Rhubarb Recipes

Now is the time to pick your rhubarb - wait a few more weeks and you will find your rhubarb to be too bitter.   The proper way to pick rhubarb is to reach down to the root and twist and the stalk easily releases.  When you cut rhubarb with a knife or scissors, you can harm the remaining stalks.

Not only is rhubarb delicious, it also has amazing health benefits that includes:

• Builds strong bones and teeth
• lowers cholesterol
• good source of fiber
• maintains a regular digestive system
• builds a healthy immune system
• prevents diabetes (high in vitamin K)

In years past I've made all sorts of different rhubarb recipes including rhubarb salsa, rhubarb salad and rhubarb salad dressing found here.    But this year, I've remained faithful to 2 different delicious recipes including rhubarb smoothies and rhubarb pie.

RHUBARB SMOOTHIE:

1 cup of rhubarb
1 cup of strawberries
1 cup of old fashioned oats or cooked quinoa
2 cups of milk / or soy milk
1 tablespoon of flaxseed
1/3 cup honey or agave nectar

Throw in a blender and combine.  You can also add spinach.

Rhubarb Smoothies in my Grandma's dishes

My Great Aunt Helen (founder of the Norske Nook)  has another winning recipe that we ALL love - rhubarb pie. 

Aunt Helen's Rhubarb Pie

4 - 5 cups fresh rhubarb
2 cups of sugar (or 1 cup sugar 3/4 cup stevia)
1/3 cup flour
3 eggs
1 double crust
4 tablespoons butter

Preheat the oven to 350.  Place the rhubarb in a large bowl.  Poor the sugar over, add the flour and nutmeg, and mix it together.

Using your hands, in the center of this mixture, make a well for the eggs.  Crack the eggs into the well and beat them with a fork.

When the eggs are mixed, gradually blend them into the rhubarb and flour mixture until the rhubarb is partially covered.

Add the filling into the pie crust and dot with thinly sliced butter. 

Cover with the top crust and slit.  Sprinkle with a little sugar.  Bake for around 1 hour.

Place a pan underneath because it might bubble over.

Rhubarb Pie on my Grandma's China - LOVE lilacs!!!!

I'm in the market for rhubarb - I'd like to make some rhubarb sauce and can for a later date but I've used up all my plants so let me know if you know where I can get some.  Yes, I checked the farmers market but didn't have any luck.

What are you making with rhubarb these days??

Thanks for reading,

Kristin