Red beets- energizing?

[shootingstar]

Every time I have a dish with red beets, I seem to feel energized. Or maybe it's the ginger root that's been grated abit into the beets... we do that when we have beet soup or roasted beets.

Maybe it's the natural sugar content or what? But I don't get a sugar crash.

[tulip]

When I lived in the Washington, DC area, I enjoyed a certain Indian restaurant that served amazing beet-juice smoothie things. Yeah, it always made me feel really good. I haven't found anything like that in these parts.

[Kalidurga]

I don't know about energy, but I've become addicted to having beets in the salads I get from Chop't. Considering that beets are one of those foods I was convinced my mom was trying to poison me with as a kid, that's quite a step.

[WindingRoad]

There is a LOT of iron in red beets. You may have slightly low iron in your blood. I get uber sluggish when my iron levels drop too low and can tell a drammatic increase in energy after taking supplements. Maybe I should just eat more beets

[Grog]

Beets make me happy, period. The colour. And the iron, I guess. But the colour. And the taste. Happy.

[msincredible]

Yum, beets.

I remember one Thanksgiving I was all excited that there were beets being served, only to be incredibly disappointed when I bit into one and discovered it was sliced canned cranberry sauce.

[Jones]

Yum, beets.

I remember one Thanksgiving I was all excited that there were beets being served, only to be incredibly disappointed when I bit into one and discovered it was sliced canned cranberry sauce.

This made me laugh

[crazycanuck]

Are beets the same thing as beetroot?

I still giggle at beetroot on hamburgers...Where's the ASB bank commercial when ya need it.

[skinimini]

Considering that beets are one of those foods I was convinced my mom was trying to poison me with as a kid, that's quite a step.

Me too! Only my aunt tried to do that. I have a real mental block to beets. When I was 38 weeks pregnant with my son 22 years ago, my husband and I stayed with her for a week waiting for the closing on our house. She served beets every single night and being the polite southern girl, I made myself eat those things. They are the only vegetable that I really have a hard time eating. I won't touch canned cranberry sauce either. However, there is this fabulous veg restaurant near me that grates them raw on salads. Really pretty, and I have to say the beets are OK served in this way.

[shootingstar]

Me too! Only my aunt tried to do that. I have a real mental block to beets. When I was 38 weeks pregnant with my son 22 years ago, my husband and I stayed with her for a week waiting for the closing on our house. She served beets every single night and being the polite southern girl, I made myself eat those things. They are the only vegetable that I really have a hard time eating. I won't touch canned cranberry sauce either. However, there is this fabulous veg restaurant near me that grates them raw on salads. Really pretty, and I have to say the beets are OK served in this way.

I had same sort of relationship with kohl rabi..a green looking beet. Totally different. It was one of the few hard vegetables that could grow in our childhood garden that could survive...with my parents being lazy gardeners but wanting to feed their large family cheaply somehow. I didn't eat the stuff again until a few yrs. ago when my partner prepared the sliced beets in a different way.

Red beets are relatively new to me as something to eat at home in the last few years. If I see a dish that looks worthwhile on restaurant menu, I will order it.

I just am not comfortable to do the cleanup, preparation of beets at home. My partner does the beet dishes. Honest, I'm concerned I'll easily get the beet stain in areas that I won't be able to remove easily.

My partner also feels energized when he eats beets. It must be the iron.

[OakLeaf]

Okay, is this the thread where it's finally appropriate to talk about beeturia?

I experienced it twice this winter, both times immediately after long runs. Really freaked me out - I thought it was blood in my urine! The second time, I put two and two together with the beets I'd eaten. My urine was normal color at all times except for immediately after the long run. Looked it up on the Internets, didn't find anything directly on point, figured my kidneys just function differently on a long run.

[ny biker]

Okay, is this the thread where it's finally appropriate to talk about beeturia?

I experienced it twice this winter, both times immediately after long runs. Really freaked me out - I thought it was blood in my urine! The second time, I put two and two together with the beets I'd eaten. My urine was normal color at all times except for immediately after the long run. Looked it up on the Internets, didn't find anything directly on point, figured my kidneys just function differently on a long run.

I don't eat beets. I vaguely recall not liking them as a kid. But I have read that after eating them, you may be alarmed by what looks like blood in your stool. I hadn't heard about the urine thing, though.

[Kalidurga]

Oh, and I just remembered... Another place where I'll always eat the beets is a Mediterranean restaurant I go to that serves pickled beets as a garnish with appetizers. They're terrific pickled.

[7rider]

mmmmmmm....beets.

There's something I haven't had in a while (wait....I think I have a jar of them in the pantry!).

My mother used to make wonderful borscht (beet soup). We'd put sour cream in it and it was always a riot to be eating "pink soup" - but wow! Was it good.

[Kalidurga]

Oh yeah, I forgot borscht, too! Guess I like beets more than I thought I did...