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Fall & Winter Beets

Beets are in season in temperate climates all year round, and available from storage most of the year everywhere else. And yet older fall and winter beets benefit from different cooking methods than smaller spring and summer beets. Try these simple recipes for beets in the fall and winter months.
How to Roast Beets
Roasted beets have a sweeter, deeper flavor than their boiled brethren and their peels slip off like an over-sized sweater.
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Beet & Orange Salad
Sweet beets and tangy oranges make an easy, colorful, and refreshing salad on the shortest of winter nights.
Beet & Yogurt Salad - Recipe for Beet & Yogurt Salad
Grated roasted beets tossed in a garlicky yogurt dressing create a shocking pink color and out-of-this-world flavor. Use as a dip with toasted pita or crackers, or serve as a side salad with Mediterranean dishes.
Shredded Beets Salad
This simple salad of shredded roasted beets is dressed with just vinegar and salt, which highlight the wonderful deep, earthy sweetness of the beets.
Beet and Cabbage Borscht
This borscht is packed with red beets, onions, cabbage, and white beans--all the better to make it through a cold winter night.
Beet Chips
Thinly cut beets are sweet, earthy, and crisp when fried like potato chips.
Escarole & Roasted Beet Salad
Toss crisp escarole and sweet beets to create an easy, delicious salads perfect with warming fall and winter meals.
Roasted Beets & Feta Salad
Roasting intensifies the sweetness of beets, making them the perfect foil for salty feta cheese in this easy, nutritious composed salad recipe.

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