I used to hate, hate, hate beets. I thought that they were a form of punishment as a kid. However, now that I am skilled in the ways of beets, I have found that they can be quite tasty. There are red beets and golden beets, and if you have never tried a golden beet, well I recommend you head to the store pronto.
Now, here's the cool thing, if you crave sweets, then you might want to try adding these to your diet. Call me crazy, but this works. Your body naturally craves sweet stuff so you might as well give it what it wants! Yes, you may be thinking that ice cream or candy is what your body wants when you crave sweet goodness, but beets are not going to give you the up and down blood sugar mood swings or put any potential extra junk in the trunk.
Here are some other cool things that beets do: strengthens the heart, improves circulation, purifies the blood, and helps out the liver!
Now you can steam the suckers, or, my favorite, throw them in the oven! Baking them naturally increases their sweet flavor.
Here is one EASY (seriously) recipe to try:
Buy some red and golden beets
preheat oven to 400 degrees
Skin beets and then cut up into random shapes or slice thin.
throw some extra virgin olive oil in pan, cookie sheet, whatever you have....
throw beets into pan, put into oven, and leave in for anywhere from 30 min to 45 min. I say this because if you slice them thin, they will cook faster, and if you cut them into different shapes and sizes, then they will definitely need longer to cook. (I like mine a little on the burnt side)
Enjoy!
Side note about beets......especially about the red ones.....if you look in the toilet the next day at your number 2 and become a little concerned from seeing red stuff, don't worry, you are not dying, that is just the beets! hee hee. Wish someone would have told me sooner, I thought I didn't have much longer to live when it happened to me the first time!
take care!
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