Warm Beets and beet greens

Ingredients

• 1 bunch beets with their greens
• ½ red onion, sliced
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 cup cooked garbanzo beans*
• 1 ½ Tbsp. olive oil
• Goat cheese or Parmesan or Romano cheese

Instructions

1. Roast the beets: Cut greens off beets and set greens aside. Wrap beets in foil and place on a baking sheet in the middle of the oven and roast at 375 degrees for about one hour. Take the beets out of the oven to cool in the foil for 10 min. (Keeping them in the foil will help loosen the skin.) When cold enough to handle, remove the skin and slice beets into big pieces and set aside.
2. Wash beet greens. Sauté the onion olive oil on medium heat for ten minutes. Add garlic and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add roughly chopped beet greens and cook until the beet greens are wilted, about 2-3 minutes. Add the garbanzo beans and beets and heat for a few minutes. Add in the goat cheese, or Parmesan, or Romano and serve. Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
3. Cooked, frozen garbanzo beans can be found in the freezer section of Whole Foods Market. The brand is
4. Stahlbush Island Farms. These are easier to use than canned beans because you can use what you need and keep
5. the rest frozen.
6. ---Recipe adapted from www.rootsdowncommunityfarm.com