Healthy Lemony Beet Leaves

Ingredients:

• Beet leaves (about 3 beet leaves)
• 1.5 tbs olive oil
• 2.5 cloves of grated garlic
• 1/4 tsp red pepper
• 1.5 quarter a lemon
• Salt (about 2 pinches = about 1/2 tsp) and pepper (2 pinches)

1. Rinse the beet leaves and put them into boiling water for about 1.5 - 2 minutes.
2. "Shock" the leaves by spooning the leaves out of the boiling water and plunging into ice water.
3. Cut the leaves into thirds.
4. Heat a pan and put olive oil, garlic and red pepper and then add the leaves. (for a minute or two)
5. Squeeze lemon over the leaves and sprinkle salt and pepper and serve.

Adapted from New York Times Sauteed Beet Green With Garlic and Olive Oil