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How do you feel about beets? Love 'em or hate 'em?
How do you feel about beets? We suspect that beets are one of those polarizing vegetables that you either love or loathe. President Obama has gone on record as a confirmed beet-hater. Or it could be genetic. Beverly’s husband, his mother and all five of his siblings can’t bear to eat a beet.
However you feel about beets, roasting one is going to magnify your emotions. For a moment, let’s assume you are a beet lover. Roasting them concentrates the sugars, and the sweet results are sublime.
Here’s how to make two cups of roasted beets:
Our top 10 ways to use homemade pesto
If you’ve made our Classic Basil Pesto (and we surely hope you have!), you’re going to want some nifty ways to use it. First on our list would be this quick and easy Pesto Pizza with Cherry Tomatoes.
Here are our top 10 ways to use what we like to call Green Gold:
1. Stir 2 tablespoons into jarred marinara sauce. Serve over spaghetti.
2. Stir 1 tablespoon into scrambled eggs, just before serving.
3. Spread on warm focaccia and serve.
4. Spoon into mushroom caps, sprinkle with Parm and bake. Appetizer heaven!
5. Mix into fat-free cottage cheese, to taste, and serve atop sliced tomatoes.
Top 5 pantry staples for summer
Make that summer pantry work for you!
Desperation Dinners readers eat up Shrimp Pasta Salad
This salad got raves from our newspaper readers. “I loved the brightness of flavor!,” wrote Ada Winters of Raleigh, N.C.
Vegetable garden update: Beginner's growing pains
A bunch of gardening mistakes doesn't deter this rookie farmer.
Freezer is your friend for summer savings
As the heat of summer sets in, we start focusing on our freezers -- a true friends for helping reduced food costs.
Quick-drying salad spinners are super
Salad spinners make quick work of drying not only salads, but basil leaves for pesto.
Peach season peak: Plenty of reasons to get nostalgic
Visiting the North Carolina Farmer’s Market in Raleigh and seeing the mountains of peaches makes Beverly delirious.
Anyone can make a streamlined Chocolate Cherry Tart
This glorious tart got a gourmet beginning and has been streamlined a bit to fit today's hectic lifestyle.
Fresh cherries? Not the pits anymore!
An inexpensive cherry pitter will transform your relationship to fresh cherries.






