An unusual healthy recipe with beetroot baked with olive oil!

Serves 6-8

250g boiled beetroot

75g cocoa powder

4 eggs

200 ml. good quality olive oil

180g flour

250g sugar

2 tsps baking powder

1/3 tsp sweet clove powder

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp cinnamon

Mash the beetroot into a paste (preferably using a mixer) and then mix with the sugar. Put the mixture into a bowl and slowly add the olive oil and mix well with a whisker.

Add the spices, then the eggs and keep mixing. In another bowl mix the flour, baking powder and cocoa power, then pour into the bowl with the beetroot and mix all ingredients together. Empty the mixture into a well greased pan dusted with a little flour.

Bake for 50 minutes at 180^oC. Let the cake cool down and sprinkle caster sugar on top. You can also serve with ice cream. Yummy!

A delicious variation to the traditional Greek tzatziki usually made with cucumber.

Serves: 4

1 Total Greek Yogurt
3 cloves of garlic grated
1/2 cup raw beetroot grated
olive oil to taste
salt and pepper

Mix well all the ingredients. Add parsley and olives to garnish. Yummy with meat, vegetables or just plain bread...

Serves:

Serves: 2-3

1 cup of lentils
1 large beetroot
1 onion chopped
2 cloves of garlic chopped
1 tsp cumin
1 small chilli chopped
parsley chopped
1/3 cup olive oil
salt and pepper

Boil the beetroot for about 15 minutes until soften. Take them out of the pan and cut them into slices, but save the beetroot water. In a another pan add olive oil and saute the onions for 5 minutes. Add salt pepper, chilli, garlic and cumin and mix well. Last add the lentils and Mix all the ingredients together and pour the water from the beetroot (about 3 cups). Let the lentils boil for 20 minutes and then add the beetroot and boil all together for another 10-15 minutes until cooked.

Garnish with extra olive oil, chopped parsley and serve with feta cheese or Greek- style yogurt.

A delicious very healthy winter salad recipe from Crete.

Serves: 2-4

1 cup grated beetroot
1 cup grated cabbage
1 cup grated carrot
½ cup chopped walnuts
chopped parsley
olive oil
lemon
salt pepper

Grate all the vegetables raw and mix with chopped walnuts. Add olive oil and lemon to taste. Garnish with chopped parsley.