Roasted Golden Beets with Orange and Thyme are just delightful! Sweetened with honey and orange, these golden beets are healthy so easy to make! Try the leftovers in a salad with arugula and crumbled blue cheese (or your favorite vegan cheese to keep it vegan).
Roasted Golden Beets with Orange and Thyme
Thanks, Eric! Love your herb garden.
Roasted Golden Beets with Orange and Thyme
source: Everyday Food January 2012
ingredients:
1 1/2 pounds beets
1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
1 teaspoon honey
1/4 fresh orange juice
2 teaspoons finely grated orange zest
2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
Directions:
Preheat oven to 425 F. Scrub, peel, and cut the beets into 1-inch pieces.
Place cubed beets on large piece of foil on a baking sheet. Drizzle with 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil. Mix it all up with your hands (clean hands) and season with sea salt and ground pepper.
Fold foil around the beets and crimp the ends to form a packet. Roast until tender when pierced with a knife, about 45 minutes.
Transfer beets to a large bowl and drizzle with red-wine vinegar, honey and orange juice. Top with finely grated orange zest and fresh thyme leaves. *I adjusted these ingredients to my taste.
What healthy recipes are you trying this month?
Roasted Golden Beets with Orange and Thyme
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds beets
- 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1/4 fresh orange juice
- 2 teaspoons finely grated orange zest
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 F. Scrub, peel, and cut the beets into 1-inch pieces.
- Place cubed beets on large piece of foil on a baking sheet. Drizzle with 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil. Mix it all up with your hands (clean hands) and season with sea salt and ground pepper.
- Fold foil around the beets and crimp the ends to form a packet. Roast until tender when pierced with a knife, about 45 minutes.
- Transfer beets to a large bowl and drizzle with red-wine vinegar, honey and orange juice. Top with finely grated orange zest and fresh thyme leaves. *I adjusted these ingredients to my taste.
Oh my goodness, these look and sound so yummy! I used to not be a beet eater, but I've been lovin' them the past several years. The great think about beets is that they can hide out in your fridge for awhile and not go bad 🙂 Even better, that you were able to use your neighbors thyme! Cheers to eating more veggies in 2012!
I can never find golden beets, want.
I love golden beets! It's always a hunt to find them, but once I do, I eat them all up :). Great recipe to incorporate more veggies into your diet.
wow the color of the beet is so lovely!
I used to hate beets (probably because growing up I never had them if they weren't out of a tin can). Now I love them roasted (when they come out of the garden.)
I love beets! The golden ones look so pretty too. I am trying to eat more veggies so this will be a perfect side dish one night soon!
The golden beets are an elegant color! This recipe would be a wonderful alternative to my usual preparation of roasting. Luckily the heartier herbs in my garden are still producing: thyme, sage, mint, rosemary and even the parsley.
I love the color of these beets! They are so pretty and probably dont stain your hands as bad! I havent seen any golden beets here in Israel but there is always an abundance of red beets. I will have to try this!
Oh, I LOVE beets! And since I'm the only fan in the house, I can make a whole batch just for me! Perfect with thyme…mmmmmmmm.
I LOVE BEETS, and roasted is the way to go! I shall start some seeds TODAY!
I love the golden color of these beets, so pretty! I agree we all need to eat more veggies and more healthy in the new year. Happy Happy 2012!
Anything with fresh herbs added is wonderful. These golden beets look great and you are certainly off to a great start of eating healthier this year 🙂