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One Pot Pasta with Sausage and Beet Greens

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One Pot Pasta with Sausage and Beet Greens – quick and easy pasta for busy weeknights!

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This recipe is reason 4657838 why I have the best readers ever. Not only I had and amazing response to my recent personal story blog post, not only I shared this crazy idea of adding raw beets to your smoothie BUT! You guys read it, you left comments and you tried the smoothie! And when I asked what should I do with the greens – so many of you responded on the post and on my social media with your suggestions. THANK YOU!

I read all of them and as soon as I got a new batch of beets for our daily smoothies – I set out to experiment with the greens. I buy organic beets and they are so big and the greens are so full and long! It seems like such a waste to throw them away. I needed ideas and you guys shared yours with me. So many of you use them just like spinach and that was a light-bulb moment for me.

So today’s recipe is the result.

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Beets and Berries Smoothie

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Beets and Berries Smoothie – a power-drink that’s packed with Vitamins, anti-oxidants and gives your skin a healthy glow. 

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I am not going to pretend that this won’t be a hard one to sell. After all, I am about to tell you to throw a raw beet into your blender and turn it into a smoothie. Berries – no problem. Most likely, they are already the basic ingredient in your smoothies. Same for bananas. But beets? Not so much.

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So here it goes. Let me tell you why I love this smoothie so much, that I decided to share it here with you. When I was 10 or 11 years old, [Read more…] about Beets and Berries Smoothie