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[[Image:Beetroot.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Beetroot, boiled and peeled]]

=== Beetroot recipes===
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Spinach beet leaves are eaten as a pot herb. Young leaves of the garden beet are sometimes used similarly. The midribs of [[Swiss chard]] are eaten boiled while the whole leaf blades are eaten as [[spinach]] beet.

The leaves and stems of young plants are steamed briefly and eaten as a vegetable; older leaves and stems are stir fried and have a flavour resembling [[taro leaves]].

The usually deep-red roots of garden beet are eaten boiled either as a cooked [[vegetable]], or cold as a salad after cooking and adding [[oil]] and [[vinegar]]. A large proportion of the commercial production is processed into boiled and [[sterilised]] beets or into [[pickles]]. In Eastern Europe beet soup, such as cold [[borscht]], is a popular dish. Yellow coloured garden beets are grown on a very small scale for home consumption.

Beetroot can be peeled, [[steamed]], and then eaten warm with [[butter]] as a delicacy; cooked, pickled, and then eaten cold as a condiment; or peeled, shredded raw, and then eaten as a [[salad]]. It is also common in Australia and New Zealand for pickled beetroot to be consumed on a [[burger]].

One increasingly popular preparation involves tossing peeled and diced beets with a small amount of [[oil]] and seasoning, then [[roasting]] in the [[oven]] until tender.

Garden beet juice is a popular health food. Betanins, obtained from the roots, are used industrially as red food colourants, e.g. to improve the colour of [[tomato paste]], [[sauces]], desserts, jams and jellies, ice cream, sweets and breakfast [[cereals]].

== How much does one cup of beetroot weigh? ==
''Estimated [[Generic_conversion_table#Volume|US cup]] to weight equivalents:''
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!style="min-width: 20%;"|'''Ingredient'''
!style="min-width: 40%;"|'''US Cups'''
!style="min-width: 40%;"|'''Grams'''
!style="min-width: 40%;"|'''Ounces'''
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align: center;"
|- style="background: #f8f2d7;"
|Raw Beetroot (sliced or diced)||1 Cup||150 g||> 5 oz
|- style="background: #e6e6fa;"
|Cooked Beetroot (sliced or diced)||1 Cup||200 g||7 oz
|}
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'''Conversion notes:'''<br />
Every [[ingredient]] has a cups to ounces or grams conversion table. Search for the ingredient, cup to weight conversions are at the end of each ingredient page.

We also have a [[generic conversion table]] and a [[portions per person lookup]].
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==See also==
* [[Sugar beet]]
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Chef at 14:38, 2 October 2024