13 beet recipes to add color to your meals

These 13 beet recipes offer different ways to add this colorful vegetable to your menu. Beets are in season, and this is the best time to add them to your meal plan to get the best out of their earthy flavor.

Roasted Pumpkin and Beetroot Salad

A bowl of beetroot salad. — Image Credit: Maple and Mango

Looking for a simple yet impressive fall (or winter) salad recipe? This roasted pumpkin and beetroot salad is sure to hit the spot. A hearty salad with roast pumpkin and beetroot, salty feta, crunchy pine nuts, and peppery arugula. Get the recipe: Roasted Pumpkin and Beetroot Salad

Roasted Beet Salad With Goat Cheese

A plate of roasted beet salad. — Image Credit: Quiche My Grits

This roasted beet salad with goat cheese is like a flavour party on a plate. You’ll love these oven-roasted beets and goat cheese tossed with crunchy pistachios and a homemade honey-dijon vinaigrette. Get the recipe: Roasted Beet Salad With Goat Cheese

Beet Smoothie

Adding beets to a smoothie is a great way to increase your fiber intake while benefiting from their natural antioxidants and nutrients. Try blending them with your favorite fruits for a colorful and health-promoting smoothie. Get the recipe: Beet Smoothie

Roasted Beets

This roasted beet recipe will have you successfully roasting beets for use as an ingredient, side dish, or salad. Make this nutritious and versatile dish in advance and even freeze for later. Get the recipe: Roasted Beets

Chocolate and Beetroot Cupcakes

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These chocolate and beetroot cupcakes are a quick dessert option, with vibrant beetroot blended into cocoa powder, Greek yogurt, and olive oil for extra moisture. Topped with a high-protein, cream cheese-style white chocolate frosting. Get the recipe: Chocolate & Beetroot Cupcakes

10-Minute Cold Beet Soup

Cold beet soup is a summer lifesaver when it’s hot out and the kitchen is the last place you want to be. This refreshing cold borscht comes together in 10 minutes and hits the spot on warm, lazy afternoons or the first sunny days of spring. Get the recipe: 10-Minute Cold Beet Soup

Orange Ginger Beetroot Broccoli Salad

Broccoli beet salad gets a fresh twist with a zesty orange ginger vinaigrette and comes together in under 30 minutes. Great for summer get-togethers or as a colorful holiday side. Get the recipe: Orange Ginger Beetroot Broccoli Salad

Healthy Beet Berry Smoothie Bowl

This beet berry smoothie bowl is bright, refreshing, and secretly packed with good stuff. It’s quick, vegan, gluten-free, and honestly kind of addictive. Get the recipe: Healthy Beet Berry Smoothie Bowl

Roasted Beet Hummus

This roasted beet hummus always comes out bright and creamy. It’s slightly sweet, goes with pretty much everything, and somehow disappears first every time. Get the recipe: Roasted Beet Hummus

Feta Beet Salad

Beet salad with crumbled feta, pistachios and fresh herbs on a plate with serving spoon. — Image Credit: Running to the Kitchen

This beet salad with feta cheese is a truly delicious and impressive dish using simple ingredients. Cooked beets, crumbled feta and pistachios come together with fresh herbs and a lemon olive oil dressing to enjoy as a side salad or light summer meal. Get the recipe: Feta Beet Salad

Raspberry Beet and Cereal Smoothie Bowl

Sweet berries and red beets turn this cereal smoothie bowl into a colorful, fiber-filled upgrade. With milk and yogurt in the mix, it’s got all the protein you need with no powders required. Get the recipe: Raspberry Beet and Cereal Smoothie Bowl

Greek Yogurt Beet Smoothie

This creamy beet smoothie blends banana, berries, spinach, and yogurt for a sneaky way to get more veggies in. Don’t worry, it doesn’t taste too beet-y, thanks to all that fruity sweetness. Get the recipe: Greek Yogurt Beet Smoothie

Carrot Beet Juice

Carrot beet juice gets a bunch of nutrients in one colorful glass. It’s bright, fresh, and hits just right when you need a boost. Get the recipe: Carrot Beet Juice