For the LOVE of Beets!

Just roasted Red and Golden Beets

I'm starting a bit of a farmstead here at The Carbometer. We have recently added two raised garden beds and another two this weekend.  In the garage, are four baby chicks so there will be fresh eggs.

Now there is rumbling about the benefits of a few miniature goats to help control all the lovely grasses and weeds that seem to thrive on the property.  I don't know about the goats, but I was advised to get milk producing goats and make goat cheese, which I love, and goat ice cream, which I've been told is divine.

One of the vegetables I would like to grow in the garden would be beets.  I've never raised beets in a garden before, I've only had them out of a can and one time, a friend made a salad for me from beets out of her garden that she roasted.

 This week at the farmers market, one of my favorite stands just happened to have beets.  I asked them how they would roast the beets.  So here's how I did it.

Clean the beets and wash them thoroughly.

Roll in olive oil

Wrap in aluminum foil

Bake in the oven at 375 degrees for 50 minutes.

Take out and let cool, remove one layer of skin from the beets and slice and serve or chill for use later.

They are wonderful!

Carbs in beets....13 carbs per cup.

Happy Carb Counting!