10 Favorite Beet Recipes

You're in for a treat with this beet recipe! Roasted beet rounds are dolloped with creamy, tangy goat cheese, then topped with olive oil and fresh chives. Sounds almost too simple, but it tastes like a symphony. Alex served this plate to me and I almost jumped out of my chair. “Whoa! This tastes amazing.” Just a few simple ingredients can turn beets into the ultimate taste treat.

This beet salad has all the right elements: roasted beets, baby greens, creamy goat cheese and a tangy balsamic beet dressing. Basically, salad perfection! We made this with our quick Instant Pot beets, which take only about 30 minutes to cook.

The sweet, earthy flavor of beets pairs perfectly with the tang of a balsamic dressing. Here, we’ve used our favorite Best Balsamic Dressing: which takes just 5 minutes and 5 ingredients. The balance of tangy, sweet and savory in this dressing is mind-blowing. (Really.) Then, amp it up a notch: stir in roasted beets, which turns the dressing a vibrant shade of pink and adds a sweet flavor undertone! It's magical.

You’re supposed to eat the rainbow, right? So why not go for this beet hummus recipe? The color of this shocking pink dip comes right from oven roasted beets. The beets bring loads of nutrients and the beautiful pink color: and a lightly sweet flavor to the dip too. It’s beautiful and eye catching as a party appetizer, and totally kid friendly. (Just watch out — it stains!) So what are you waiting for? Let’s get cooking.

Here’s a green salad idea that’s flavorful and versatile: arugula beet salad! It features jewel-toned roasted beets with baby arugula, all covered in a zingy citrus vinaigrette. Add thin-sliced shallots and toasted walnuts, and it tastes sophisticated with minimal effort. All you need to do is cook the beets!

Want to eat more beets? Try a Beet Smoothie: the perfect way to get beets into your diet with delicious fruity flavor. You don’t even need to worry about the beet! Peel it and throw it in raw, and it gives the most vibrant color to this puree. It’s the perfect way to use beets you’re not sure what to do with. The sweet flavor is offset by banana, apple and pineapple.

Poke is a Hawaiian specialty, typically made with ahi tuna. But here's a whole food plant based (WFPB) version of this popular healthy bowl meal: vegan poke bowls with beet poke!

Yes, this unusual ingredient amazingly gives the same texture and flavor as poke. Beets. Yep, you’re going to have to taste this to believe it…but it really works! Drizzle with spicy mayo and enjoy.

Ever bought a bunch of beets and cut off those beautiful leafy green tops? Most people throw them away, but there are actually lots of great ways to eat them. The most popular ways to eat them are in salads or sauteed as a side dish.

But the best way to use beet greens? This Parmesan omelette with beet greens recipe! Sauteing beet greens with minced garlic and Parmesan cheese makes them taste insanely savory, kind of like the inside of spinach artichoke dip. To make them into a healthy breakfast or lunch, you’ll use this as an omelette filling. In just 15 minutes, you have a filling meal that makes the most of the unique flavor of beet greens.

Grilled beets are an ideal summer side dish for when you’re planning to fire up the grill. These come out sweet and tender, perfectly cooked and even better with a sprinkle of feta cheese. While they take a little longer than most grilled vegetables, they’re worth the wait. Serve them up with a a few other grilled veggies or summer salads, and they make the meal complete.

What's a better pair in beet recipes than sweet tart apples? This salad is all about contrasts: the tender, lightly sweet beets against the crisp tang of green apples. Topped on a bed of greens, they're covered in our best Easy Honey Mustard Dressing.

The dressing alone is reason to make this salad. It tastes incredible: and it’s so easy you can memorize the recipe! All you need is 5 minutes and 4 ingredients. Whisk it together, then top the salad with crunchy pistachios. It's seriously tasty!

This beet and blue cheese salad recipe is a masterpiece of flavors, starring tender beets, crunchy pistachios, edamame, and blue cheese crumbles. The rough and humble beet, with a little bit of love, morphs into something truly amazing. It's an idea inspired by one of our favorite local restaurants.

What makes this salad special is that instead of buying spinach or other leafy greens, you'll use the beet greens instead! Simply  cut off the tops of the beets and slice them into thin slices. And instead of a vinaigrette dressing that you might expect from a beet blue cheese salad, this one goes uber simple: just olive oil and kosher salt! The thin coating of olive oil and salt brings out the natural flavors in each ingredient.

Here are all the best ways to cook beets to use them in beet recipes! Our favorite method is oven roasting beets: though it takes longer, it's absolutely worth it for the beautiful sweet flavor that results. At a close second is our Instant Pot beets method, which cuts the time of roasting in half. The beets come out perfectly tender in just about 30 minutes! And finally: we've got how to boil beets as well: another quick method that will have you eating beet recipes in no time.