Roasted Beets Rich in Betalains
Today this very fine April day...you know spring in Chicago and all -- it was snowing when I took the dog for a walk. I was wearing a hat, gloves and my winter coat. Excuse me? The term brisk walk had new meaning. Snow and flowers - does that make ANY sense to you?
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I adore beets. I have never had much luck making them, seemingly they don't taste very good when I have tried, usually undercooked, not seasoned well. Something. I don't have a beets 101 booklet or anything.
Nutrient rich in betalains or naturally deep ruby red pigment, their antioxidant value is just superb. Carotonoids and Flavanoids are also a dynamic nutrient combo also derived from the strong pigmented foods they are derived from.
I thought I'd do some experimenting. This week I bought golden beets and got 4 huge organic ones for just $2.00. I have been grating them raw in my salads - love that and boy is the color lovely.
I made a roasted one tonight while baking a turkey breast. I rubbed the beet with balsamic vinegar, sea salt and olive oil and wrapped it in parchment. It roasted a good hour.
It was positively delicious!
I found two recipes here I'd absolutely love to try, I'll do that when I get some ruby ones!
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I love beets too!
I don't do too much with them, and still they taste awesome. Just 10' in the microwave . . .
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not a fan of the mocrowave personally, but 10 minutes makes it almost like fast food!!
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