Easy Pickled Beets
Easy Pickled Beets
When I was a kid if I knew my mom was going to make beets (canned) for supper, I would have asked a friend, any friend, if I could eat dinner at their house. Things have changed since then. A lot of foods I hated back then, I now like and visa versa. Beets are one of them. I’ve really grown to love their earthly, winey flavor. Roasted beets are super and I favorite of ours. For best results and freshest flavor when using beets, try to purchase them at a local farmers market or at a near by farm. As with most vegetables, beets are so much better when fresh. Easy Pickled Beets will soon become a favorite of your family.


Did You Know?
Did you know that the green tops of the beets can also be eaten? Simply bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the beet greens and cook, uncovered until tender, about 2 minutes. Remove from water with a slotted spoon. Heat 2-4 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium skillet. Stir in one clove of minced garlic, 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes and turnip greens; cook and stir until fragrant, about one or two minutes.
Pickled
If you are a fan of thing pickled, you will love pickled beets. I have always like pickled foods, even as a child. Pickled eggs, pickled gizzards, pickled onions, you name I like it. Must be my German heritage:) Like I mentioned above, try to purchase fresh beets, preferably from a farm market or farm stand. To find where you can Pick Your Own beets in your area.
Serve With
Not only are beets good for you, they taste delicious too. Give this recipe a try for Orange Glazed Roasted Beets and find out how delicious beets can be. Serve grilled chicken breasts with beets for dinner and for dessert serve one of my grandmas favorite recipes. Grandma made this cake often and so do I. It’s incredibly delicious! Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Walnut Frosting. Perfect to make for picnics, potlucks and PTA meetings. This cake is super to make when visiting friends or relatives who just had a baby.

Easy Pickled Beets
Ingredients
- 8 medium beets
- 1 cup white vinegar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons whole cloves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons whole allspice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons whole peppercorns
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Remove and discard greens and all but 1/2 inch of the stems from beets.
- Cook beets in boiling water until tender; drain and cool.
- Peel and slice beets; place in a large glass bowl and set aside.
- In a small saucepan, combine vinegar, sugar, and spices. Bring mixture to a boil; boil for 5 minutes. Pour over beets. Refrigerate at least 2 hours.
- Place beets in glass jars, top off with some of the liquid, cover with tight fitting lids.
- Store in refrigerator.
Nutrition
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10 Comments on “Easy Pickled Beets”
Congratulations!
Your recipe is featured on Full Plate Thursday this week. Have a good week and enjoy your new Red Plate!
Miz Helen
Hi Miz Helen~ Thanks for stopping and for the feature:) I always enjoy picking up my Red Plate! Thanks again:)
I LOVE beets! Yum! have featured you at Back to the Basics for The Creative Home & Garden Hop. Come on over and link up your latest creation!
http://back2basichealth.blogspot.com/2013/08/creative-home-garden-hop-4.html
Hi Lynn,
Your Pickled Beets look delicious, we just canned several pints of pickles beets we just love them. Thank you so much for sharing your awesome recipe with Full Plate Thursday. Hope you are having a great weekend and come back soon!
Miz Helen
I love these roasted, but I like feta, but my very best favorite is goat cheese with roasted beets. On my list for the farmers market.
I also like feta cheese with roasted beets~ I love the farmers market…so many wonderful things to pick up:)
Hi Ann~ As I got older, I started to try veggies that I didn't like as a kid, and I found out that all the veggies I didn't like I now love:) Thanks for stopping Ann~
I love beets! My husband can't stand them, but they are one of my favorites 🙂
Good Evening Lynn, Well how strange, I posted this morning how I was waiting for my beetroot to grow and that I loved roasted beetroot and here you are saying the same….. we must be kindred spirits.
I love roasted beetroot and my husband will love the pickled beetroot. I have all the ingredients to pickle the beetroot, so when they are grown I shall be pickling half of my beetroot. Thank you for the method, as I have never pickled beetroot before. I shall enjoy this.
Best Wishes
Daphne
Hi Daphne~ I think you are right….we must be kindred spirits..today I was thinking I should go out and cut back my Lavender plants and you posted this morning about your Lavender plants surviving a rain storm:) Strange how things happen~ Thank you for stopping by today for a visit, stop back again soon:) I'm hope you enjoy the recipe for pickled beets, I love roasted beets with oil, salt, pepper, and Blue or Gorgonzola cheese. So simple but so good~ Lynn