{"id":2125,"date":"2010-07-03T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2010-07-03T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2011-11-12T23:50:24","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T04:50:24","slug":"uncommon-recipe-phat-beets-happy-appy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2010\/uncommon-recipe-phat-beets-happy-appy\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Recipe: Phat Beets Happy Appy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/item\/item.jsp?itemId=18855\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-medium-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2126\" title=\"Phat Beets\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_1500-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Phat Beets\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_1500-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_1500-515x386.jpg 515w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ok, so it\u2019s not quite as patriotic as red, white and blue, but it looks festive enough for the Fourth, no? This tasty treat is a breeze to make and is great if you have some extra blueberries around (maybe leftover from a blueberry pie or a flag cake:)?). The sweet and earthy taste of the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/item\/item.jsp?itemId=18855&amp;source=blog_post71\" target=\"_self\"> beets <\/a>and the blueberries are a great complement to the mild goat cheese and salty crunch of the crostini.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s turn it up!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rick Field\u2019s Happy Appy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Fresh goat cheese, softened<br \/>\n-Crostini or crackers (To make your own, slice a day-old baguette into \u00bc\u201d rounds. Brush both sides lightly with olive oil and toast in 400 degree oven for 7-10 minutes until crisp and golden. Cool completely.)<br \/>\n-Rick\u2019s Picks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/item\/item.jsp?itemId=18855&amp;source=blog_post71\" target=\"_self\">Phat Beets <\/a>cut into 1\u201d pieces<br \/>\n-Fresh blueberries (optional)<\/p>\n<p>Spread a teaspoon of goat cheese on crostini or crackers. Place a Phat Beet on top. Crown with a blueberry!<\/p>\n<p>Other ideas for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/item\/item.jsp?itemId=18855&amp;source=blog_post71\">Phat Beets<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Add Phat Beets to a spinach salad with mild blue cheese and thinly sliced red onions. Toss with your favorite vinaigrette.<\/p>\n<p>Stir chopped Phat Beets into Greek-style yogurt and season with salt and pepper. Dip you favorite veggies or crackers for a healthy snack!.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2nd in our pickle tribute: purple, white &#038; blue!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}