Beet Salad at Woody’s in Monterey, California by Ruth Paget
Woody’s Restaurant and Bar at the Monterey-Carmel (California) Airport serves a delicious beet salad using a local Swank Farm recipe and organic produce that will bring a glow to your cheeks even before you head to the spa and/or golf courses.
Swank Farms best known for its country store, photogenic pumpkin patch, and totally scary Halloween corn maze might become equally famous for its beet salad thanks to Woody’s. The beet salad comes with chunks of red and golden beets, sliced raw fennel, torn maroon radicchio leaves, torn Bibb lettuce, and thick slices of shaved Parmesan cheese with a rather sweet yogurt dressing served on the side.
I used USDA.gov and WebMd.com to obtain nutrition information about nutrients in the Swank Farms beet salad and what those nutrients do for the body. Important amounts of the following vitamins and minerals are found in the Swank Farm beet salad:
red and golden beets
-potassium
-Vitamin C
-fiber – not a vitamin or mineral, but important for intestinal transit
-iron
fennel slices
-potassium
-Vitamin C
-fiber
-calcium
dark red radicchio leaves
-iron
-Vitamin K
-Vitamin C
-potassium
Bibb lettuce leaves
-iron
-potassium shaved Parmesan cheese
-calcium
-protein
The following vitamins and minerals are in the Swank Farms beet salad and carry out vital functions in the body according to WebMD.com:
Potassium helps the heart and kidneys function normally.
Vitamin C repairs tissue, helps form collagen (the protein for connective tissue), helps with neurotransmitters in the brain, boosts the immune system, and is an antioxidant that removes free radicals that can create cancer.
Fiber helps the digestive system remove waste from the body. Notably, it contains water and eases defecation.
Iron is a mineral needed for growth and development. It is used to make hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells. Notably, it is important for healthy muscles, bone marrow, and organ function.
Calcium is a mineral associated with healthy bones and teeth.
Vitamin K is required for blood coagulation, the process that stops blood flow when you are cut.
Protein is a building block of body tissue.
I have brought in a lot of science to prove how good the Swank Farms beet salad at Woody’s at the Monterey Airport is for you, but it also tastes great and is reasonably priced. It comes with warm garlic bread.
The beet salad at Woody's at the Monterey-Carmel Airport (California) is a nice lunch item for all the health conscious executives along Highway 68 in addition to golfers and spa beauties.
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
