The other day on one of my BIG adventures to the city, I had finished ALL my errands but decided to stop at the local organic farmers' roadside fruit stand to grab up some more melons, some beets and another bushel of tomatoes for canning.
The main purpose for stopping here was for the beets and tomatoes and by the time I made it back north towards the Golden D Homestead... the fog started rolling in. It made travel on the interstate a little rough at times... but I made it.
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Making Powdered Beets
I mainly did this as to not spend a fortune on the ones Mr Golden D sees advertised on television. He is one of those people who could watch all those As Seen On TV and 30- minute info-mmercials and sit there thinking he NEEDS to have two of them. It's a weakness of his and luckily I have the strength to say... "really? You need that?"
Just the other day he had found a website with some good prices, odd items and he was scrolling through pages. He said to me after about an hour... "I want to buy a drone..." To which I said... "and just how many times will you use it?" He said "once..." No drone purchases here. Hey... at least he recognizes he has a problem, right?"
But onto the beets and beet powder
I have never in my fifty years of life eaten a beet. Never! But when I read a post by 
So at the fruit stand I bought one small basket of beets (just to experiment first). I had been doing some reading online about how to dehydrate, grind up and the uses/health benefits for beets; and if this process didn't work, then I would only be out $2.50 total. Not too bad
As you can see in the DTube video, I cleaned, peeled, sliced and dehydrated the beets. On my dehydrator it took about 14 hours to completely dry out the beet until they would break and crumble in my fingers; which is how you want them. If they are too wet, or not dehydrated enough, when you go to grind them, they may gum up because of they are a natural sweetener. With the natural sugars inside they tend to stick together with even the smallest amount of moisture present.
The beets ground up perfectly in my Magic Bullet (although a coffee bean grinder was recommended; which we do not have). The only problem we discovered is when mixing with water, the powder had the intention of clumping up on the bottom of the glass. So I sent the powder through another two cycles of grinding in the Magic Bullet; no problems now.
Mr Golden D said it tasted great; just like beets- which he loves. Success!
So a 30-day supply on the TV commercial costs $40 a month. Mine for a thirty day supply will be under $10. NICE savings
Health Benefits Of Beets/Beet Powder
- Gives a natural boost of energy
- Helps lower high blood pressure from the nitrates in beets
- Full of vitamins: Iron, calcium, potassium
- An anti-oxidant
- Full of fiber
- Increases brain blood flow
- A natural sweetener (can be used in making cakes/cupcakes and gives the batter or frosting a nice reddish purple color)
- Can be added to salad dressings, gravies, soups, stews for extra flavor, dark coloring and extra nutritional values
