Summer Produce: Collards, Beets, Rhubarb Salsa and Grilled Potatoes

It has been a while since I posted any recipes. I think spring fever caught me this year. Feeling lazy and wanting to be outside. I've been getting my CSA boxes every other week and have much produce to cook with. Here are four things I've done lately with some of the produce. Collards sauteed with ginger, beets and greens salad, rhubarb salsa and grilled potatoes. All are side dishes and go well with chicken, fish, veggie main and even beef. They come together quickly and leave me with plenty of time to lounge around outside in my garden nook reading a book while hubby operates the grill. Enjoy.

Beets are heavenly!

I love beets - especially the deep red ones that stain my hands as I clean and prepare them. Equally delicious and lovely to look at are beet greens. Full Belly provided me with tiny newly harvested beets and their greens. I generally just boil my beets, slice them and add a bit of salt and lemon. When the tops look nice and tender - I chop them and steam them until they are tender and give them the same treatment - salt and lemon. My husband does not have the same love affair with beets and their tops as I do. The following recipe was provided by Full Belly. I adapted it and it was a complete success with my husband - he loved it. And it stays pretty true to how I enjoy beets. Try it and see what you think.