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Beet

beet

Top everything from steaks to pasta with this sweet-sour chutney.

Here are some ideas: Orange Glazed Beets 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1/4 tsp.salt 1 can beets 2 tablespoons orange marmalade 1 tablespoon vinegar Melt butter. Stir in cornstarch and salt. Mix until smooth. Slowly stir in...

Grilled Toasts with Cannellini Purée and Wilted Greens

With a bite of horseradish, this simple dressing is great over cold roasted beets or a green salad.

This beet soup can be served hot or cold.

We bought a couple of bunches of beets at the farmer’s market yesterday, and as I was looking in the fridge this afternoon prior to a shopping trip, I thought "I should cook the greens tonight, before they wilt." I...

beets aren’t all that difficult. Wash them and trim off the tops, but don’t cut into the taproot (leave about an inch of stuff when you cut the greens off the top). You can roast them, steam them, boil 'em, or even...

and pepper. The remaining beets get used on green salads. Here’s something fun to try. If you have a juicer, juice 2/3 rutabaga, and 1/3 beet. Don’t even think of sneering at the mention of rutabaga. It’s sweet...

Beet greens are delicious, also. If you can find bunches of beets with nice fresh tops, you get a double treat. Jim

of tops, I always try to get the bunches with the prettiest ones – they’re essentially the same thing as Swiss chard, only I think nicer. Tania hates both chard and beet greens, though she adores beets, so we both...