{"id":11481,"date":"2023-05-31T17:46:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T22:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/?p=11481"},"modified":"2026-07-21T08:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:13:17","slug":"home-grown-beets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/home-grown-beets\/","title":{"rendered":"Home-Grown Beets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section section_has_divider et_pb_top_divider\"><div class=\"et_pb_top_inside_divider et-no-transition\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11483\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/homegrownbeets-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/homegrownbeets.1.jpg?fit=800%2C671&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,671\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Home-grown Beets\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Home-grown beets. Tasty and nutritious!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Home-grown beets. Tasty and nutritious!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/homegrownbeets.1.jpg?fit=635%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/homegrownbeets.1.jpg?resize=800%2C671&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Home-grown beets. Tasty and nutritious!\" title=\"homegrownbeets.1\" width=\"800\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/homegrownbeets.1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/homegrownbeets.1-480x403.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-11483\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>Beets! Yes, I love them and picked my first fresh beet of the season from my garden yesterday. Nothing taste as good as home-grown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The beet shown in the picture is a beet I intentionally let grow to a large size. The bigger, the sweeter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I eat beets raw. Why? While going through chemo, a chemist taught me that if you heat beets, their powerful cancer-fighting properties are destroyed. <\/span><span>Love my raw beets!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Without fail, someone always asks what they taste like, and I respond, \"Like dirt, but it's really good dirt!\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I am a big fan of pickled beets, but once I started eating them raw, they became a favorite afternoon snack or an addition to a garden salad with my meal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> My favorite salad includes roughly chopped beets with broccoli, kale, cauliflower, carrots, toasted <a tabindex=\"-1\"><\/a>almonds, and feta or goat cheese. I serve the salad with an olive oil\/vinegar dressing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Healthy eating is a choice.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><pre><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12234\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/quote2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/quote2.jpg?fit=162%2C93&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"162,93\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"quote2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/quote2.jpg?fit=162%2C93&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/quote2.jpg?resize=162%2C93&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"162\" height=\"93\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12234 aligncenter size-full\" \/><\/pre>\n<p>\"What do raw beets taste like,\" she asked.<\/p>\n<p>\"Like dirt,\" I said, \"but really good dirt!\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home-grown vegetables, especially beets, are both nutritious and packed with essential vitamins. 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