Sounds like a crazy combo, right? Well, it is. Kinda.

I have a girlfriend who is every bit the cook freak that I am. Worse, actually. Put her in a kitchen and she turns into a mad cheshire cat on speed. Suffice to say that when I open my inbox first thing in the morning and find a recipe from her with the message: “Make this. STAT“, attached to it, I get all excited because I know she’ll have come up or ran into a unique and great recipe. I clearly have no life.

Then I steal it for my website. Payback for all the pounds I’ve added from her recipes.

Here’s what I found in my inbox yesterday morning. Tried it and fell madly in love with it. If you’re into beets, as we are, here’s a really different and fabulous way of eating them.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 pounds potatoes
1 pound beets
2 hard-boiled eggs
1 large onion
2 tbsp sour cream
1/4 cup milk
2 tbsp butter
3 tbsp water
1/2 tsp curry powder
1 tbsp whole grain mustard
1/8 tsp nutmeg
pepper
salt

Directions:

Peel the potatoes, wash them and cut the bigger ones in 4 and the smaller ones in half. Boil them in lightly salted water for about 20 to 25 minutes.

Finely mince a large onion.

The potatoes will be boiling by now.

Heat the butter and sauté the onion until translucent.

The beets. I’ve bought mine precooked and chopped. No need to work harder than strictly necessary, right?

Add them to the onions, season them with a pinch of salt, pepper, and 1/8 tsp nutmeg. Pour in the water, put the lid on and let them steam a little for 10 to 15 minutes.

Mix up the milk, sour cream, whole grain mustard, and curry powder. I was making a double batch here, so your measuring cup won’t be as full, mind you!

Finely chop the eggs.

Stir those beets now and then. They’ll turn deep red. It’s gorgeous.

As soon as your potatoes are done, you drain them. Steam-dry them for a few minutes.

Then lightly mash them but keep them somewhat coarser than you would, say, mashed potatoes. Stir in the beets, add the eggs and bit by bit you pour in the seasoned milk (make sure it doesn’t get mushy).

Check the seasoning.

This will sound crazy, but this beautiful red and flavorful mash is totally irresistible when eaten with fish sticks! It makes for a pretty kid friendly meal, too.