Purple Beet Carrot And Onion Medley Recipes

Steps:

• Place whole beets in a pot and cover with water. Bring water to a boil, cover the pot, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until beets are tender, about 30 minutes.
• Place carrots in a microwave-safe dish and cook on high until firm but tender, about 6 minutes. Place carrots in a colander under cold water to stop the cooking process, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove peels and discard; cut beets into thin slices.
• Whisk cider vinegar, sugar, ginger, orange zest, dill, sea salt, garlic powder, mustard, and black pepper together in a microwave-safe bowl until sugar and salt dissolve. Whisk oil into cider dressing mixture. Microwave dressing on high for 2 minutes; whisk again.
• Combine beets, carrots, and onions together in a large container; pour dressing on top and mix well. Cover the container and refrigerate for at least 24 hours before serving.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, heat bouillon and water for 1 minute; stir well. Stir in the salt, garlic powder, pepper and 1 teaspoon oil., In a large nonstick skillet or wok, stir-fry the broccoli, carrots, onion and celery in remaining oil for 2-3 minutes. Add the bouillon mixture; cook and stir for 3 minutes. Add zucchini and red pepper; stir-fry for 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and cabbage; stir-fry 1-2 minutes longer or until crisp-tender.

Steps:

• Sterilize jars and lids
• Cook onions in a large pot of boiling water until almost tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a bowl, reserving cooking water. When cool enough to handle, trim root ends from onions, keeping onions intact, then slip off skins. Halve onions lengthwise.
• Add beets to water in pot and boil until almost tender, about 25 minutes. Drain and, when cool enough to handle, slip off stems and skins. Halve beets lengthwise (quarter if large).
• Bring vinegar, syrup, water, salt, star anise, and ginger to a boil in a 3-quart saucepan, then simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes.
• Drain jars upside down on a clean kitchen towel 1 minute, then invert. Fill jars with beets and onions. Remove star anise and ginger slices from pickling liquid and tuck 1 of each into side of each jar. Fill jars with pickling liquid, leaving 1/4 inch of space at top, then run a thin knife between vegetables and jar to eliminate air bubbles.
• Seal, process, and store filled jars, boiling beets and onions in jars 20 minutes.
• Let beets and onions stand in jars at least 1 week for flavors to develop.