Snacks have become a part of modern man’s diet. Many snacks cannot be called healthy for the body. Often quick snacks consisting of chips, cookies and other snacks lead to deterioration of the GI tract. At the same time, a person may not notice digestive problems for a long time, since harmful snacks act imperceptibly. It is
difficult to give up the habit of constantly consuming snacks
.
However, it is worth trying to overcome yourself.
Let’s tell you how you can replace harmful snacks with a useful beet snack.
Ingredients for beet snack:
- Raw beets – 500 g;
- Onions – 120 g;
- Sweet pepper – 150 g;
- Tomatoes – 350 g;
- Garlic – 3 cloves;
- Salt – 1.5 tsp;
- Sugar – tsp;
- Apple cider vinegar – 2 tbsp;
- Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
Preparation of beet appetizer:
Peel beets and grate them on large sharps of a grater. Dice onions and peeled sweet pepper, grate
tomatoes on a coarse grater as well. In a frying pan heat vegetable oil, fry onions until golden color.
To the onions put sweet peppers, stir and leave to cook for 2 minutes. To the vegetables put beet pulp, stew on medium heat under a lid for 5 minutes.
Add tomatoes to the beet pulp, similarly stew for 5-7 minutes. Pour salt and granulated sugar into the mixture, stir.
If desired, add ground black pepper. Pour
apple cider vinegar into the mixture, press garlic cloves into the pan, stir. Turn off the fire, let the beet
mixture
simmer for a couple of minutes under a lid
. Put the beet mixture in a plate and chop it with an immersion blender to a puree.
Use this appetizer can be used in different ways. For example, use with boiled potatoes and dill or spread on toast.
