Detoxification Beauties: How To Prepare + Enjoy Beets
Health divas love beets for their detoxification support
Posted February 9th, 2011 by noelle | View Comments
Health divas love beets for their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and detoxification support. The concentration of the detoxification power in beets is high – thanks to a unique source of phytonutrients in the skin and flesh of these beauties. Don’t forget about beets as you move deeper into feel-good, look-good cleansing living.
All About Beets
Beets are part of the chenopod family, a flowering plant family, which also includes chard and spinach. Green Lemonade loves beets because of their cleansing and elimination properties. After all, you are not truly cleansing unless you are ELIMINATING the crud in your bod that is inhibiting you from reaching feel-good bliss.
Benefits of Beets
Beets are a great source of fiber (nature’s perfect scrub brush to help with your body’s housecleaning, healing and repair work). They are also rich in folate – which helps your bod develop red blood cells. Your red blood cells are cleansing and vitality superstars – constantly traveling through your body delivering oxygen and removing waste and crud from your cells.
How to Use Beets
Shave a beet and toss it onto your salads for some added crunch. These little beauties are also great in soups. Or enjoy them on their own – steamed or roasted – with a touch of feta or goat cheese.
How to Buy Beets
You want to make sure you buy a bunch of beets that are attached to a beautiful bunch of fresh (not wilted) greens. You want the round beet bulb to be firm. Both red beets and yellow beets are delicious.
How to Clean and Prepare Beets
To clean the beets, slice off the greenery. Then wash each beet to remove any dirt. Trim the ends. To prepare the beets, you may either roast or steam them.
To roast beets, place them in a tin foil pouch with a splash of water for ~1 hour in an oven at 375F degrees. When the beets are fork tender, remove them from the oven. Cool slightly and gently remove the skins.
To steam beets, place them in a steamer basket in a large pot of water. Bring the water to a boil and then let the beets simmer until for tender for ~1 hour. Cool slightly and gently remove the skins.
Enjoy!
