Beet and grapefruit salad

I can't eat grapefruit any more as there is a warning against mixing it with Entocort. I am not sure if it interferes with the action of the medication, or mixes with it to cause a side effect. I can't say I miss grapefruit all that much, although I used to occasionally enjoy the pink variety when in season and the crop is good.

Regarding beets, let me tell you something about beets you may not know. Polish and Hungarian cuisine uses a lot of beets. The Poles mix beets with horseradish, vinegar and sugar for "beet salad." The Hungarians do something similar but don't use the horseradish. My mother (she is Hungarian Jewish, born near Budapest) used beets in a lot of dishes I had growing up. I never loved them but I don't hate them either. I can eat them to keep my mother happy. I grew up eating these ethnic foods yet in my adulthood, I don't find myself often craving them. The food I crave is any Asian cuisine.

As far as red colored foods and beverage generally, always keep track of when they go in so you know what to expect when they come out.

I really miss grapefruit! Had to stop eating it and/or drinking the juice when I went on cholesterol meds.....statins. Several months ago I couldn't stand it anymore and took a couple of weeks off the statins just so I could have grapefruit. Sometimes we just have to choose our "poison".

HAHA yup, I did that before with tomato juice. It was about five seconds of panic before I realized and laughed my head off.