Friday, 01 April 2011
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My Top 5 Favorite Ways to Eat Beets
Last week I picked up one of my favorite staple items at Whole Foods; beets. They work in so many different recipes whether its savory or sweet I can not seem to get enough of them! These are some of my favorite ways to prepare beets at home. *WARNING DO NOT THROW AWAY THE GREEN PART*1. Baked in Tyler Florence's Beet Cakes with Sweet Greek Yogurt. This recipe uses beets as all natural food coloring.
(How cute are the cast iron pots?)2. Prepared raw in Jamie Oliver's Crunchy Raw Beetroot Salad with Feta and Pear.
(Beets are terrific served raw they have a great crunchy texture and natural sweetness on their own.)3. Wrapped in pasta using this Beet Ravioli with Poppy Seed Butter recipe from Epicurious.
(I often leave out the poppy seeds and add fresh herbs to the butter.)4. Simply Roasted Whole Beets
Cook the beets whole (skin on) in a 350 degree oven until beets are tender. You can test them with the point of a knife, there should be no resistance. Once cooked the beets are very easy to peel and dice into bite size pieces. Dress the beets with a little olive oil, balsamic vinegar, honey (optional), and salt & pepper to taste. This cooking style enhances the beets natural sweetness and really creates a delicious side dish to any meal.
5. Do not throw away the greens! Bake the beet greens in Alton Brown's gratin recipe and you will not be disappointed.
What are your favorite ways to eat beets or beet greens? Do you have a favorite variety of beets that you most often buy? (candy stripe, yellow, red...)
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Comments (16)
I LOVE beets!!! I usually eat them the same way :) I think I will try these! I must say they are the most beautiful vegitable
I don't eat beets. They have a rather nasty tendency to induce severe nausea for me.
bears. beets. battlestar galactica.
Just beet it, beet it, beet it, beet it.
Ew, beets. Don't they make your pee red, or is that something else?
The third one looks good
i'm a beet-o-holic. i love every single beet application. i often buy them fresh, grate or slice them up and eat them like chips. om nom nom ^^
oooh borscht!
I looooove beets!
Holy mother I love beets damn it. So sweet, crunchy and freshing at the same time. Love those suckers in salads.
can't beat those beets (haha)
I am trying these ideas!!!
I hate beets but I love beet greens! I grow beets just for that. I try to keep a steady seeding so that every week I can pull out the little greens with the miniscule, not-yet-developed root (it's still straight and not rounded yet when I pick them). I prefer that to letting the root get big and picking greens off the top because they are sweeter and more tender the younger they are. I do sometimes let some get big just too give to neighbors & friends who like them!
I steam the greens, add some fresh-cracked sea salt and real butter, and serve hot. YUMMY!Call me cavewoman, but I have never ever had a taste of beets O.O
@Grtt@xanga - lol yeah it happened to me once when I was a kid. I was like 8 and I told my dad and he practically had a heartattack b/c he thought I got my period. I was like "What's that?!" turns out I just ate too many beets. I still love them to this day... usually just raw in a salad.
Nicely done.
these all look good!
hmph. i never encountered a beet i liked. maybe i haven't had them done right.