, fresh chopped basil, garlic and onion powder, salt and pepper.

Mix and chill. Right before serving add freshly chopped parsly, green onions, and feta

Crispy Greens

This works with chard and basil too.

Preheat the oven to 400, chop beet greens into thin slices. Sprinkle with garlic and onion powder, salt, and olive oil. Roast for about 20 minutes. They end up crispy and DELICIOUS! What a great way to eat those nutritious greens. These were so good that I had to make a second batch because I kept eating the first!

I made Swedish meatballs to go with it

1/2 Cup bread crumbs soaked in 3/4 Cups cream or milk
1 lb ground beef
2-3 T green onions (sauteed first)
2 T parsley
an egg
onion and garlic powder
salt and pepper

Pan fry in butter

This entire meal probably cost us about 6 dollars. I usually use fresh garlic but since I am out, I have been using garlic powder.


Now, about Martha Stewart ... seriously, I am not her! LOL! I don't post pictures of grilled cheese or spaghetti or take out pizza. I don't often write about how a certain child's behavior had me in tears or I had a parenting melt down. I don't often take pictures of our diasterous house. Or tell stories about how I discovered that my baby was mobile when he fell off the bed. Or that I haven't slept through the night in 5 years. I haven't shown the hillside completely overgrown in weeds and blackberries. Or talk about how I feel like a maid sometimes. Or that I daily struggle with patience. Or that I feel really alone sometimes. Or that I am terrible about remembering to pray and don't read my Bible everyday. So...I am a real person, with real struggles! Thank heavens for God's grace!

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  1. MichelleJuly 22, 2010 at 10:56 PM

    Printed off the recipes...

    I've found contentment in being real in the last year or so. I used to try hard to get my house company ready, smile and say everything is wonderful, go ballistic in attacking my weedy gardens, etc. There is freedom in being real! I can't do it and all like you said thank heaven for God's grace! It's good to lean on Him through my imperfections.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 23, 2010 at 6:08 PM

    Love you for that!
    T

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