ISO Recipes with Beets

[Sylver]

Hi! Does anyone have a good recipes using beets? Besides making Borsht, I have no idea what else to do with them. I want to eat more beets. Thanks in advance!

[VOW]

Well, you can always educate them!

(Harvard beets....okay, the pun was bad...)

Harvard beets are cooked beets which are reheated in a sweet-sour sauce, very simple to make.

Pickled beets are very popular; again, simple to make, any cookbook would have a recipe. Oftentimes, sliced white onions are added to pickled beets, and they pick up a gorgeous reddish purple color from the brine! Unless you are adept at home canning, though, keep your pickled beets in the refrigerator.

Any mixed-vegetable dish can accept beets. It's just a matter of asthetics, depending on how many beets you add, as to whether or not you get a purplish color to the rest of the ingredients.

Sliced or julienned cooked beets are nice in a tossed salad, too.

Let your imagination be your guide! I would think you could modify a pumpkin bread or zucchini bread recipe to accept cooked mashed beets for the vegetable ingredient. If you prefer a savory bread, cut back on the sugar and add some dried herbs which are complementary to the beet flavor. If you like a sweet bread, use spices, especially clove. I'd bet a quick bread made with mashed beets would be GORGEOUS!


~VOW

[Elin]

I use to shred beets, mix them with some flour (about 1 tbsp), form them as burgers and fry them with 1 tbsp of canla oil (until crispy). Then serve with couscous, marinated beans and garlic marinated pepper. Yummy...

[MrBarefoot]

Hello, here are some of my recipes. One calls for honey, I don't know if you are OK with that or not, but it’s a good recipe.

Be sure to check your vinegars and make sure they are vegan.

Glazed baby beets: (Great as a side dish or a main course)

20 baby beets, scrubbed
2 cups apricot juice
3 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons honey

In a large sauté pan, add the beets and the apricot juice. Cover and cook on medium high for 10 minutes. Add the vinegar and honey and cook for another 10 minutes. Pull off of the heat and keep covered for an additional 5 minutes.

Roasted Beets: (This one fills the house with a wonderful aroma)

Roasted Beets:
6 medium beets, cleaned with 1-inch stem remaining
2 large shallots, peeled
2 sprigs rosemary
2 teaspoons olive oil

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
In a large bowl toss all of the ingredients. Place into a foil pouch, and seal with some space left in the pouch. Then roast in the oven for 40 minutes.

And for your roasted beet leftovers....

Pickled Beets: (great for snacking)

1 large red onion, frenched
1 cup tarragon wine vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup water

Remove the skin from the Roasted Beets and slice thinly. Arrange in 1-quart "mason style" jars alternating layers with the onion. In a small pot boil the rest of the ingredients and pour over the beets. Tightly lid the jars and place in the refrigerator for 3 to 7 days before serving.

On a side note, beets are one of my favorite foods. My wife doesn't like the mess they make, but they are real healthy food.

Hope this helps.

[HoneyNBen]

Ok...I'm learning all kinds of things may not be vegan...Help! Live active yeast, vinegar...what else are things you'd think there is no way..but Suprise!?

I read labels on everything...my son has a corn allergy and corn is in EVERYTHING! But I can't remember seeing anything that would give me the idea it wasn't vegan.