So you think you don’t like beets?  If you try this recipe, it just may change your opinion of them.  I love beets and could eat them on their own, but I wanted to try roasting them instead of boiling or steaming just to see what would happen.  This is my new favorite way to prepare beets now.  These were awesome!

This isn’t so much of a recipe as it is a method.  I took one bunch of (organic) beets and chopped off the greens.  Scrub them up very well, but leave the skins on.  Cut into eighths.  Place into a baking pan and add about 1/2 cup of whatever kind of juice you have on hand.  I had strawberry kiwi, so that’s what I used.  You could use apple, pomegranate, whatever.  Then drizzle with a little olive oil and sprinkle on some salt and pepper.  Cover with foil and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for about an hour.  Remove the foil and cook an additional 15 to 20 minutes until the beets are tender and the liquid has concentrated.  I topped ours with some pomegranates because I’m addicted to them, but you could eat them as they are.

I’m not kidding when I tell you how awesome these were.  But, then again, I do LOVE beets.