We planted beets for the first time this year and the first harvests are now coming in. I have way more beets than I know what to do with. I make fresh beet chips sometimes but that won’t use even close to all of them and isn’t really suitable to serve with a meal. Who has good beet recipes?
They work surprisingly well in like a potato salad type situation. You don’t want to use mustard, but celery, beets, potatoes, green onions, (vegan) mayo, some salt and pepper and you have yourself a pretty good time! People sometimes add carrots and green beans too. It’s good.
boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew
beets
pickled beets are a very good condiment as others have said if you end up with extra
Just grate raw beets and add em to a salad. Gotta peel the skin first, but raw beets are super super underrated. On a nice lil salad with carrots and onions and tomatoes, it’s real nice. Also SOUP beet soup rocks. If you wanna roast em soak em in water and then roll them.in salt and sugar and go high temp and fast. What kind of beets as well? There’s a lot of kinds. I fucking love beets.
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Peel, then use a grater, food processor, or mandolin to shred raw beets into thin little sticks. Drain the juice.
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If you want some color, do equal number of peeled raw carrots.
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Toss in a bowl with:
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Freshly squeezed lemon juice. Lots of it. Don’t worry, the sugar in beets and carrots balances the lemon.
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Olive oil.
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Finely chopped parsley.
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Couple of big dabs of Dijon mustard.
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Salt and pepper.
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Toss till mixed.
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Cover and put in fridge till chilled.
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Makes an excellent summer salad. Lasts a long time.
Variation with extra stuff you can skip. Has picture close to outcome: https://www.eatingwell.com/simple-no-cook-grated-beet-carrot-salad-8658746
