Beet Recipes

B Bean-and-beet Salad Recipe Beans (wax) And Beets Recipe Beans (wax), Beets And Bacon Recipe Beet And Egg Recipe Beet And Horseradish Sandwich Recipe Beet And Potato Salad Recipe Beet And Potato Sandwich Recipe Beet And Sardine Sandwich Recipe Beet And Sweet Potato Soup Recipe Beet And Wax Bean Soup Recipe Beet Cream Soup Recipe Beet Fritters A La Dickens Recipe Beet Greens Recipe Beet Greens With Young Beets Recipe Beet Relish Recipe 1 Beet Relish Recipe 2 Beet Salad Farci Recipe Beet Salad. Recipe Beet Soup Recipe Beet Tops With Vinegar And Tomatoes Recipe Beet, Apple And Tomato Salad Recipe Beet, Pear And Nut Salad Recipe Beet, Potato And Celery Salad Recipe Beets And Apples Recipe Beets And Brussels Sprouts Recipe Beets And Cabbage Recipe Beets And Grapefruit Recipe Beets And Peas In Aspic Recipe Beets And String Beans With Vinegar Recipe Beets And Sweet Potatoes, Candied Recipe Beets Au Gratin Recipe Beets Dish Recipe Beets Recipe

B cont. Beets Stuffed With Cabbage-and-nut Salad Recipe Beets Stuffed With Cabbage-and-nut Salad Recipe 1 Beets With Maple Syrup Recipe Beets, Baked Recipe Beets, Potatoes And Bacon Recipe Beets, Potatoes And Mint Recipe Boiled Beets Recipe Buttered Beets Recipe C Cauliflower And Beet Salad Recipe Celery Roots, Beets And Onions Recipe Corn And Beets Recipe Cream Of Beet Soup Recipe Creamed Beets Recipe 1 Creamed Beets Recipe 2 D Duck With Red Cabbage And Beets Recipe F Fresh Beets Recipe G Guinea Hen With Beets And Celery Recipe I Italian Beets Recipe N New Beets Recipe P Pickled Beets Recipe 1 Pickled Beets Recipe 2 Pork And Beets Stew Recipe R Recipes for Pickled Eggs in Pickled Beets Juice Russian Beet Soup Recipe S Sausages (frankfurter) With Beets Recipe Savory Beet Recipe Sliced Beets In Lemon Recipe Stewed Beets Recipe Stuffed Beets Recipe Sugared Beets Recipe Swiss Chard Recipe V Veal Breast With Beets Recipe W Walnut, Beet And Potato Salad Recipe

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Beets are a wonderful, colorful vegetable that can be boiled, baked, pureed, pickled, and served hot or cold. The brightly colored root is the usual choice for food, but the leafy tops, or beet greens, are edible as well. Beet greens can be used in salads, or cooked as spinach or dandelion greens.

Boil beet roots whole and unpeeled, with the leaves just trimmed and the top intact. This prevents loss of the nutrients. When the roots are cooked, hold them under cold running water and you can easily slip them out of their skins, which should be discarded. (Tip: Do not boil them when preparing for a fancy dinner party; they do not smell very pleasant when they are boiling. Be prepared to open windows and leave the fan on.)

When boiled, they can be served as is, with butter, or pickled in vinegar with spices or herbs such as dill. "Harvard" beet recipes make a sweet-sour dish; they are made with sugar and vinegar and then thickened with cornstarch.

Select young small beets for pickling and use whole and larger ones for cubing or quartering. This root vegetable partners well with cabbage, green beans, cold beans in bean salad, and on lettuce salads with chickpeas.

Whenever working with beets, use caution when splashing the water about. Beet juice stains and is almost impossible to get out of some items. If you have children who like playing Olden Tymes, boil the beet water down to a dark color and it will make an excellent ink to use with their goose quill pens. Make sure they're wearing their grubbies because they will get ink all over themselves.