This is a family secret, this recipe, and I have secretly adjusted it so it would become even more of a secret recipe, my own secret recipe, so I trust you won't share it with anyone. IT'S FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. I know I can rely on you. I do. You have asked me too many times to share it, and then last week Bob Hathaway tweeted that he completed 50K words in 19 days for NaNoWriMo and I said, "Holy shit! What shall I send you? 50K pots of borscht?" and he asked for a copy of TUBE and for the recipe for my famous borscht so here you go. You all have to thank Bob for this. It's all his fault. 

BORSCHT A LA KSENIA ANSKE

PREP TIME: 2 hours (less if you wrangle your children to chop-chop-chop the veggies)
SERVES: big family (at least 8 people, and in the fridge it will last you for a week)
DIFFICULTY: super easy, just lots of peeling and frying and stirring and shredding