2 cups sliced, cooked beets or 1 15-ounce can sliced beets, drained In a saucepan, combine the vinegar, sugar, water, cinnamon and cloves. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Add the beets. Return ...

Every year when the beets start piling up on my counter, I know it is time to make pickled beets. This is one of my favorite ways to stretch the harvest, add bright color to winter plates, and keep ...

These delicious recipes are just the beginning of the wonderful things you can do with the planet’s most exuberantly hued root. Few foods are as instantly festive as the earthy-sweet, richly hued beet ...

My husband loves pickled beets, but they cost more than generic canned sliced beets. So I bought the generic ones and made a recipe of pickling liquid that I found in my canning cookbook. I discarded ...

Fact: Dwight Schrute is the best Assistant to the Regional Manager ever at Dunder Mifflin. Fact: The beet is certainly the most superior plant-based food ever discovered by man. Fact: You can find ...

I said goodbye to my little flock of chickens this week. It was a good urban chicken run, but I decided it might be time for the children to get a dog, and the combo seems dicey. In honor of my girls, ...

Beets were not a vegetable that I grew up eating, but I fell in love with their earthy sweetness during my days working in restaurants. That earthiness can be a hurdle for some, but there are many ...

When the term “vulgaris” forms the second half of the given Latin name of a plant, as it very often does, we understandably might think it gives a negative connotation. But “vulgaris” merely means ...

Throughout the summer, Extension educators received many calls concerning problems with canning red beets. Many people seem confused about canning plain beets in water versus pickled beets canned in a ...

Learn an easy, foolproof way to microwave beets for delightfully tender results. Once an underdog vegetable boiled into submission (and occasionally used as a form of childhood punishment), the ...

Here's a culinary riddle for you: What do Moe's Tavern on "The Simpsons" and Amish buffets have in common? The answer: pickled eggs. Many home cooks still make this traditional food -- eggs purple ...

Cut the leafy tops off the beet stems, leaving 2 inches of stem. In a large saucepan, place beets in enough water to cover. Add 1 teaspoon salt and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat ...