Awesome Thing About Living in Europe #14

Awesome Thing About Living in Europe #14:  Beets

Tom and I have a new love.....we love beets!  Prior to moving to Warsaw I liked beets and I am pretty sure Tom had never even tried them.  We started eating them in Warsaw at a bunch of different restaurants since they are definitely a staple of Polish cooking.  After enjoying them at restaurants, we were eager to make them at home.  So we headed to the market to buy a few.  We got them home and were a bit perplexed...how do you get these rock hard roots to turn into gorgeous, soft burgundy deliciousness?  We did some quick online research and we roasted our own beets!  We now make them all the time and always have some roasted ones in our fridge.  Our favorite way to eat them is on a salad with some feta cheese and walnuts.  And, I am always on the hunt for new beet recipes.  If you have a good one, please pass it along.  Supposedly beets are a nutrition "super" food...just another bonus for our new love. 

Now, you might be questioning if beets really qualify as something we could "love" about living in Europe since beets can be found in just about any part of the world.  But, it is our living in Europe that has made us discover and fall in love with these delicious vegetables.  Living in a new environment has definitely opened our eyes to new things or things that our "new" to us.  And it's been super fun to take in all of these new experiences!