I love to eat beets, but I don't grow them. I harvest beets from my parents' garden. If you have ever had to slice or dice a beet, then you know they can leave a nice purplish stain on your hands. This week, my nieces are staying at my house and I had a few beets. My nieces stay with me for a week each summer. As a good Auntie does, I try to do some fun activities and make special treats. Last summer, when they came, we made ice cream. This summer one of my nieces is a

Although beets come in different varieties and can be striped like a peppermint, typically when someone mentions beets, you see a picture of a purple root vegetable in your mind. If you have ever handled beets, you are aware of the purple stain that gets on your hands or even on your clothes if you're not careful. This purple color also escapes into water if you boil beets. Typically if you are boiling an item, once it has reach it's desired state, you toss the water. I a

Roasted beets, candied beets, pickled beets are just a few of the ways we like to prepare beets.  Although we love to eat beets, we do not grow them.  My parents grow beets every year and they grow way more than they will ever eat, so we share the harvest. Our boys enjoy harvesting in their grandparents' garden.  Below, is a video of them harvesting beets during Labor Day weekend.  Besides hearing my dad talk to me in the background of the video, can you also spot him? We can