Red Beet Soup

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 small beets, optionally with the stems and leaves (or canned whole beets)
• water, enough to cover well (or the juices out of the can)
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
• 1 medium cucumber, julienned
• 2 medium green onions, chopped
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
• 1/2 cup baby dill, chopped
• 1/2 cup flat leaf parsley
• 4 tablespoons sour cream

Recipe

• 1 cook beets 30 min or until tender. keep water (broth).
• 2 peel beets and julienne; return to pot.
• 3 add sugar, salt, lemon juice to taste. cool.
• 4 when ready to serve, add cucumber, scallions and one-half egg to each bowl.
• 5 garnish with a dollop of sour cream, dill and parsley.
• 6 note: you can use red wine vinegar instead of lemon juice.