Marinated Beets

I come from a family that always over-boils their beets. Apart from a glorious rasberry lip sheen, I never figured what exactly I was gaining by eating those beets.

So, I had a couple of beets to spare, and decided against making another smoothie, as usual. We don't get berries here, so using beets to give a deep dark maroon color to your smoothies is just a brilliant tip I read on a smoothie blog. Just a quarter of a beet will tint whatever else you've dumped into the blender a rich, seductive berry shade. Anyways, this post isn't about a beet drink!

Ingredients:

1. Raw beets,
2. juice of one whole orange/lime,
3. olive oil,
4. coriander,
5. thyme
6. Sunshine (if available)

To make:
I'm not much of a measurer. Just do what feels right.
Toss it all up and leave in the direct rays of the sun for a couple of hours. Its amazing how tender raw beets can get! Didn't feel they were raw at all!