What is your favorite way to eat beets?

ksolksol
ksolksol Posts: 194 Member
edited November 8 in Recipes
Yes, I'm an oddball. I love, love, love beets. Shredded fresh beets and carrots tonight into a slaw with a light yogurt curry dressing. SO good. Love shredded raw beets in my smoothies. Love to peel them, rub them lightly with olive oil and roast them.

So what's your favorite way to eat beets?

Recipe for the slaw:

2 large raw beets, peeled & shredded
2 medium carrots, peeled & shredded
3/8 cup yogurt
1/8 cup apple cider vinegar
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1 tsp curry

Next time, I'm going to double the yogurt, vinegar and sugar, but not the curry if I make this much. It was good as it was, but I'd like to try it with more dressing. Thinking a shredded apple tossed in the mix would be pretty dang good, too.
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  • blytheandbonnie
    blytheandbonnie Posts: 3,275 Member
    I like them boiled, peeled, sliced then add some rice vinegar and a bit of stevia. Yum!
  • DBBA21
    DBBA21 Posts: 104 Member
    I have recently had them roasted with a little honey then dropped in a salad with some crumbled goats cheese on top very very yummy
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    Boiled and without anything. Beautiful on their own. *slurp*
  • chadya07
    chadya07 Posts: 627 Member
    pickled. i am pretty sure after many tries that that is the only way i like them. there is the brand mama something or other, they carry at albertsons whole in a jar, they are delicious.
  • Oi_Sunshine
    Oi_Sunshine Posts: 819 Member
    Pickled. That slaw sounds good though. :)
  • gainer39911
    gainer39911 Posts: 125 Member
    Spray beets with cooking spray, wrap in aluminum foil and roast in the oven at 400 F for 45 minutes (until a paring knife slides in easily) . Cool, peel and dice. Dice a dill pickle. Mix beets, pickle and capers (whatever ratio you wish). Dress with Worcestershire sauce and a bit of the caper juice.
  • incognitocity
    incognitocity Posts: 27 Member
    do you peel the beets first or just scrub? i just got some gorgeous beets from the farmers market. i LOVE beets but have never made them myself
  • KatrineJensen
    KatrineJensen Posts: 75 Member
    Roasted in the oven with olive oil, salt, pepper and thyme. YUM.
    They're also gorgeous raw, grated with carrots and apples drizzled with a bit of orange juice and mixed together. Or roasted in a fresh salad with raw spinach and feta cheese.
    Mmmm, I love beets, haha.
  • Mygsds
    Mygsds Posts: 1,564 Member
    All time favorite way.... I guess because my mom did this
    http://allrecipes.com/recipe/harvard-beets/
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  • nam985
    nam985 Posts: 140 Member
    I love beets! My favorite way to eat them is roasted with a little olive oil then sprinkle on a bit of goat cheese. I also like to eat the beet greens, raw in a salad, sautéed with garlic, or my favorite, wrapped around bread dough and baked with cream, onions and lots of dill!
  • Smart_Beautiful_and_Strong
    Smart_Beautiful_and_Strong Posts: 230 Member
    http://allrecipes.com/recipe/tasty-roasted-beets/

    I love roasted beets. I used salt and pepper but not the thyme. I like to serve them on top of the leaves that I sauté in olive oil with garlic, salt, and pepper.
  • gainer39911
    gainer39911 Posts: 125 Member
    No need to peel beets before roasting. Sometimes helps to use a wet paper towel to remove skin after roasting.
  • Mygsds
    Mygsds Posts: 1,564 Member
    gainer39911 wrote: »
    No need to peel beets before roasting. Sometimes helps to use a wet paper towel to remove skin after roasting.

    Fantastic idea... Thank you

  • LeonCX
    LeonCX Posts: 862 Member
    A peanut butter, beet, and mayonnaise sandwich. It just can't be beet!
  • ksolksol
    ksolksol Posts: 194 Member
    LeonCX wrote: »
    A peanut butter, beet, and mayonnaise sandwich. It just can't be beet!

    hmmmm..... I may try that without the mayo. I'm not much of a mayo gal.

    Thank you all for all the great ideas!

  • Terrytriesharder
    Terrytriesharder Posts: 50 Member
    edited October 2014
    I just wash and steam them, then slice em afterwords, can't beat it! The skin is edible and you can't really tell it is there at all :)
  • Snip8241
    Snip8241 Posts: 767 Member
    Pickled with hard boiled eggs. So good and so pretty.
  • 50sFit
    50sFit Posts: 712 Member
    I hate beets, so I mix them with other fruits and veggies in a juicer/blender.
    Beets are just too healthy to ignore.
  • funfang
    funfang Posts: 200 Member
    Thanks!!!!!! I LOVE beets and just got some beets from farmer's market, I usually just boil them. Can't wait to try some of the recipes.
  • mitch16
    mitch16 Posts: 2,113 Member
    I've never roasted beets at home, though I am a big fan... If you don't wrap them in foil, do they drip in the oven (like sweet potatoes do)?
  • enterdanger
    enterdanger Posts: 2,447 Member
    love some beets. I like to get golden beets and red beets. I wrap them in tin foil and roast in the oven for like an hour. When done, you can rub the skin right off with a paper towel. They keep in the fridge for up to a week, and I just add them to things as needed.

    Right now my favorite is a salad with the beets, feta, arugula, and pistachios.
  • agal129
    agal129 Posts: 215 Member
    I've never had a beet and by the posts here, I am missing out.
  • ShannonMpls
    ShannonMpls Posts: 1,936 Member
    edited October 2014
    Roasted. Peel, slice, add a little olive oil and salt (or not) and roast in the oven at 425 until perfection.

    Tomorrow night for dinner is a roasted beet salad with smoked chicken and blue cheese, dressed with a roasted beet vinaigrette (PM if you want the recipe).

    THE BEST.
  • Basilin
    Basilin Posts: 360 Member
    edited October 2014
    Roasted, with ginger butter sauce drizzled on top. I just discoverd the ginger + beets combo and I'm never going back.
  • ShannonMpls
    ShannonMpls Posts: 1,936 Member
    Basilin wrote: »
    Roasted, with ginger butter sauce drizzled on top. I just discoverd the ginger + beets combo and I'm never going back.

    Genius. Do you just grate the ginger and add it to butter as it melts?
  • woofer00
    woofer00 Posts: 123 Member
    Raw, with chili powder and lemon.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Roasted...
  • JosieMomGramma
    JosieMomGramma Posts: 727 Member
    Beet borsh soup. 1lb to 1-1/2 lbs of beets boiled & peeled & diced. Add to pot with shredded cabbage about 1/2 small head, a couple of carrots diced, 1/2 med. onion chopped,1/4 chopped sweet pepper (optional), 2 med potatoes diced, approx. 1 ltr of chicken or veggie broth, depending on how much broth you want in your soup,you can add water for more broth as well. Ground pepper, salt, & chopped fresh dill weed to taste. Just before eating add 1-2 tablespoons of light sour cream to the soup. Enjoy
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    My favorite is a recipe for beet relish I have. I make a few jars of it every year. It's really good on cooked greens. I grow a lot of beets because I like the greens, so I have to do something with the beets. The ones I don't preserve I usually roast up with other assorted root vegetables. And I give some away, but usually nobody wants them.
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