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Ok I have never cooked a beet in my 54 years. I know, amazing isn't it. I wrapped in tin foil and baked an hour. Pealed the skin off, drizzled with evoo and salt. Yummy, what else have I been missing I wonder. I saved the greens for tomorrow's green smoothie. Maybe all those other assorted root veggies are next for me.
iris lilies
2-2-15, 7:49pm
Ok I have never cooked a beet in my 54 years. I know, amazing isn't it. I wrapped in tin foil and baked an hour. Pealed the skin off, drizzled with evoo and salt. Yummy, what else have I been missing I wonder. I saved the greens for tomorrow's green smoothie. Maybe all those other assorted root veggies are next for me.
Oh, good for you! DH grows lots and lots of beets and we end up throwing away 3/4 of them. I will have to try the baking trick!
I never really appreciate fresh beets until I went to Switzerland. We were there during beet season, and every restaurant service a lovely beet salad. I didn't even know how to properly boil beets until DH showed me. (Hint--you leave the tops on to turn them red.)
CTG: I avoided beets for the longest time, because they were one of only two foods in all the world my late Dear Dad would not eat (the other was creamed corn). This is the man with whom I ate my first snails, oysters, cherry stones on the half shell, so he liked a lot of foods. It turns out he was wrong about the beets, IMHO. They're really good with goat cheese!
I hated beets all my life - until we got them in a CSA a few years back. Found out I love beets. What I hated was canned beets, which actually makes a lot of sense considering I don't like canned vegetables.
Pretty much any vegetable oven roasted is amazing. Instead of wrapping beets in foil I wash and dry them then put in a tightly covered roaster or casserole. Bake 350-375 for one hour. Peel and enjoy with lots of butter. So yummy!
This makes it especially easy to cook a large amount of beets for pickling or freezing. A large amount in a roaster will of course take longer to bake.
I peel and cube beets (both red and golden), cut up onion, carrots, potatoes, etc and bake them at 400 degrees for about 45 or 50 minutes. I drizzle with olive oil and put a garlic herb mixture on the vegetables before baking. I add cubed butternut squash or sweet potatoes, what ever root vegetables I have. It's my favorite way to eat beets.
Miss Cellane
2-2-15, 10:44pm
No. No. No. Stop eating my beets! Or at least don't publicize their deliciousness to the world in this flagrant manner.
The beets are mine; all mine, I tell you.
Even as a small child, I ate beets. Canned beets or fresh from Dad's garden--it really doesn't matter. Beets are good. Dad and I were the only ones in the family to eat beets and we enjoyed every bite.
A co-worker has recently bought a gadget that turns vegetables into noodle-like strips and she claims beet noodles are the best.
Put the beets in the oven for an hour or so at 375. Cook up the greens on the stovetop when the beets are almost finished in the oven. Mix greens and beets together with a little crumbled goat cheese and some olive oil and a bit of salt and pepper. Yummy!
Like others here I had only had canned beets as a kid. Yuck. Then we got some from our CSA. My favorite are the chiogia (sp?) that have the swirly red and white coloring. So tasty and pretty!
Tussiemussies
2-2-15, 11:12pm
Beets ban be roasted in the oven without wrapping them in foil and they are fantastic My one juicing book recommends raw beet, carrot and apple, for blood building nutrients. B ut they claim that the raw beet is so cleansing that a person would have to build up a tolerance to it by startung with a little at a time. Iris Lillies, this would be a great way to use up your beets, since it takes a lot of a fruit/vegetable to make one drink. We just bought the newer version of the Vitamixer, so I have to get busy and make a habit of using it for this.....
375-400 for an hour for larger size
Ok, side effect, Beeturia. I am glad I over read info on the net or I would have called doctor!
I love beets too. The first year I had them in my garden they were big and wonderful and flavorful. Every year since then, they just won't grow properly. I've tried them in every bed (I have 7 raised beds) and I've tried various soil mixtures. They end up tiny and hard and not worth the effort. The ultimate sadness. I buy them when I can at farmers markets. I think the only way I don't like them is out of a can.
When you have an extra roasted beet, try making Roasted Beet Hummus: http://minimalistbaker.com/roasted-beet-hummus/
I grate raw beets into salads. Delicious!
When you have an extra roasted beet, try making Roasted Beet Hummus: http://minimalistbaker.com/roasted-beet-hummus/
Marking that one to try.
I used to roast but discovered that if I peeled them, diced into bite-sized pieces and steamed in a steamer, that they would be done in just a few minutes. Our favorite dish is to take those bites and toss with the steamed beet greens, mandarin orange, red onions and balsamic vinaigrette (and juice from an orange). Chill for a couple hours and add feta if you wish.
Roast beets with garlic, salt, and pepper. Just before serving, add red wine vinegar delicious!
Wow all great info. I am looking forward to more today. Goodness excited over a vegetable!
I am developing a taste for beets after a long aversion. All of these sound good, but the best part of the beet plant in my humble opinion is the greens. In the garden you can trim leaves almost all summer. I use them in about the same ways I would use spinach. I think their texture is more delicate than chard or kale and has a mild flavor. They are good in salads, stir fry, omelets, pizza toppings, and green smoothies.
Packratona!
2-4-15, 12:07am
I make a beet salad I like a lot. Roasted or slightly boiled beets, diced. Some onion, diced. Juice of a lime or two. A small amount of mayo (like 1 TBS.). Dice up a boiled egg and put on top if you want. I also save and freeze the beet peels in the freezer along with onion peels to boil and strain for cabbage/beet soup.
Isn't it funny that some people develope thoughts on foods for no reason, sometimes going back to youth, that keep them from eating the food? I will say I am one of those people. I have been a non meat, fish or poultry eater my entire life back to childhood thinking that those foods were icky. Stuck my entire life. Wonder why we form such strong thoughts on foods from youth?
seedycharacter
2-9-15, 12:12am
I roast my beets like Birdie does--so darn tasty. An under 5 minute way: chop beets, drench with olive oil, add salt and pepper, stick in 375F oven til soft (~45 minutes). Check and stir once to make sure they're not burning or sticking to the pan. Don't forget that the beet greens are totally edible and healthy. Treat them like swiss chard, they're cousins!
iris lilies
2-9-15, 1:14am
Ok, side effect, Beeturia. I am glad I over read info on the net or I would have called doctor!
I know! Once I experienced that problem and I told DH in a worried way that I might have to go to the Dr due to urine irregularities, and he immediately started laughing which I found reassuring even though I didn't know why he was amused.Then he reminded that I had eaten beets and that was the result.
I am just sitting here, salivating like Pavlovs' Doggs, after reading this thread concerning yummy, scrumptious & delish beets. Are they good on Pizza, too? What are they like after grilling, outdoors? How about "Rotisserie Beets"? Could they be used chopped, as an ice cream topping? That said, I'm thinking that maybe you kids should all buy a large, walk-in deep freeze, and use it to store "lockered beets". That way, you never, ever go hungry. At the local deep discount(sometimes)bent n' dent warehouse overstock grocery, they presently have for sale cases of institutional/restaurant-sized canned beets, for about $3-4 a can. So, how many cases of 3# cans of beets should I buy, to be sufficiently in-synch with the spirit of this thread? Wait--forget I axeed you that quession; I realize that ONLY fresh, home-grown OR farmers' market beets matter; any canned beets are "poo-poo", by you kidses' VERY high standards. Sorry. What, though, if I bought one 3# can of those beets and made Ivy League Hahh-vahhhd Beets? I don't zackly know the recipe, but maybe--no, certainly-- you can help me out a littlebittybit, and provide one. Thankk Mee.
I like canned beets. Call me a peasant...
Okay--I went to the nearby Bent N' Dent Distressed Merchandise Damaged Salvage Surplus Railway Derailment Sunken Ship & Fire Sale Insurance Theft Recovery Outdated Inventory & Miscellaneous Random Assorted Secondary Overstock Odd Lot Deep Discount Closeout Store, where they had those cases of Beets in the Institutional & Restaurant-sized cans. They are not 3-pound cans, they are 6 lb. 8 Oz., which is a lifetime supply of Diced Beets for littlebittymee. I got one can. So, my next quession is, what recipes do you kids have for diced beets? Do dogs like diced beets? Or, I should say: Since dogs like to eat almost anything, will they have any ill effects from eating diced beets? I may not eat all of the diced beets, so it would be good if they are okay to share with dogs. Hope you kids can help me some with this issue. After all, it's all your fault I bought this huge can of Beets. Thank Mee.
rosarugosa
2-15-15, 12:40pm
Borscht?
Borscht?Borscht, a possibility. But, I think I will concoct my own version of Hahhhvahhd Beets, using gravy mix & Vinegar & maybe an onion or two. I'll see how that turns out. I see where I saved nearly 1/2-off on my can o' beets. I checked online with a institutional grocery supplier, and a can o' beets, #10 tin, was about $7.50 So, at $3.99, you can't hardly "beet" that!!! Just trying to be funny. Hope that helps you some.
rosarugosa
2-15-15, 5:39pm
"Hahhhvahhd" - you know, that's exactly the way I pronounce it!
Love roasted beets. DH peels them, boils them in salted water until tender, drains them, adds garlic, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper. The best.
iris lilies
2-23-15, 1:45pm
No. No. No. Stop eating my beets! Or at least don't publicize their deliciousness to the world in this flagrant manner.
The beets are mine; all mine, I tell you.
Even as a small child, I ate beets. Canned beets or fresh from Dad's garden--it really doesn't matter. Beets are good. Dad and I were the only ones in the family to eat beets and we enjoyed every bite.
A co-worker has recently bought a gadget that turns vegetables into noodle-like strips and she claims beet noodles are the best.
hahaha! I WILL eat your beets!
And that noodle making idea is very I interesting. God knows I will have enough produce on which to practice each summer.
I'm adding ideas in this thread to my retirement bucket list: When I retire I will wear shorts for 42 days straight and will also prepare beets in 3 different and delicious ways.
Hmmm. I have a little-used Spiralizer and have never thought of making beet noodles. They would be good in borscht, I bet.
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