Beets Stuffed With Vegetables And Rice

Ingredients

6 beets
1/4 c oil
1/2 c kohlrabi
12 green olives
3/4 c sour pickles
1 c onion
2 tb lemon juice
1/2 ts salt and pepper
1 c rice
1 ts thyme
3/8 c parsley
6 slices lemon

Instructions

Remove stems and roots from beets. Drop beets into boiling water; cook until tender. Drain and cool. Peel beets. With a melon ball scoop, remove the beet flesh, leaving a 1/2" shell. Heat oil in a large skillet. Saute kohlrabi, olives, pickles and onions until the vegetables are soft. Add lemon juice, salt and pepper. Remove mixture from heat; cool. Blend in the cooked rice, thyme and parsley. Stuff beets with this mixture and cover each with a slice of lemon. Bake in a preheated 325 F oven for 35 minutes.