🥔 Beet

Beta vulgaris

A round root vegetable that grows under the ground and is a deep, ruby-red color inside.

Round like a ball with a bumpy skin, dark red inside, with leafy green tops.

Sweet and a little earthy, soft and tender once it is cooked.

Full of folate and natural sugar for energy, and its red color is good for your blood.

Roast it, boil it, grate it raw into salad, or blend it into a bright pink smoothie.

Grows from a seed with the round root swelling under the soil while its leaves reach up.

Best in the cool months of fall and spring.

Long ago people ate only the leafy tops, and the sweet red root became popular much later.

Beets are so red they can turn your hands pink, and they are used to color foods a rosy shade.

Do not worry if a beet turns things pink; it washes off and is completely harmless.