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
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17 comments:

  1. Brona19 January 2013 at 17:35

    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.

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  2. Laurel-Rain Snow19 January 2013 at 23:15

    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

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  3. Susan Lindquist20 January 2013 at 00:33

    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!

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  4. Staci20 January 2013 at 01:30

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

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  5. Paulita 20 January 2013 at 02:09

    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

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  6. Unknown20 January 2013 at 02:35

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

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  7. Anonymous20 January 2013 at 02:37

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

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  8. Christine Harding20 January 2013 at 03:36

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

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  9. Jackie McGuinness20 January 2013 at 03:40

    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.

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  10. Elizabeth20 January 2013 at 04:55

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

    THANKS for sharing.

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    My Saturday Snapshot

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  11. Alyce20 January 2013 at 05:51

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

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  12. Ginx Craft20 January 2013 at 07:03

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

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  13. Lmkazmierczak20 January 2013 at 12:30

    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

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  14. Leslie (Under My Apple Tree)20 January 2013 at 12:44

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

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  15. Anonymous20 January 2013 at 14:00

    Riddle: gives color and can be eaten.

    Beautiful colorful photos.

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  16. Esme21 January 2013 at 07:55

    I would never have guessed this was beatroot.

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  17. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz23 January 2013 at 13:32

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

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