Tag: beets

Roasted Beets With Maple Butter

View the print-ready version of this recipe. Are you looking for a quick vegetable side dish that’s guaranteed to bring smiles to everyone’s faces at your next dinner event? Roasted beets with maple butter is a solid choice to achieve plenty of smiles. The sweet taste makes everyone feel happier right? Roasted beets are a…


Can Beet Greens Really Improve Liver Function by Removing Unwanted Toxins?

If you’re trying to alkalize the body and optimize your health – beet greens would be a wise choice.  With an earthy bitter taste – these greens have a reputation for helping to regenerate and reactivate red blood cells by supplying oxygen throughout the body.  But, most importantly, beet greens can help to detoxify the…


A Beet Stunner That Will Win Over the Haters

Beets: People either love them or hate them, and this can create a divide at the dinner table. Now, I can’t promise that any of your beet-averse family members or friends will do a complete 180-degree turn on their opinion when it comes to these earthy roots. I can suggest, however, that this gratin might…


Beat the Cold-Weather Blues with a Warm Winter Salad

This delightful beet salad is simple to make for every day but special enough to wow your guests. Serves 2 Ingredients 2 huge handfuls baby spinach Red onion to taste 6-8 cherry tomatoes 2 teaspoons sunflower seeds 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 2 teaspoons crumbled goat cheese 1 beet (sliced and roasted) 1…


Beet Skeptics: It’s Time to Try the Air Fryer

Air frying beets is a quick and easy way to create a nutritious and colorful side dish. The concentrated heat from the air fryer halves the time it would take to roast beets in the oven, and your results will be even crispier. Ever since reading the “The Nimble Cook,” I’ve been obsessed with making…


Beets Are the Main Attraction in This Tasty Salad

I picked up a bunch of jewel-toned beets at the farmers market this weekend. I’d usually roast them for a hearty salad or slice them up for a sandwich, but I got this fancy new kitchen toy and decided to spiralize them raw and make a salad with the beets as the main attraction. Spiralizers…


Hate Beets? Learn to Love Them.

Beets give away a vital clue as to what they can do for your health. They bleed! Beets are good for the cardiovascular system and all the ways that healthy blood flow benefits the body—from athletic performance to cognitive function. Beetroot is rich in vitamins, minerals, anthocyanin, betacyanin, phenolic compounds, flavonoids, vitamin C, and other…


Sandwich Art on a Plate

There’s something very pleasing about an open-faced sandwich. While simple in concept, the open sandwich construction is popular in myriad cultures. For instance, it’s known as bruschetta in Italy, tartine in France, or smorrebrod in Scandinavia, and the arrangements range from simple and minimal (such as a smear of garlic and tomato) to hefty and…


Strawberry Beet Salad With Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing Is a Must This Season

Let me start by saying that I’m not a beet-lover. At all. I don’t know what came over me when I first started thinking about this salad, but it probably had something to do with it being midwinter in New York, when the most color you get to enjoy is blue sky, if you’re lucky,…