The woman made a lovely roasted beet salad this week. Baby spinach was topped with the beets, candied pecans, goat cheese and light coating of a clever dressing. She reduced some orange juice and then used that to take the place of the oil in a vinaigrette. Wonderful stuff, at least initially.

You see, the body does not break down the beets very effectively. So, minding your own business a day or so later, you will find that certain bodily functions will take the appearance that you are dying on the inside. Dying quickly, I might add. Thankfully the coloring is a bit more phosphorescent than you would expect so it quickly becomes apparent it is a false alarm.

However, if you are monitoring problems with, I don't know, intestinal shredding disorder, than perhaps this should not be the first choice for your salad course.