BEETS: Best Ways to Store, Prepare, and Enjoy

Written By Benjamin Hintz

STORAGE

  • Twist and remove green tops before storing, do not cut them off

  • Don’t wash roots before storing, unless you dry them well, moisture can be a vector for spoilage

  • Keep them cold without freezing in a breathable (cracked) container or bag in a high humidity crisper drawer

  • Stored well, beets can keep for 1-3 months

Nutrition (1 cup)

  • Calories: 43, Carbs: 10g, Protein: 2g, Fiber: 3g

  • Vitamins: C (6%DV), B6 (3%DV), Folate/B9 (20%DV)

  • Minerals: Magnesium (6%DV), Potassium (9%DV), Manganese (16%DV), Phosphorous and Iron (4%DV)

Fun fact

  • Beet juice is one of the richest dietary sources of antioxidants and naturally occurring nitrates. It can also be made into wine and works as hair and easter egg dye!

7 ways to EAT FRESH BEETS

  1. Sliced or diced over a fresh greens salad, for a crunch option, as well as roasting them first, then tossing them into a salad for a simpler flavor

  2. You can also blend it into a vinaigrette for a nice salad dressing

  3. If you can get the fruit to beet ratio right, tossing them into a smoothie is one of my favorite ways to eat a beet without tasting it

  4. Pickling or fermenting are long popular ways of preserving beets for the off-season

    1. Refrigerator Pickled Beets

    2. Pickled Beets

    3. Fermented Pickled Beets

  5. Baked Beet Chips

  6. Pecan Roasted Beet Dip

  7. Roasted beets with Goat Cheese and Walnuts

Benjamin Hintz
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