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Beets With Yogurt, Sour Cream And Chives

January 27, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Beets, Cooking wit	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Beets, small to medium 2" to
		3" stems trimmed to 1"
1/4	c	Lowfat yogurt
1	T	Sour cream
2	t	Fresh lemon juice
1/4	t	Salt
1	pn	Fresh ground black pepper
1	T	Fresh chives, chopped
26 9/20		n. This bok is for Electric Steamers and at the be, n. This bok is for Electric Steamers and at the beginning of

INSTRUCTIONS

Water level high  Put the beets in the steaming basket, cover, and
steam until very  tender when pierced with a small knife, 30-40 mins.
Remove from the  steamer and let stand until cool enough to handle.
Meanwhile stir  together the yogurt, sour cream, lemon juice and salt
in a medium  bowl. Using a small knife, peel and trim the beets. Cut
them into  1/3" to 1/2" thick slices and cut the slices into 1/3" to
1/2" thick  strips. Add to the yogurt mixture and toss gently to mix.
Refrigerate  until very cold, 2-3 hours. Just before serving, taste the
beets for  salt and pepper, adjust as needed. Sprinkle with the chives
and serve  cold. These recipes are from a super book called Cooking
with Steam  by Stephanie Lyness, ISBN 0-688-13814-4. It retails for
19.95 US or  the book she compares different Steamers. She has a lot of
hints and  tips spread through out the book. All of the recipes I have
tried  have been very good. I am very concerned about fats in my
families  diets and cooking by steam is a really good way to take fat
from  cooking out of your diet. Cooking vegetables in the steamer lets
all  the natural flavour come through. I would definately reccomend
this  book.  Source-Cooking with Steam by Stephanie Lyness Formatted
for  Mastercook by Carol Floyd--c.floyd@arnprior.com  Recipe by:
Cooking with Steam-Stephanie Lyness  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by
Carol & Bob Floyd  <c.floyd@arnprior.com> on Feb 26, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 56 Calories From Fat: 7 Total Fat: <1g Cholesterol: 1.6mg Sodium: 236.3mg Potassium: 380.3mg Carbohydrates: 11.3g Fiber: 3.3g Sugar: 7.8g Protein: 1.9g