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Avoiding the use of toxic red food dye is simply a matter of obtaining some of beet liquid. I discovered recently that this juice is quite delicious! Considering how rock-hard they are in their natural state, beets produce a good amount of smooth, mild juice that is great on its own or when blended with carrot and cucumber juice.
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Beet , Carrot And Cucumber Juice
Juice Ingredients
4 medium beets, scrubbed, trimmed and peeled
5-6 small-medium carrots, trimmed and peeled
2 small Persian cucumbers (or one large), peeled
Juice Instructions
Juice all ingredients in your juicer and collect the pulp in one bag.
Serves 2-3.
Salad Ingredients
beet-carrot-cucumber pulp
goat cheese vinaigrette
¾ cup walnuts, toasted and coarsely chopped
1 to 2 tablespoons mint leaves, thinly sliced
Vinaigrette Ingredients
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
1 to 2 tablespoons tarragon white wine vinegar (or a vinegar of your choosing)
2 to 3 heaping tablespoons of soft, herbed goat cheese
salt and pepper to taste
Vinaigrette Instructions
In a small bowl or measuring cup, combine the olive oil with a few generous splashes of tarragon white wine vinegar, and the herbed goat cheese. Sprinkle in a bit of salt and pepper and whisk until smooth. Pour over pulp and toss.
Salad Instructions
Arrange a few leaves of lettuce or radicchio on a plate or small platter. Spread the dressed pulp over the leaves. Sprinkle the salad with walnuts and mint, and serve.
Cucumber kimchi step 5
I packed my cucumber kimchi into clean Kilner jars as these are ideal for all kinds of pickles etc. Push down the kimchi mix to try to remove any air trapped inside. The natural fermentation process can go wrong if you get too much air inside which allows bacteria to thrive. Probably another good reason for making sure your jars are thoroughly clean and that you use gloves rather than bare hands to mix everything.
Just look at all that lovely kimchi juice, yum!
Were these cucumbers seen on TV? Are they extra long or why are they called "tele cucumbers"? Spotted at the Harbourside Sunday Market in Wellington.
The first harvest from our backyard garden......well, that they dogs hadn't already pulled off and eaten. They pulled off 3 before we even got to get any off.
Avoiding the use of toxic red food dye is simply a matter of obtaining some of beet liquid. I discovered recently that this juice is quite delicious! Considering how rock-hard they are in their natural state, beets produce a good amount of smooth, mild juice that is great on its own or when blended with carrot and cucumber juice.
www.foodthinkers.com/2010/04/beet-carrot-cucumber-juice-a...
Beet , Carrot And Cucumber Juice
Juice Ingredients
4 medium beets, scrubbed, trimmed and peeled
5-6 small-medium carrots, trimmed and peeled
2 small Persian cucumbers (or one large), peeled
Juice Instructions
Juice all ingredients in your juicer and collect the pulp in one bag.
Serves 2-3.
Salad Ingredients
beet-carrot-cucumber pulp
goat cheese vinaigrette
¾ cup walnuts, toasted and coarsely chopped
1 to 2 tablespoons mint leaves, thinly sliced
Vinaigrette Ingredients
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
1 to 2 tablespoons tarragon white wine vinegar (or a vinegar of your choosing)
2 to 3 heaping tablespoons of soft, herbed goat cheese
salt and pepper to taste
Vinaigrette Instructions
In a small bowl or measuring cup, combine the olive oil with a few generous splashes of tarragon white wine vinegar, and the herbed goat cheese. Sprinkle in a bit of salt and pepper and whisk until smooth. Pour over pulp and toss.
Salad Instructions
Arrange a few leaves of lettuce or radicchio on a plate or small platter. Spread the dressed pulp over the leaves. Sprinkle the salad with walnuts and mint, and serve.
My first formal food projects for my cousins. This is one of the menus they have at the restaurant, "LUNCH ROOM"
Does this make you thirsty? :)
Taken with D300s, Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 Non VC, 2 desk lamps, Raw, post processed in Lightroom just to add contrast and reduce brightness.
Cucumber kimchi step 3
Add all the prepared ingredients to the soaked cucumbers and toss gently using your hands to make sure everything is mixed. You can use disposable gloves if you don't want to get the hot pepper powder on your hands.
All of those cucumbers I planted about six weeks ago have started producing. The Monticello inspired teepees have been working well for supporting the vines, they look really lovely now that they're lush with cucumber and pole bean vines. I have had to train the cucumber vines to grow up the supports. I'm trying to think of a way to improve on this design next year. Last week I started harvesting cucumbers from all three varieties that I'm growing this season. I planted 12 vines of each in hopes of having a large flush of cucumbers for all those pickling recipes that call for pounds and pounds of cucumbers.
Cucumber kimchi step 6
I made 3 jars of my cucumber kimchi from the 6 small cucumbers. One for me and maybe two jars to give away to lucky friends ;)
Leave the freshly made kimchi to stand at room temperature for 24 hours to allow the natural fermentation process to start, then keep it in your refrigerator. Then you'll have lovely home made healthy kimchi super food whenever you want to pep up your meal.