Saturday 19 January 2013

Tie dye?

I've always had a strange love for tie dye. Sadly my last tie dye shirt died quite a few years ago now.



Perhaps it's time to get a new one?


Sadly these aren't t-shirt designs. Although I reckon I'd buy that second one. 

They're homegrown beetroot. 


Giving their lives for a rather delicious beetroot hummus. Loosely based on this recipe. I forgot the onion, and used peanut butter again instead of tahini, as I learned from Nigella

Saturday Snapshot, is a wonderful weekly meme from Alyce  at home with books

17 comments:

Brona said...

Gorgeous pics of the beetroot - I had no idea until the last shot!
I love homegrown beetroot, but it's after effects are not so great!
Hope you stayed cool this week Louise.

Laurel-Rain Snow said...

Amazing! I love tie dye...I even have a tie dyed beaded curtain (I showed it a few weeks ago); but what a nice "incarnation" of that concept!

Thanks for sharing.

Here's MY SATURDAY SNAPSHOT POST

Susan Lindquist said...

As I looked at the first shot, I thought ... Is that a tile? The fiber of the beetroot came through ... what a clever series of photos and your tie-dye connection is just perfect! Cool!
Very cool!

Staci said...

I wonder if a beetroot didn't inspire tie dye? What a gorgeous vegetable!!

Paulita said...

Wow. Nice color and design. I think you're better off without the tie dye shirt. Just make this hummus whenever you're craving tie dye. Here's Mine

Unknown said...

I learned to do tie dye in college. I think frequently that I should give it another try. Cool.

Anonymous said...

LOL! You sure know how to make a visual twist. Marvellous photos!

Christine Harding said...

What incredible colours and patterns - and the hummus sounds delicious. My Snapshot is at http://goo.gl/xnBo7

Jackie McGuinness said...

Gorgeous shots!! I never would have guessed in the first image.
Good tip about using peanut butter, I never would have thought of it.

Thanks for dropping by and visiting.

Elizabeth said...

What cool photos. Love them. I remember tie-dying shirts in college.

THANKS for sharing.

Elizabeth
Silver's Reviews
My Saturday Snapshot

Alyce said...

You had me fooled! Those colors and patterns look like something out of a modern art painting.

Ginx Craft said...

Wow. I was completely convinced you had been tie dying. Those colours would be a big hit.

Lmkazmierczak said...

Very cool♫ Love the comparison to tie-dye. Happy week-end♥ Here's my Sat Snap: http://lore-eleven.blogspot.com/2013/01/frosty-etchings.html

Leslie (Under My Apple Tree) said...

You had me fooled! I thought the beet root was a tie dye. Now I'm flashing back to the 70s.

Anonymous said...

Riddle: gives color and can be eaten.

Beautiful colorful photos.

Esme said...

I would never have guessed this was beatroot.

Deb Nance at Readerbuzz said...

Lovely. Shirt or food. Lovely is lovely, no matter its form.