Beet Greens! Don’t Waste them!

Beet Greens Recipe

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2 tablespoons olive oil

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

1 garlic clove, thinly sliced

2 lbs baby beet leaves, washed

1 -2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

sea salt & freshly ground black pepper

Directions (serves 4): Heat the oil and butter in a large skillet or Dutch oven over low heat, and add the garlic. Cook gently, stirring frequently, until the garlic is fragrant but does not take on any color. Add the moist greens, raise the heat to medium-high, and cover the pan. Cook until the greens wilt, about 2 minutes, shaking the pan once or twice. Remove the cover; if there’s any excess liquid, cook until it evaporates. Toss the greens with the lemon juice, salt, and pepper, and serve hot.

Beets and Beet Green Benefits

-excerpt from http://howtoexpo.com

1- They combat the acidity in our body with its alkalinity.
2- They battle anemia. Being rich in high quality Iron, Beets and beet leaves
regenerates and reactivates the red blood cells and supplies fresh oxygen to the body.
3- The copper in beets makes the iron more available to our system.
4- Help clear the arteries, (Atherosclerosis). The wonderful crimson juice of the beet
is a powerful solvent for harmful calcium deposits which causes the hardening of
the arteries. In similar ways It also can help Varicose veins
5- It helps to lower high blood pressure OR elevates low blood pressure.
6- Beet juice inhibits the formation of cancer causing compounds specially in stomach
and colon.
7- It has been proven That drinking beet juice or eating beet roots regularly, help
to get rid of chronic constipation.
8- The choline in the beet juice detoxifies and cleanse both the liver and the entire system.
The super cleansing virtues are exceptionally helpful for curing ailments relating to kidney,
gall bladder and gout.