Beets!

"There is no use blaming the rain and mud, these are only

elements.  The disaster is the failed expectation"

-Barbara Kingsolver from "Flight Behavior"

While I've been whining about the lack of carrots and beans

developing in my garden

Many other beautiful things were happily growing,

waiting for me to notice.

Notice I have! and Beets had my full attention today

Since winter I've been dying to try this

raw beet ravioli I had seen in some

beautiful blog post, and look!!!

Aren't they gorgeous?

I marinated some fresh goat cheese in; olive oil,

chopped nasturtiums, basil and garlic

and then sliced my 

Chiogga beets really thin on my mandolin to make the

 ravioli "noodles" - sandwiching the goat cheese in between -

and drizzling the marinating oil on top,

finishing with a pinch of Maldon's Sea Salt

Then I roasted the Golden and Detroit Reds

and topped them with some of the goat cheese,

oil and Cassis vinegar.

Yum! and SO. Pretty.

I had to share.

Happy Summer!

Kyra