I always like a challenge and for this week’s Steemit Sandwich Contest, I am going to challenge myself by using beet as the ingredient to create ALL my sandwiches.
As a matter of fact, I love playing with colours when I am in the kitchen. When I do grocery shopping, there are times I would decide on what to purchase based solely on the colour mode I am in.
Lately, I am really into pink, red and purple. Hence, I bought a lot of beets this week, hoping to make something colourful (plus tasty, of course). This is actually how I came up with the idea to use beet as the theme for this week’s contest.
Seriously, you could do so much with beet in the kitchen and the possibilities are endless. Awhile ago, I came across a roasted beet pesto recipe and I was captivated with the colour. I couldn’t get this beautiful pesto out of my head. Unfortunately, I didn’t bookmark the pesto recipe and so I am re-creating it based on my memory. Luckily, the pesto turned out nicely (a test to confirm that my memory is still intact, LOL)
Let’s make the pesto first:
Ingredients:
1 beet (cubed, wrap in foil and roast at 375 for 45 minutes)
2 cloves garlic (pressed)
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
Methods:
Add baked beets, garlic, cheese, walnuts and lemon juice into blender to mix. While the blender is going, add olive oil slowly. Adjust the thickness of your pesto with water if necessary.
After the pesto was prepared, I proceeded to use this pesto to create a sandwich with avocado, cream cheese and pumpernickel bread.
My intention here is to use this sandwich to illustrate how beautiful nature is and how lucky we are to have access to such tasty, healthy and colourful looking beets and avocado. Of course, we human are amazing too as we invented cheese and bread making.
Overall, the colours and taste of this sandwich are quite incredible. Due to the very tasty pesto, I have to keep this sandwich very simple, otherwise, it would ruin the taste. But remember to be generous and slather tons of pesto (don’t be shy).
Hope you enjoyed this creation, and perhaps, inspired to try it at home?!
look delicious
Thanks @loveanimal - It sure was tasty. Are you gonna try making it?
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Love the presentation. :)
Thanks @zararina - hope you may wanna try it out!
delicious
Yum @funnyquotes
good post and always be happy my frind and upvote..!
Thanks so much @nomishiekh - thanks for dropping by
very nice recipe! i love beetroot grated raw in salads :)
Thanks @owenwat - I also love beet in salad. In particular when they are roasted, I love the sweetness of it!
another good post. you are on a roll again.
Haha - this is my hobby!
Great colours. That beet pesto must have ben flavoured to the max.
I love how you've added a second layer to this contest by initiating challenges.
[challenge 1] = more than 7 entries in 1 week lol
[challenge 2] = use the same main ingredient to make wildly different entries in the same week? (do i have that right?)
Haha - That's right, you got it. Plus, I bought too many beets this week and I need to find ways to finish them... My day job does not allow me to be creative. This contest provides me the opportunity to try crazy things and it's very satisfying!!
Lol glad to hear it!
Hey did you ever post ur SSC judges post? I'll re-steem it and you should add it to the comments of week 4 winners & 5 contest blog
Ha. Oh yes, here is the post from couple days ago
https://steemit.com/steemitsandwichcontest/@steemit-foodie/highlights-from-the-veto-judge-steemit-sandwich-contest-week-4
Ya i actually creeped your blog and put it in the comments already lol
Great idea - I will add the link!
Good day, I am inviting you
https://steemit.com/food/@kennyroy/watch-out-for-the-most-exciting-food-contest-coming-out-soon
thanks,
@kennyroy