Roasted-Beet Salad With Horseradish Crème Fraîche and Pistachios

Sweet roasted beets, paired with the heat of horseradish = a winning combo.

Squash and Apple Soup with Beet and Bacon

A basic blended delicata squash and apple soup was already a great fall meal, but I couldn't help but add in some roasted and chopped beets, which add a pop of color and some much needed sweetness.

Scooped: Roasted Beet and Dark Chocolate Ice Cream

Beets may sound like an unlikely candidate for an ice cream, but they share chocolate's earthy, fruity sweetness, enhanced all the more so by roasting them first. Mixing beets with chocolate and churning them into ice cream dampens their funky qualities; this ice cream tastes more of marshmallow than vegetable, with only the subtle aftertaste of chocolate.

Roasted Beets With Citrus, Feta and Walnuts

Roasted beets pair beautifully with citrus, feta, and walnuts in this refreshing winter salad.

Vegetarian Borscht

Borscht almost always features beets and typically has meat in it, but this vegetarian version is light, hearty, and far greater than the sum of its parts.

Lentils with Roasted Beets Recipe | Cook the Book

Beets and lentils are great friends. This week I decided to branch out from my usual beet salad and try this dish of Lentils with Roasted Beets from Canal House Cooking Volume No. 6 by Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton, mostly because I had all of the ingredients on hand. What I was expecting was a hearty side that incorporated the sweet earthiness of beets with meaty little lentils; what I got was so much more.

Roasted-Beet Sandwiches With Ginger, Fennel, and Goat Cheese

Beets may not be a common sandwich filling, but they add everything a good sandwich needs: a tender, juicy bite, and plenty of flavor. Here, their sweetness is balanced with fresh ginger, raw scallions, and a fennel salad dressed with a dash of mustard.

Roasted-Beet and Citrus Salad With Ricotta and Pistachio Vinaigrette

There's a reason beets and citrus are a staple of winter salads: They go insanely well together. But within those constraints, there's pretty much no end to the combinations of salads you can make. This salad is made with roasted beets, grapefruit and oranges, fresh ricotta, and a pistachio vinaigrette.

Roasted Butternut Squash, Kale, and Lemon Soup

I have something of an aversion to blended soups, mostly because the homogeneous texture gets boring after a while. Instead, I love brothy soups—ones with all kinds of things floating in the bowl for me to scoop out. But who says you can't add things into a blended soup to get the best of both worlds?

Roasted Beets With Balsamic Glaze

Roasted beets tossed with a maple-balsamic glaze are perfect for snacking or tossing over salads.