[My4Sunshines]

This is the first (and maybe the last ) time we have grown beetroot, now what do I do with it?????

I would just buy it in the tin however dh wanted to grow it!!

The easier the better for me

[lamarque]

Bake it - like a potato. Little bit of olive oil is all that is needed.

[whoisme]

Well I think from memory my Mum would boil them (and have vinegar in the water?)...

Love homegrown beetroot.

[Escapin]

Give them a scrub to get the dirt off, then roast at 180 with some olive oil, balsamic, salt and pepper until a skewer goes in easily. Depending how big they are, this could take anywhere from 30 mins to more than an hour.

Then peel by hand (wearing washing up gloves unless you like purple hands...) Eat hot or cold in salad, with roasts, whatever you like. Yummy!!

[ssorrrento]

Leave it in its skin and boil it until firm but tender. You can then slide the skin off with your fingers when cooled.
Peel it and roast it with other root veg.

Peel it and bake in a chocolate and beetroot cake.

Peel it and grate raw into salads.

Enjoy! Ours is ready now and I'm loving it.

[suline]

Yummy!, they are really good roasted like potato and served with sour cream.

[Guest_Maybelle_*]

Roasted! Mmmmmm

I do a warm salad with cous cous or quinoa, brown lentils (tinned are grand), coriander, mint, a dash or soy sauce and a dash of olive oil, and roasted sweet potato, beetroot, yellow squash, and zucchini. So delicious!

[blackcat20]

Leave it in its skin and boil it until firm but tender. You can then slide the skin off with your fingers when cooled.

Peel, slice into wedges, then bottle with a pickling vinegar. There is a good recipe on the Jellywares blog that I've used a few times.

[*LucyE*]

We roast them, pickle them or use them raw in salads. I roast the baby ones, pickle the big ones and use the medium sized ones raw in salads.

Heirloom varieties are great and the kids get a kick out of the pretty patterns.

[Ehill]

My mum grows them and she cooks them by putting in a roasting dish with about a cm of water, cover with foil and put in the oven for about 30 minutes or until tender. Then just peel like other posters said.

Yum yum yum, fresh beetroot is divine. That awesome earthy flavour in a yummy salad or as a side vege with any dish.