Beets are currently in season and boy are they good for you.
In my most recent organics delivery straight from the farm, we received what looked like beets. I cut them in half, preparing them for a delicious beet, apple, carrot juice only to discover their candy cane insides. Was this some kind of beet/turnip cross breed? From an organic farm?!
I consulted my trusty 'google' only to discover that that's exactly what they were.
Candy Cane Beets (aka: Chioggia) are as nutritionally dense as your regular beet.
Roast them in the oven, juice them, or grate them on top of a salad.
Beets are excellent liver cleansers and have a extrordinary amount of Vitamin C and folate. Don't get rid of the tops. You can eat those too - why not steam them along with kale and spinach and put that on top of a healthy rice bowl.
You can't beat the beet!
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