Now that you’ve eaten your huge feast and most of your leftovers, are you ready for a little something to make with your Yummy? Here’s a recipe for weekend brunching that is healthful, fun, and colorful. Try substitutes here as you like: carrots, zucchini, regular potatoes, parsnips, apples, pears, different spices, and any other things that you fancy. And my goodness, the shapes you could fit into that cast iron pan are endless!
But, for us, this beet and sweet potato latke was just the thing.
Peace and Love Latke
For the Red:
*1 lb beets, peeled and shredded
*1 organic egg
*1 T. flour
*1/2 t. cumin
*a 1/2-inch knob of ginger, peeled and grated
*1/2 of a large red onion, shredded
*salt and black pepper, to taste
For the Orange:
*1 large sweet potato or yam, peeled and grated
*1/2 of a yellow onion, shredded
*1 organic egg
*1 T. flour
*1/2 t. cumin
*1 t. freshly squeezed lemon juice
*salt and black pepper, to taste
*as always, but especially here, LOVE
For the pan:
*1 T. butter or grapeseed oil
For serving:
*cinnamon apple sauce
*sour cream or lowfat Greek-style yogurt
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.
Together: Get out a large bowl and let your mini-chef crack the egg into it. Then measure and add all of the other RED ingredients. Stir, and set that aside.
Get out a medium-sized bowl. Again, your mini-chef will practice egg cracking into the bowl. Then he will help measure out the other ORANGE ingredients, give everything a stir, and set aside.
Big Person Time: Melt the butter or warm the oil in a cast iron skillet over medium-low heat and coat the entire bottom and sides of the pan. Start with the RED bowl, spooning the ingredients out to make a circle around the edge of the pan, a line down the center, and the two peace spokes on the sides. Fill in the negative space with the ORANGE ingredients.
Take the pan off of the heat and place it in the oven. Bake for 20 minutes. Turn on the broiler on and broil till the ORANGE bits are starting to brown.
Serve warm, with the applesauce, sour cream, and/or yogurt as an accompaniment.
