My mom got me cooking beets. Ever since I was little she would can them, cook them, I have probably been eating beets since I was 3.
Here are some simple ways you can incorporate beets into your family’s diet. 
Take your beets, cut off stem, scrub with brush and don’t remove the skin.
Boil until you can stick a fork through them. These are really hot, so be careful when you take them from the stove, let them cool a little bit then run them under cool water and the skin will fall off in your hand.
You can slice them, add flavor with sea salt. Beautiful Simple Gems!
Rocket (Arugula) and Beet Salad
Ingredients:
1 Bunch of cleaned rocket greens, you can add in the leaves from the beets for an alternative version
8 Sliced beet gems
1 tsp of clove oil mixed with 2 tsp of extra virgin olive oil
Juice of one lemon
½ white onion, diced
1 handful of craisins
How to do it:
Cut up rocket leaves and add to a bowl. Add in onion, craisins, with oil and lemon juice and mix well. Top off with beets.
Here is Mom’s Recipe for Canning Those Beautiful Gems!
Canning allows you to enjoy these gems 6 months out. Use organic brown sugar as an option to white sugar. If you try this, let me know so I can share with Mom.
Take beets and slice into rounds.
Put into sterilized canning jars.
On the stove add 1 cup of water, 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of vinegar and cook until the sugar is dissolved.
This makes two cups of liquid or one jar of beets. You will pour this into the can with the beets.
You can add a few whole cloves to each jar which enhances the flavor, just delicious.
If you are doing ten jars, you must times the above by ten.
Once sealed you can store these gems up to 6 months.
When you open the ring on the canning jar, it has to pop when you open it. It if does not pop, don’t eat them! It means you did not seal them right.
Enjoy!
Renay Matthews
www.GreatGrubforKids.com
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