Beet It...Beet It...

I just can't stand it...being sick.  I have no idea what it means to just chill.  Ok, that is not true.  I chill plenty (you should see my house right now...YIKES!).  But when food needs to be canned, it needs to be canned!  So after a gracious day (really it was a great day filled with all things spiritual and comforting), I drove to the other side of town and helped my step-mom can beets.  You heard me right folks, beets.  These bad boys had to be coconut sized.  50lbs of beets canned and I did it all while I was sick.  What can I say?  Well if you tasted their sweet goodness, you'd understand.  What exactly am I doing with this interesting vegetable?  Well I'm putting them in smoothies because they are sweet and mixed with strawberries no one will know!  I'm a sneaky mom...all that calcium, iron, potassium and anti-oxidants will just casually start appearing in our menu and no one will even know!