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Roasted Beets

Name: Roasted Beets
Prep time: 15

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15 min prep

4 servings

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3 ingredients

I used to hate beets with a passion scarcely human, and have avoided them for most of my adult life. I guess it was from being forced to eat them at school, cold and...

6 medium red or golden beets
2 teaspoons olive oil
Salt and pepper, to taste

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Nutrition Facts

Calories

74 cals

Fat

3 g

Saturated Fat

0 g

Polyunsaturated Fat

0 g

Monounsaturated Fat

2 g

Carbohydrates

12 g

Sugar

8 g

Fiber

4 g

Protein

2 g

Sodium

292 mg

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Top and tail the beets and peel with a vegetable peeler. Cut them in half lengthwise. If the beets are large, you may want to quarter them. Toss the pieces in the 2 teaspoons olive oil and transfer them to a cookie sheet. Bake them until they are tender, about 40 minutes.

Chef Tips

Beets tend to take their sweet time to bake, so always allow extra cooking time so you don’t get frantic if they do. Beets come in all sizes, from huge to quite tiny. For even cooking, try to make all the pieces the same size, either by buying beets of similar size, or by cutting them to be similar sizes. For larger pieces try covering the baking sheet with foil for half the cooking time.

If your beets come with greens, don’t throw them away. Cook them as you would chard. They are surprisingly delicious.

Registered Dietitian Approved

All our recipes are created by chefs and reviewed by our oncology-trained staff Registered Dietitian, Kate Ueland, MS, RD, to ensure that each is backed with scientific evidence and meets the standards set by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.