Roasted Beets

Name: Roasted Beets
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 medium beets, trimmed, scrubbed; 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 2 tsp honey; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper, freshly ground; 2 tsp fresh thyme, leaves only

Whole beets roasted in foil until sweet and tender, then peeled and served with a honey-balsamic drizzle and fresh herbs. A vibrant and elegant side.

70 minEasyServes 4100 cal/serving

AmericanSideOvenVegetarianVeganLow CarbGluten-FreeNut-FreeDairy-FreeEgg-FreeLow-SodiumPork-FreeCorn-Free

Cook this free in the appFree. No download, no account. The screen stays awake and each step can run its own timer.

Ingredients

6 medium beets, trimmed, scrubbed
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
2 tsp honey
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper, freshly ground
2 tsp fresh thyme, leaves only

Instructions

1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Scrub and trim 6 trimmed, scrubbed medium beets, leaving 1 inch of stem.
2

Wrap each beet in foil with a drizzle of 2 tbsp olive oil. Place on a baking sheet.
3

Roast 45-60 minutes until a knife slides in easily.
4

Let cool in foil, then rub off skins with a paper towel.
5

Slice or quarter beets and arrange on a serving platter.
6

Whisk 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar with 2 tsp honey and drizzle over beets. Season with 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper. Scatter 2 tsp leaves only fresh thyme on top.

Cook this free in the appCooking it now? The app keeps the screen awake and times each step. Free, nothing to install.

Keep this recipe

Prints the ingredients and method only.

The American Kitchen 30 recipes from this kitchen in one printable PDF. $5, no account.

Questions

How much time should I plan for Roasted Beets?

As written, 70 minutes: 10 of prep and 60 of cooking. The longest single stretch is step 3 (1 hour): "Roast 45-60 minutes until a knife slides in easily."

What temperature do I cook Roasted Beets at?

For Roasted Beets, the oven is set to 400 F (about 205 C) in step 1. The longest stretch at that heat is 1 hour, in step 3.

Is Roasted Beets low-carb?

A serving of Roasted Beets carries 7 g of carbohydrate. Against a strict 20 g keto day that is 35 percent of the budget; against a moderate 100 g low-carb day it is 7 percent.

How many calories are in Roasted Beets?

One serving (the recipe makes 4) is about 100 calories, with 0 g protein, 7 g carbohydrate and 7 g fat, plus 288 mg sodium. The figures are estimates computed from the ingredient list.

How long does Roasted Beets keep?

Refrigerate what is left of Roasted Beets within two hours and eat it within three days. Reheat covered in a 300 F oven until warmed through.

Serve it with

American Chop Suey main
Paleo Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes main
Samak Harra main

Cook this free in the app

Textual Chef is 4,544 plain-text recipes, free to read and free to cook from. No account, no paywall, no ads, no life stories. Open this one in the app and each quantity sits inside the step that uses it, so you read once and cook.

Every recipe is curated or public-domain sourced, written to one template and checked before it publishes. Nothing here is a scraped blog post.

Cook this free in the appNo download needed. It opens in your browser. The kitchen tools (planner, shopping list, pantry, import) are $5.33 a month billed annually; the first 30 days are free.