Beet Salad at Woody's in Monterey, California by Ruth Paget

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

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Woody's at the Monterey (CA) Airport by Ruth Paget

Woody’s at the Monterey (CA) Airport by Ruth Paget 

On a recent visit to the Monterey-Carmel Airport (California) to pick up my daughter Florence Paget from a winter vacation in snow-bound Wisconsin, we decided to go to Woody’s, the upstairs bar-restaurant at the airport with an observation deck and indoor/outdoor seating. 

The suitcases came with us, and there was plenty of room to store them. Woody’s is set up to accommodate golf club suitcases for tournaments at Pebble Beach and other courses on the Monterey Peninsula. The region promotes golf tourism for all budgets. 

Florence was welcomed back to Monterey with a heaping dish of calamari as an appetizer. The calamari came with creamy tartar sauce and pungent cocktail sauce made with freshly grated horseradish. (I consider horseradish an elixir of good health.) 

We next ordered dishes featuring beef from the Harris Ranch northeast of Monterey by Highway 5. 

I had a cheeseburger that came with tangy cheddar cheese, 3 slices of thick-cut bacon, the Harris Ranch beef patty, lettuce and tomato, slices of red onion, pickled red onion, sweet pickles, and a brioche bun. I had pub fries and pepperoncino peppers on the side. The pub fries can be made into truffled fries for an extra charge. 

Florence ordered the patty melt, which came with the same vegetable additions for the burger with cheese on grilled and buttered rye bread. 

Sometimes you just want a cheeseburger, and Woody’s amply delivers on that. 

Woody’s will also validate parking tickets for up to two hours, so you can literally park across the street from the airport entrance and take the elevator or stairs up to the restaurant. 

Woody’s at the airport is a gem bar-restaurant that merits a detour on the way home from work for local commuters on Highway 68 for dining or take-out. 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

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