B is for Beets

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The Beet Goes On

Grown primarily for livestock food and sugar processing, only a small percentage of beets make it to the dinner table. Nevertheless, beets are enjoying a comeback! Beets are completely edible from top to bottom, and they're packed with nutritional value. Most people are familiar with canned beets, which are generally red. Beets are available in a wide variety of colors, ranging from dark burgundy to light gold. Beets are easy to grow, and can be started from seed. The flavor of home-grown beets will be a treat to anyone who has only experienced the canned variety. Try them raw, chopped in a fresh garden salad, or added to your favorite fresh vegetable juice blend.

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Beet (Beta Vulgaris)

A Few Facts Courtesy of Wikipedia

The beet (Beta vulgaris) is a plant in the beet root family. It is best known its numerous cultivated varieties, the most well known of which is probably the red root vegetable known as the garden beet. However, other cultivated varieties include the leaf vegetables chard and spinach beet, as well as the root vegetables sugar beet, which is important in the production of table sugar, and mangelwurzel, which is a fodder crop.

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University of Wisconsin, Madison Meet Professor Irwin Goldman, who considers beets a rare treasure!

LoveToKnow Beet & Horseradish Sandwich, Beet & Potato Sandwich, Beet & Sardine Sandwich, Beet & Sweet Potato Soup, Beet & Wax Bean Soup, Beet Cream Soup, Beet Fritters, Beet Greens with Young Beets, Beet Relish, Beet Salad Farci, Beet & Potato Salad, Beets au Gratin, Buttered Beets, Beet, Pear & Nut Salad, and more.

Delicious Organics Beet & Arugula Salad, Beet Soup with Cilantro Pesto, Chilled Beet Soup, Borscht, Glazed Baby Beets, Roasted Beet Salad, Beet Salad with Feta, Roasted Beets in Puff Pastry, Beet & Apple Salad, Watercress, Roasted Beets & Goat Cheese Salad, Roasted Beet Salad with Blue Cheese, Beet Salad with Oranges, Red Risotto, Red (Beet) Velvet Chocolate Cake, and more.

AllRecipes.com Beet, Walnut & Prune Salad, Roasted Beet, Crab & Vegetable Soup, Beet & Pear Puree, Beetroot Relish, Cold Russian Borscht, Garlicky Beet Delight, Roasted Beets 'n Sweets, Roasted Beet Wedges, German-Style Beet Salad, Ukranian Borscht, and more.

Aunt Nellie's Harvard Beets 

Beets for the Pantry

Beets are Delicious, and Good For You Too!

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Beet Leaf 

These Fashions Can't Be Beet!

Original Beet Designs on CafePress

Beta Vulgaris Photographic Poster Print 

Beet Art and Poster Prints

Beets are Attractive as Well as Delicious

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Tender Sweet Golden Beets 

Grow Your Own Beets

A Selection of Beet Seeds (Don't Forget the Hoe!)

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Row After Row of Beets 

Shop for Beet Seeds

Grow Your Own Beets

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B is for Beets received a Purple Star on December 7, 2009.
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