Hey guys!
This is Heather from HealthyVeganRecipes.net.
So we are into the month of February which means that Valentine day is rapidly approaching.
I actually can’t believe how fast January went so I imagine the first half of February
will go just as quickly.
Anyway, I wanted to show you a recipe that you can make for a date night for that someone
special and I’ve got is started already.
What I’ve done is I got a really big beet that I peel and chop up into fairly small
pieces and I put that in a pot on thestove that’s a little bit of water and a little
bit of salt to boil and get really nice and soft.
Beets of course are very red, if you get the purple beets so they’re kind of valentine
day “S” because they’re red like a heart.
They are so red in fact they make a really great dye if you want to make some kind of
food coloring, use some beet juice.
It can get your hands really red when you peel them raw.
With my beet, I’m going to add some light vegetables.
Now the reason I’m doing this is because if its date night I am assuming that you don’t
want to be eating something like beans, getting some gas, that is not a good scene for a date
night.
So I’m going to pair it with some kale, some fresh kale and some zucchini and then
I’ve got some frozen green peas that I’m going to throw here and we’ll have a nice
light meal but it will be really really tasty coz I’m going to top it off with some miso
dressing which is based on miso is a fermented soy bean paste.
Really nice and salty , really rich flavor so it’s gonna taste amazing so you can wow
your date with your fantastic cooking skill while keeping things easily digested so you
can have some energy and move on to whatever else you plan for the night.
So I’ve wash this kale already and all I’m gonna do is chop off the very ends of the
stems because they can get kind of dry and then I’m going to cut this o very small
pieces.
If you have larger kale that has a wider leaf you might want to roll this up but this kale
chop really easily.
So I’ll just gonna do that and what you can do is you can either do it raw in which
case you would just take a little bit of salt, sprinkle it offer your kale, massage it with
your hands and it will wilt or you can throw it into the pot with the beets.
depending on how your date like things whether you want it cook or raw it’s up to you but
I’ll show you quickly if I take some salt, we’ll leave it a little bit and then get
in there with your hands and give your kale a massage.
Might warm you up before giving your date a massage so you can see that this has gotten
a lot darker color its actually kind of a bright green now, the moisture has come out
a little bit, smells so amazing like fresh greens.
And then you can do the same thing with your zucchini so cut off the ends and then cut
very thin slices and then you can either sprinkle it with salt and massage it like what I did
with the kale or throw them with the beets.
I really love to do with this method and keep it raw, keep the nice texture going but if
you want to cook it that’s totally fine as well.
They only need a few minutes when you cut them off small like this so no need to cook
them to death.
One thing I will throw in with my beets are the frozen peas, no one likes to have something
frozen with their hot beans although frozen beans make an excellent snack if you’re
feeling like something to munch on just grab a handful of beans from the freezer, excellent!
My mom use to give me a little cup of frozen peas when I was little.
So let the pea’s heat up a little bit, you can get your dressing together.
I’ve done a video of that for you before so I’ll post a link to the dressing then
you just need to toss them all together, drizzle some dressing, get it on a plate and you are
all set for a beautiful valentine meal.
It’s always nice to light some candle of course.
And yes so quick, easy, healthy and really tasty, all of my favorite things in one and
you can use this to impress your valentine with your skills on the kitchen as well as
your super healthy eating habits so hope you enjoy and have fun with this recipe.
It does really well with any kind of combination of vegetables.
I started with the beets because its red for the valentine but check out what’s on your
fridge and give it a try and I will see you next time.