How to Roast Beets

Beets are beautiful – raw or roasted! This bunch of big, beautiful, brilliant beets was tossed casually onto the table.   Disregarded.   Late afternoon sunlight warmed the leaves, leaving them languid. Raw beets? Yeah! Beets are one of the most amazing additions to juice.  If you have a juicer, add this to your recipes….

Orange-Roasted Broccoli, Beets and Garlic

Beets, broccoli and garlic bulbs…some of my favorite vegetables.  I don’t know why it took a dearth of fridge contents for me to realize that the three vegetables I had could be cooked up together for a perfectly delicious dish! As many of you know, I love roasted vegetables.  I chose to cook the trio…

Beet Walnut Soup with a Hint of Apples

When I was a 15-year-old exchange student living in Venezuela, I would often walk by a night club called La Remolacha.  It struck me as a fabulous word, and I made it part of my working vocabulary.  It is the Venezuelan word for “beet” and is pronounced “ray-mo-lah-chah”.  It kind of sounds like a dance…