Roasted Beet Hearts for Valentine's Day

It's Valentine's Day and what could be more appropriate for the health conscious eater than making a recipe using red beautiful beets for the occasion.

If you adore beets, but hate the mess, then you are in for a treat. This is the easiest beet making recipe in the world and the tastiest way to eat them. It's so simple that you won't even have to peel them before cooking: Stay with me and trust me on this one!

As much as I love beets, I didn't make them for years because of the mess.. Now I make these heath giving, iron rich, sweet delicacies whenever I find a great looking bunch in the stores. I buy organic and because they are very easy to find in most markets, and the price is not much different than the regular beet prices. ( but the organic are so much better) and most organic brands say, " GMO Free"

Ingredients needed:

1 bunch of organic beets

Instructions:

Beets are often sold with the greens attached.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

Cut the beet from the greens ( very easy)

Wash the unpeeled and uncut beets well

Place them whole on a parchment paper covered cookie sheet, and roast at 425 degrees for about 45 minutes or until they are soft in the center ( amount of cooking time will depend on the size of your beets).

Remove from the oven and allow them to cool.

Take a knife and cut in half lenghtwise to make the heart effect - looks great doesn't it!

To eat them, just use the back of a spoon or knife to easily remove the skin ( wear rubber gloves or not) and cut the beets up..

My FAVORITE way of eating them is to toss with 1/4 cup of diced fresh mint..

Beets and Mint yum

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Power Up Your Diet ! Beets are an excellent source of immune building antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals, including iron. In addition, they are very

low in calories ( about 45 calories a cup)

high in fiber

have zero cholesterol

almost no fat

provide cardiovascular benefits

rich in potassium

Potassium is known to help lower heart rate and balance the metabolism within the cells by opposing the negative effects of sodium.

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cut beets from the greens and then trim off stemsFresh MintRoast whole in oven at 425 degrees for about 45 minutes - 1 hourRemove from oven, cool, and slice lengthwise to make hearts