Mmmmmm....beets rock my vegan world. :) Yum! Hoping to grow a bumper crop of them this year. Love the beet greens, too.
I agree with your vegan fare sentiments,
@intothelight . However, when the chef (speaking only for myself here) is preparing foods for other folks who still like to partake in the disturbing-to-me animal flesh/by-product scene, one must try to prepare menu items that also make their taste buds happy as well.
Personally, I could very happily and healthily live the rest of my life without ever having to prepare another meat/cheese/milk/butter/etc. substitute, but glad I now know how. Learning how to do that in such tasty ways greatly helped me end my life long health-robbing addiction and heavy cravings, too. Perhaps one day my loved ones taste buds will also adjust and realize those things simply aren't necessary. It's also fun to share the substitutes with others who are die hard animal product fans and are strongly convinced nothing could ever compare....until they taste something that surpasses their expectations. :)
So far today, lots of H20, lemon H20, herbal infusion with stinging nettle/burdock root/ginger root, and some navel oranges. Dairy-free chocolate chip, peanut butter, banana nice cream will happen at some point for a snack as the day keeps heating up.
