by Savour
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2
medium beets
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1 cup
nonfat Greek style yogurt
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1.5 ounces
blue cheese, finely crumbled
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2 pieces
bacon
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1 tablespoon
chives, finely minced
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3 pieces
pita bread, lightly toasted
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Scrub the beets, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt, enclose in a foil packet and roast at 350 degrees for 40 minutes to an hour, or until tender. Let cool and chop into a fine dice.
Ask the hotline about this step!Fry the bacon until crisp. Let cool, and chop finely.
Ask the hotline about this step!Combine the yogurt and the blue cheese in a small bowl and mash with a fork until the cheese in incorporated into the yogurt.
Ask the hotline about this step!Add the chopped beets, bacon and the chives. Mix thoroughly until the entire mixture is a rather alarming magenta hue (this actually helps convince 3 year old girls to eat it, believe it or not). The mixture may be covered and stored in the refrigerator right away, or eaten immediately.
Ask the hotline about this step!Serve with toasted pita triangles. Enjoy.
Ask the hotline about this step!growing up in Russia we made a similar dish: roasted and grated beets combined with mayonnaise (of course!), toasted walnuts, dried prunes and minced garlic.
I love beets so this is something I will be making!
I cannot wait to try this in salad form mixed with quinoa.
Major yum!! This sounds wonderful!
Wow - this sounds fabulous.
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made this today and it was amazing. Freakishly scary looking, but so tasty!!! Here's a link to my blog if you want to see it.
http://lisasnumnum.blogspot.com/2011/01/creamy-beet-spread-with-blue-cheese-and.html