It caramelizes the sugars in the beets, giving them a sweeter and more concentrated flavor.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. roasted beets on a sheet pan - Smit/Shutterstock After decades in the doghouse, beets earned a reprieve in the mid 2010s as the ...

Even for vegetable lovers, beets can be a hard sell. Beets are one of those love-'em-or-hate-'em vegetables, with strong opinions on both sides. As beets come into their peak season from late summer ...

These beet deviled eggs are a vibrant twist on a classic appetizer. Hard-boiled eggs soak in a tangy beet brine with bay ...

You just can't "beet" it.

Beet borscht isn't considered sexy, but beets weren't considered a delicacy, either, until a few years ago. Then they started showing up in trendy salads, soups and side dishes, and in every color -- ...

Several years ago, I was talking to my then-boss's boss about what I should add to my dinner plate that night. Paula Dempsey, head research librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago, asked me ...