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These beet recipes are easy to make and showcase the best ways to eat this healthy bright pink root vegetable! Plus, the 3 best ways to cook beets.
What are the best ways to eat beets? This humble vegetable might not be the most glamorous of vegetables, but the popularity of beets is on the rise. For good reason: these healthy root vegetables can taste amazing when cooked correctly!
Alex and I used to only occasionally eat beets: but we’ve started to eat them more often: especially because they cook in the Instant Pot in only 30 minutes! Here we’ve compiled a list of all our favorite beet recipes: you roast them up, add them to salads, and even throw them into smoothies.
Our top beet recipes
You're in for a treat with this beet recipe! Roasted beet rounds are dolloped with creamy, tangy goat cheese, then topped with olive oil and fresh chives. Sounds almost too simple, but it tastes like a symphony. Just a few simple ingredients can turn beets into the ultimate taste treat.
This beet salad has all the right elements: roasted beets, baby greens, creamy goat cheese and a tangy balsamic beet dressing. You can also make this with quick Instant Pot beets, which take only about 30 minutes to cook. The sweet, earthy flavor of beets pairs perfectly with the tang of homemade balsamic dressing.
The color of this shocking pink dip comes right from oven roasted beets. The beets bring loads of nutrients and the beautiful pink color: and a lightly sweet flavor to the dip too. It’s beautiful and eye catching as a party appetizer, and totally kid friendly. (Just watch out — it stains!) So what are you waiting for? Let’s get cooking.
These roasted beets and carrots are simple but deliver on flavor, starring caramelized root vegetables, creamy yogurt sauce, and a shower of fresh mint and pistachios! Everyone loves the flavor and beautiful plating—the perfect side dish for holidays or a weeknight dinner.
Here’s a green salad idea that’s flavorful and versatile: arugula beet salad! It features jewel-toned roasted beets with baby arugula, all covered in a zingy citrus vinaigrette. Add thin-sliced shallots and toasted walnuts, and it tastes sophisticated with minimal effort. All you need to do is cook the beets!
Want to eat more beets? Try a Beet Smoothie: the perfect way to get beets into your diet with delicious fruity flavor. You don’t even need to worry about the beet! Peel it and throw it in raw, and it gives the most vibrant color to this puree. The sweet flavor is offset by banana, apple and pineapple.
Poke is a Hawaiian specialty, typically made with ahi tuna. Here's a plant-based version: vegan poke bowls with beet poke! This unusual ingredient amazingly gives the same texture and flavor as poke. You’re going to have to taste this to believe it, but it really works! Drizzle with spicy mayo to serve.
Ever bought a bunch of beets and cut off those beautiful leafy green tops? Most people throw them away, but there are actually lots of great ways to eat them. Sauteing beet greens with minced garlic and Parmesan cheese makes them taste insanely savory, kind of like the inside of spinach artichoke dip. To make them into a healthy breakfast or lunch, you’ll use this as an omelette filling.
Grilled beets are an ideal summer side dish for when you’re planning to fire up the grill. These come out sweet and tender, perfectly cooked and even better with a sprinkle of feta cheese. While they take a little longer than most grilled vegetables, they’re worth the wait. Serve them up with a a few other grilled veggies or summer salads.
What's a better pair in beet recipes than sweet tart apples? This salad is all about contrasts: the tender, lightly sweet beets against the crisp tang of green apples. Topped on a bed of greens, they're covered in our best Easy Honey Mustard Dressing.
Tips for cooking with beets
Here are the most popular methods for how to cook beets:
- Oven roasted beets take about 1 hour to cook. The beet recipe below is hands off for the roasting time, so roast the beets when you have time on a weekend or in the evening. You can refrigerate the beets until right before serving.
- Instant Pot beets is a quick method: it takes only 30 minutes! A pressure cooker is great for speeding up the process.
- Boiling beets is also very quick and results in tender beets. But roasting brings out the most flavor.
Because of the length of cook time, we suggest cooking a whole bunch of beets at once! (You can roast a whole bunch at a time for the recipe below.) Then refrigerate the beets for using throughout the week. If you come home with a bunch of beets, here’s the best way to store them.
Easy Roasted Beets
This oven roasted beet recipe is easy and the beets come out perfectly tender and sweet! Slice them in rounds, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with thinly sliced chives. It’s perfection in its simplicity.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Roasted
- Cuisine: Beets
Ingredients
- 4 beets
- Olive oil
- Kosher salt
- Thinly sliced chives, for garnish
- 2 ounces soft goat cheese (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F.
- Wash the beets. Trim off all but about 1 inch of the beet greens (you can save them for later and use them in salads). Leaving on the stem helps keep the beets from “bleeding” out red juice in the oven.
- Rub the beets lightly with olive oil. Place the beets in a covered oven proof dish. (You also can wrap each beet individually in aluminum foil and place them on the oven grates).
- Roast the beets for 45 minutes to 1 ½ hours, depending on the size and freshness, until tender when pierced with a fork. Check every 10 minutes until tender; we’ve found medium sized beets take about 1 hour.
- Allow them to cool for a few minutes. Then place them under cool water and rub off the skins with your fingers. You can serve immediately, or refrigerate the whole beets until serving and serve them cold.
- Slice the beets into rounds and arrange them on a plate. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with 1 pinch kosher salt. Top with thinly sliced chives. If desired, add goat cheese dollops.
I absolutely love this boiled beet recipe it’s so simple and quick and easy and turned out delisious!!!😁😁😁