Beets are super healthy, tasty, and versatile. They are in season in a lot of places and I would love to hear everyone's favorite way to use them.
Personally I love root veg roasts. Some parsnip, carrot,rutabaga, beets, onion, garlick, olive oil, rosemary, thyme. Toss everything together I try to cube everything about the same size.
Pre heat oven 375 to 400ish Pop the veg In a roast pan and roast until tender!
This is the correct answer. I had some dank ass Ukrainian borscht recently
Ooooh my mom made that so much growing up, havnt had that in ages thanks for the memories comrade lil have to make some!
Hell yes, I could snack on roasted beetroot all day, I like it when it has a tiny bit of crunch still tbh.
My favourite recent Beet recipe has been a Beet and Potato salad:
Roast:
- 1/2 kg Potatoes
- 1/2 kg Beetroot
Chuck roasted Beets and Potatoes in a bowl to cool.
Then mix in:
- 1 Cup of Sauce = 1 Cup of Cashew Cream + 1 Tbs Salt + 1 Tbs Dijon Mustard + 1 Tbs White Vinegar 2 tsp Honey (or Maple Syrup).*
- 1 small Red Onion finely diced
*or vary the sauce ingredients to taste.
I love beet-based salads. Just boiled potatoes and carrots with raw onion, pickles, and beets, all diced and mixed together. Add pickled herring or apples if you feel adventurous. It's the best part of the traditional Finnish christmas dinner.
I make a delicious beetroot soup using vegan beef stock that is amazing. I like to pretend it is bourgeoisie blood soup when I eat it.
Yum! That sounds super interesting, any other veg or a grain/legume in it
Nah it's just an onion and garlic base with 3-4 grated beetroots and a pint or so of beef stock. I do usuaully eat it with like 5 slices of super seeded bread though.
I make beet kvass on occasion, usually when I get tired of kombucha. It's super good for you. The taste takes some time to get used to but I add ginger and turmeric and think it's pretty good.
http://imgur.com/a/d0v4M85
I usually use some version of these two. Doesn't really matter which kind of beets you use. They taste a little different but they're all good. Experiment and find what you like. To add turmeric just do it like the ginger in the second recipe.
I usually make a couple batches, let them ferment a few days, then start drinking a bit each day and leaving them out to keep fermenting. Make smoothies with the leftover chunks of beets too!
First couple days your digestive system might be a little funky (in a good way) if you're not used to eating fermented foods. Also your poop will be a little red so don't freak out lol.
Awesome. Thanks. My SO and I fucking love beats and all kinds of fermented things so we'll try this out.
Oh wow that sounds like a shot of pure unadulterated vitality fantastic idea!
Hell yeah! I linked some recipes in the thread if you're interested!
i remember when i first started roasting these and wondering what took me so long to start eating them. delicious.
It is a photo I found lol as I find them such a beautiful root, I'll try the slicing next time thats how I see it in salads alot.
Beets have a special place in my heart during the holidays - Russian Vinegret is a staple of our family spread.
Roasted beets with goat cheese and a bed of spinach is also a choice salad.
What is the Russian Vinegret?
Something like?
3 medium beets 3 medium potatoes 3 medium carrots 1/2 cup sauerkraut, drained 3 medium pickles 2 Tbsp sunflower or olive oil 1 Tbsp white vinegar 1 small onion, finely chopped (about 1/2 cup)
Roast/boil onion potato beets and carrot then cut up and mix with the pickle and sauerkraut and oil?
Or no pickle and fermented cabbage and use vinegar to make a dressing?
Or am I super way off I'm curious thanks for mentioning that!!!
yeah its the first, but it's really whatever your family makes with beets potatoes and carrot lol. We put capers eggs and a horseradish sauce on top.
