And then there were beets.

This morning's recipe was for the Sunrise.

4 carrots   1 beet (!)   2 oranges

But first I decided to look on the internet to see if Bearded Dragons can eat beets. It turns out that it is okay for them to have beets rarely. I decided to save some of the pulp before I added the oranges so that my lizard, Cha Cha, could have some. 

She doesn't usually like to eat red or orange stuff, but I thought I would try it out anyway. 

So I juiced the carrots and the beet (after I peeled it, to reduce bitterness) 

and brought her some pulp. 

She doesn't even try it. She just looks at it like it is disgusting. 

So, I decided to add some bugs on top.

Surely it must be appetizing now. 

I mean, it has some mealworms and dried crickets and grass hopper legs on it.  Nope! She just walked away looking at me as if I ruined the mealworms by tainting them with beet juice. 

I know how she feels though. I added the two oranges and poured the juice into a glass. 

The color is so pretty.

As I started to drink it, I was disappointed. It has a very earthy smell and aftertaste. Yak! I knew beets were terrible! Imagine how horrible it would have been if I hadn't peeled the beet first. I thought I could suffer through it though. I mean the glass is filled to the top, but it is a small glass. But, I couldn't handle it. So I squeezed half of a lemon into it. Ah! Now it is okay with only a slight horrible aftertaste.