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Beets. The very word conjures childhood memories of sitting at the table, staring at one's plate, and glaring at the maligned--and uneaten--vegetable.

This is one of my favorite beet recipes because it has just two ingredients, and lets the natural sugars from the beets shine through.

The seasonal work of a vegetable gardener includes the tasks that come after vegetables have been pulled from the ground, including pickling and preserving beets.

Organic gardeners grow beets in the ground and the container garden for the roots and salad greens. Gardeners can fertilize and control beet pests without chemicals.

Beets are gaining in popularity with all the new varieties and trendy recipes. They are now even eaten raw, and their super nutritional greens are getting more attention.

He risked his life during the Boer War, served Canada in the First World War and lived in Canada for most of his life. Still, his name is not on the 'official' VC list.

Beta vulgaris is the botanical name for beets which are high in Vitamins A and C and rich in folate and fiber. Grow this variety for the beetroots or the greens.

A recipe and instructions for making a simplified, but still delicious, version of Russian beet soup. This borsht can be made with or without meat.

Make this easy and quick Polish borscht using healthful winter vegetables: beet roots, potatoes, carrots, and onions.

This recipe incorporates sweet oven-roasted beets with orange segments and fresh basil for quick salad. Fresh orange juice gives the dressing a light, sweet flavor.

Vegetable dyed Easter eggs are made using natural ingredients like onion peels and red beets to create beautiful red Easter eggs without food coloring.

Sugar beets provided a portion of Canada's need for sugar, and have been tantalizing the country's tastebuds since the 19th Century. The industry is still strong today.

Root vegetable found to lower cholesterol and blood pressure. Beets also protect against birth defects, cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's, osteoporosis and cancer.

Former FUNimation executives form Texas-based Illumitoon, an anime licensing company. Illumitoon Entertainment Ltd. will release Beet the Vandel Buster.

Belly-warming soups and stews are great for cold weather. They also stretch your food dollar!

Betanin is a food pigment found in red beets and beet root powder. When used properly, beets can serve as a natural organic food coloring, giving foods a magenta hue.

Beautiful, bright red beetroot is too seldom roasted. Here it's combined with roasted garlic, salty feta and juicy kale, and can be served cold or at room temperature.

Roasted beets, pickled shallots, toasted walnuts and feta cheese make a hearty vegetarian salad that is substantial enough to be served as a main course.

Quick and easy these roasted root vegetables are an impressive addition to your cooking repertoire. Intensely flavoured and coloured this is a new way to eat beets.

Warming soups are great in winter, but they might be welcome any time mind or body is stressed. Here are three comforting soups to make in a flash and eat with gusto.

Decide what you want to grow in your garden and learn how to plant them.

This flexible, simple variation on traditional borscht makes a delicious fall or winter meal. It can be made with beef or vegetarian.

Gardeners do not have to sacrifice colorful landscapes to stretch their family's food budget. These edible vegetable plants all have brightly colored foliage.

The humble potato has been taken for granted for centuries, but few people can ignore it when it is prepared in a tasty salad. Here are four variations of a classic.

Here is your chance to be part of the voting on the finalists of the cheese recipes for gourmet French Cheese-maker Ile de France.

This modified red velvet cake recipe uses beet powder as a substitute for food coloring and achieves the same red color typically obtained from large doses of food dye.

Flavor pairing is the key to free-style cooking. Knowing what works together takes experimentation...and guts. We've done the hard part for you. Now go for it!

Louise Erdrich is the author of twelve novels, including the award-winning 1984 novel Love Medicine.

Review of the Chick Lit novel, A Girl's Best Friend, a witty and lighthearted, romantic comedy that is written by British author Elizabeth Young.

Swiss Chard is not native to Switzerland, but was given that name to honor the homeland of Swiss botanist Koch, who classified its scientific name.

U&I Sugar was essentially founded by Mormon pioneers in Utah and Idaho; the industry expanded to six states and sold to 24 states

Most red velvet cake recipes are loaded with fat. This recipe for red velvet cake gets its moistness from a surprising source: beets!

Once regarded as a household luxury, we take it for granted as a major part of our daily diet. If we had no sugar on our plates, would we survive?

Valentine's Day or any day you feel like digging into this gorgeously dark-hued cake is a good day. Made moist and nutritious with the use of cooked beets!

Syrup seductively slurps down our throats, coating our mouths with a viscous, sugary blanket of slinky sweet goodness that we crave on our pancakes and in our drinks.

A recent study has suggested that high nitrate foods may relax blood vessel walls and lower blood pressure.

Picked too early or too late, desert garden vegetables won't be as tasty, may be fibrous or woody or taste too strong, dry or become damaged by weather

A versatile vegetable, plentiful at a time of year when greens are scarce. Enjoy in pasta bakes or with lightly poached eggs.

July might seem a little early to plan a fall garden, but the timing is just about right.

Prebiotics and probiotic bacterias are essential to the digestive and immune systems of dogs and cats. Here we'll look at what they are, and how they work.

Check local farm markets for unusual varieties of vegetables that are packed with health benefits. Try these simple recipes and serving suggestions fall-fresh veggies.

Plant a dozen of these cool-season crops and enjoy vegetables from your organic garden before the farmer's markets even open.

Borscht is a Russian soup recipe that's very traditional. This version of Borscht was adapted by the fresh ingredients in the refrigerator. "Twisted Borscht" was born.

We Used to Only be Able to enjoy this Unusual and Flavorful Soup in the Late Fall, when Pomegranates Appeared in the Stores. Today, it Can be Made Almost any Time of Year

Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto has come out with his first cookbook and this spicy lobster recipe is one of his signature dishes.

Because some types of sugar are refined using animal products, some vegans consider sugar not to be vegan. Some types and brands of sugar are considered vegan, though.

Research has shown that there's a "dirty dozen" of highly contaminated vegetables that are best avoided, but what can you substitute that maintains nutritional values?

The latest research suggests we should spare the knife and save the carrot if we want to benefit from everything this root vegetable has to offer.

Right-wing critics of US President Barack Obama are in a frenzy. The president, it seems, doesn't like ketchup. But he does like Dijon mustard. Which is not American.

Simple, economical, nutritious and tasty: what more could you ask for?