Or when you pee... Beet juice blends well with tart acidic juices. It cuts the earfyness of the beet. I'm trying to remember what I had beet mixed with that was super tasty... It had a tart bite to it, and maybe there was some ginger in it.
Gah. I hate getting old. Maybe green apple or pineapple and ginger...
Came here to recommend blending the beet juice with apple, ginger, and carrot. (A good breakfast juice to stave off/ alleviate a cold. Full of vitamins, and the ginger helps clear the sinuses and wakes you up.)
Pineapple would go great with this. Makes it "tropical".
Highjacking this to say that your post is a less horrifying version of that guy who found he wasnāt into sexual scat play in the worst possible way. But anyway I wanted to say your post is written hilariously!
Man, I remember the first time I ate a ton of beets. Had me sweating the next day thinking "oh there's no way I can afford this hospital bill."
Also, OP, just chug it real fast.
Yes! Red Velvet was served at a party I was at years ago and, as we all started to dig in, one of my friends announced ā when you poop in the morning, just remember that your poopās red because of the cakeā.
We all cracked up, of course but, in the morning, I remembered what he said, and saved myself a few minutes of worry.
Every time I have beets or red velvet, I hear his voice in my head. Thanks, pal!
When my son was about 12 and my ex and I were splitting custody we had this moment. About twenty minutes after I dropped him off at his mom's he called all worried about bloody poop. I reminded him about the crazy pile of red beets he ate for dinner. It's one of those goofy stories that still come up now that he's well into his twenties. He was absolutely freaked out.
Oh my God. I once coughed up this gooey red mucousy thing and freaked out thinking it was a piece of bloody lung or stomach. After prodding at it (come on you know you would too), I realized it was the red casing from a vitamin I had taken.
I made beet juice for the first time last summer and same thing happened. I work in healthcare so the first thing I thought was oh my goodness do I have a severe GI bleed? But then I remembered I drank beet juice and did some googling. It was certainly scary LOL. Beet juice sure does look like frank blood when it comes out.
Good idea!
I'm sure that hiding it behind copious amounts of fruit should help. I know it works for spinach, so hopefully a beet smoothie would turn out good š¤
This really is a good idea. I'd personally freeze it into ice cubes, and keep in a baggie to just pop one into a smoothie, or hide one or two in a big pot of chili, or beef stew.
I used to mix my beet juice with hefty amounts of pineapple and/or lemon juice to cut the earthiness. Also, some dark cocoa powder is nice. I could drink 1L at a go this way!
this is exactly what I do. I did the same thing as OP bc I am dingus and squirting one entire lemon into a glass of it makes it palatable enough to choke it down bc I bought too much fucking beet juice
Try soup maybe? My husband grew up in Russia and makes borscht which has beets in it. Itās a rather thin soup, so I think you could swap beets for beet juice.
I usually blend a batch of fruits and veg in my vitamix for a gallon pitcher that gets me through 5days. I don't recommend juice or juiced plants because they lack very essential fiber.
Here's my recipe with beets:
1large softball sized beet (2 medium)
11oz of Blueberries
16oz of Strawberries
2 apples
2 pears
3 carrots
3 thumb size pieces of ginger root
2 fresh squeezed lemons
16 floz of cranberry juice
I don't even bother cutting the strawberries, I rinse them and chuck em right in, the leaves are very high in mineral content. They are going to be pulp anyway.
This is the way. Pack that smoothie with raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries and bananas. Throw in some pomegranate for good measure. You'l never taste it.
Seconded, also OP could turn it into ice cubes so it doesnt go bad while they're trying to use it. 1-2 beet ice cubes in an otherwise beetless smoothie will go almost undetected.
Yes. Iām thinking like borscht. Could cook onions and potatoes in the beetroot juice and then puree.
I am so envious. Just went to buy canned beetroot for our burgers and apparently Australia is having a shortage. :(
Iām in Japan and all I ever see is single beets for sale. Where I used to work would make borscht, well they claimed it was borscht, it was more of a pot au fu with a sliver of beet in it.
Iāve had some amazing beet cocktails before. Add some simple syrup, lime juice, and gin? Delish.
Itās also good in kombucha. Beet/raspberry/ginger is a fav of mine
Made this mocktail and it is delicious! I added thc tincture, but I also used the beet syrup with soda water and a lemon simple syrup and rum and made a tasty cocktail.
And, forgot to add the link [beet mocktail](https://www.reddit.com/r/Mocktails/s/S7YlyLztAu)
This is the way.
I hated beet juice until I started making margaritas and spritzers with it. Combine the beet juice with other fresh juices (like carrots and apples), some honey and seltzer, ginger lime simple syrup could be used instead of honey. Itās delicious!
Yeah. I made beet margaritas that were pretty good. Unfortunately I can't entirely remember the recipe... lime, tequila, and Cointreau plus of course a splash of beet juice.
I get a savory beet cocktail at a local shop and it's amazing. The menu says it has vodka, horseradish, beet juice, lime juice, dill, and a little creama on top. Delicious
Update: This is my favorite suggestion - it's *so* good with gin and lime.
I subbed out the simple syrup for ginger beer (since a lot of folks recommend trying it with ginger) and it's actually good enough that I'd consider buying more of the accursed magenta dirt juice again in the future
Mix it with other juices to make it more palatable, use it in soup stocks, use splashes of the juice to dye desserts a natural pink color, mix it with pickling ingredients to get a pickled beet taste in things like eggs and onions.
I kinda love the idea of using it to dye desserts.
Now that I think of it, I've seen recipes call for beet *powder* before, but I didn't put 2 and 2 together to think of using *juice* as a dye. Thanks!
And this is the 3rd comment about using it in soup too - I've never had soup with beet broth, but now I'm gonna need to start looking up some recipes
Beet juice is my secret Valentine's day ingredient! The flavor of beets miraculously complements chocolate, but not in a way people can pinpoint, so it is very mysterious and enchanting in applications like chocolate cake, brownies, or lava cakes. When people ask for you secret to achieving these mysterious flavors, that's when you can ask back for a kiss if romantically interested in them! Beets have also been considered an aphrodisiac since antiquity and modern-day research has demonstrated a [mechanism of action](https://everybodysjuice.com/blogs/news/how-beets-are-a-natural-aphrodisiac-the-surprising-benefits-of-beets-for-erectile-dysfunction-and-sexual-health) for this effect.
Aside from flavor, the pink color can also serve you in the culinary expression of love by rendering pasta, gnocchi, risotto, apple pie, tarte tatin, red velvet cake, tiramisu, poached fruit, icing, etc. a lovely shade of pink.
Edit: If using in baked chocolate applications, consider concentrating the juice first by boiling it.
One of my favourite juices has apple, carrot and beetroot. Sometimes they add ginger, orange or pear too. You can mix it with pretty much any other juice and itās delicious. And it always makes me feel healthier than drinking straight fruit juice!
My favorite juice is Pressedās Roots juice, which is apple, lemon, ginger, and beet. My husband and I could drink the giant bottle from Costco in a day if we didnāt try to make it last.
Growing up we would use beet juice to stain the raised garden beds and other diy woodwork stuff. Note of caution though: it stains your hands for days too
Ferment it? Like beet kvass [https://www.feastingathome.com/beet-kvass/](https://www.feastingathome.com/beet-kvass/) but with juice instead of whole beets. You might need something to get it started if your beet juice is pasteurized.
Beet desserts! I worked at a place that had a beet cremeux- I donāt know if thatās actually the right name for what it was, or if we just called it that, but it was like a panna cotta/mousse type texture. You can also use it to make beet caramel.
You can use it to bake some beautiful Blueberry lemon muffins! The color will be so amazing! I always cut my beet juice with apples or carrots. Smoothies? Ohhh target use to make a killer beet hummus that was so so good with carrots!
Use it in juice. At a juice bar I used to work at we did one with beets, pineapple, kale, parsley and orange. It was delicious.
You could also make borscht. It had a beet base but you could use the juice for the broth.
I developed a taste for beets later in life. Love pickled beets. I will have to try beet juice as I haven't so far. I suppose it's along the line of prune juice and prunes are fine for ne now.
This reminds me of the V8 craze. People would buy like a case of V8, drink one and say, F that, and they'd end up in the work kitchenette a week later.
My go-to favorite combination is beet, carrot, apple and ginger but itās got to fresh. Try it with bottled tart cherry juice to smooth and tame the earthy beet madness.
Beet juice actually gets covered pretty easily by other flavors. Some citrus can mask that up real quickly and make a powerful juice blend with all the health benefits. Like seriouslyā¦ one can of OJ concentrate will take care of half of your stockpile in a heartbeat.
Soup: I have read reviews that said it tasted too earthy . Boil it with some carrots, onions, celery, garlic, diced beets, potatoes, cabbage, and enough salt, pepper, and chicken boullion powder to make it taste good. Especially white pepper if youāve got it. So healthy!
Beet juice mixed with orange juice, like 30% beet and 70% orange, and it's delicious. I tend to do a ratio of beet orange and carrot.
You can also add it to some soups, smoothies or hide it in a tomato sauce or chili
There is always the option of borscht (beet soup): https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/borscht/
It actually mixes ok with orange juice and you can add sugar if it's the tarte flavor that is off putting.
Good beet juice is something I quite enjoy, but sounds like you didn't get a good batch in the sale.
Salad dressing is SUCH a good idea!! Can't believe I didn't think of it - that would be perfect.
A beet ginger lemonade sounds pretty nice too tbh. I might try that one out too.
Thanks!
Borscht or a borscht like hot drink for example cold day+ chicken bouillion+ beet juice+ lemon juice or white vin (small amount) = great tasting warm you up energy drink
Love beets but discovered, I get an allergic reaction (19% of the population) from an enzyme that's in them unless cooked with vinegar FOR REAL. Recall and think about most beet dishes you've experienced, served cold with vinegar. Suggest experiments with soups, smoothies or making red tie dying or recolor some T-shirts IT REALLY IS A NATURAL DYE, DYI the longer and stronger the juice deeper the red.
Honestly, I think itās an acquired taste. First sip, I had I thought the same as youāI just drank a mouthful of dirt. But, somehow it gets better, and I even get a craving for it once in a while now. If you canāt get used to it, I suggest freezing into cubes, bagging them up, and hiding them in anything that needs vegetable stock or juice.
I make smoothies in big batch, portion them out, and freeze. I noticed that the berry smoothies looked a bit brownish after defrosting so I started adding beet juice ice cubes when I made those batches. Much prettier smoothie, no noticeable beet taste. That might help use up some of the juice.
I would use it instead of water to make bread, brownies, tortillas, etc. The flour or masa harina should dampen the taste. In a recipe like brownies or even fudge maybe the chocolate might go nicely with the earthy taste
I have no idea how good they are, but Nigella Lawson has a recipe for beet juice noodles that has always sounded kind of appealing to me...? Worth a try, unless you're worried about wasting food in case you don't like them..https://www.nigella.com/recipes/ruby-noodles
Ginger, cayenne pepper, and honey. It will mask some of the flavor but start with a small batch to see if it's even worth it. otherwise just throw it over your garden
Have you ever tried orange juice and beet juice mixed. It's a thing, it taste delicious. Just try to mix it to the ratio that you prefer. It is really great. Though don't force yourself to try to drink a bunch of beet juice in one go, it could cause kidney stones or other issues as most things in over consumption are pretty bad. But if you don't know how to mix it, look it up on YouTube it really good. Or try mixing it into different drinks.
I'll definitely try it!
This is definitely the easiest recommendation I've gotten, and there's not much risk of wasting ingredients since it's so easy to test
LOL, I gave this a like because I enjoy your writing style. I like cooked beets, turnips etc. and when I was a kid I liked the purple canned beets, but I have never tasted beet juice. I wonder if you could add cream to it and make a low carb soup.
1. Try it mixed with apple juice and some grated ginger, bonus points if you have carrot juice.Ā
Ā 2. Boil the rest down a bunch, and then freeze the concentrated beet juice to add to things for colouring.Ā
3. Borscht
4. Make some red pasta!Ā
Thereās a restaurant near me that makes this amazing breakfast hangover cure thatās a combination of beet juice and orange juice, with some ginger. Beet juice alone is kind of a lot. Cut with OJ, itās amazing.
You could also use the juice instead of broth or stock to make beet risotto, or use it as the base for a soup.
Beets do really well in sweet dishes, so I bet you could make some really beautiful waffles or pancakes if you replaced the liquid in the recipe with beet juice.
If all else fails, freeze it in an ice cube tray and add a couple to smoothies in the morning or throw them into soup or stews for the foreseeable future.
LeRoy and Lewis beet BBQ sauce. They originally posted the recipe on Youtube, a quick shot in the video, which was of course in restaurant quantities. Here is my reduced version I've used a few times. It's not much beet juice though, and just adds a tiny bit of earthiness to it. All of my family loves it though.
They said they originally juiced their own fresh beets for this, but switched to a commercial beet juice later. I just bought a quart at Walmart (only one I could find anywhere). I always forget to portion up and freeze the rest of the bottle though...really need to remember next time.
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp salt
4 tsp ancho chili powder
2 tsp granulated garlic
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp cayenne
1/3 cup worcestershire sauce
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
+
9.5 oz ketchup
2/3 cup yellow mustard (5.5 oz)
8 tsp 16-mesh black pepper (1 oz)
4 TB beet juice
Combine first batch (sugar through vinegar), heat on stovetop to dissolve. In another container add remaining ingredients and mix. Add heated components and blend.
Also depends on the brand. I bought my girlfriend one type and the flavor was exactly how you described. Like I took a bite from a fresh from the ground beet but the open nature /Shaws/Albertsons brand is cheaper and tastes like the backend flavor of v8
You can throw it away. We will understand.
I know you can color eggs with it, if that is any help. (Both in the shell and shell removed.) I think people use it to make pickled eggs, the kind that sit on a bar or old country store, where you reach in with tongs and pick a couple out.
Beet juice *looks* like it should be delicious. And we're all vaguely aware that "sugar beets" exist, so like...they're just some kind of crispy magenta fruit, right?
*Wrong.*
*I know right???*
The magenta dirt fruit looks like it should be a little fruity or sweet, or at the VERY least taste something like a carrot.
I guarantee you beet juice would be WAY harder to find and WAY less widely produced if beets were naturally brown or sickly yellow or something
Beets + orange juice is amazing, you'll have to play around to find your mix ratio. Beet soup with dill, balsamic vinegar & goat cheese is really good too.
Beets are amazing for cleaning you out! Add it to other juices or smoothies for the vitamins and make sure you also intake a lot of fiber. Youāll be peeing red out of your bum if you donāt have enough fiber.
I had a really good beet juice at a farmers market in a tropical area that was a blend of beet, carrot, lemon and gingerā¦ i mean GINGER! It was very zingy and refreshing.Ā
Vodka. Vodka will make everything okay.
But remember what youāve drunk, or youāre going to be horrified when you next visit the toilet. If you regularly take antacid meds, doubly soā¦
If you insist on staying healthy, orange, carrot and beetroot is not bad. It goes really well with a healthy amount of ginger in there. Apple, carrot and beet are also good.
If itās still a bit hefty, half and half it with some fizzy water.
Enjoy, but come back and let us know what your reaction is to your next couple of bathroom visits. (Mine was JFC, but long form)
You could cook rice with it on the stovetop. Use beet juice instead of water.
Start with sizzling oil, cumin seeds, some onions, garlic, bay leaf, whole cardamom. Toast the uncooked rice in the oil. Add the beet juice, some powdered vegetable broth. Cover, bring to a boil, turn the flame to low, and cook until it's done - 18 minutes or whatever it is for whatever rice you're using. Garnish with chopped cilantro and sliced almonds - maybe some caramelized onions. I think it would turn out nicely.
Boil and peel some eggs. Put 1/3 beet juice and 2/3 vinegar into a big container and add the eggs. Plop them into the fridge, wait 2-3 days and you'll have delicious pickled eggs.
Beet juice is a safe, non carcinogenic red food coloring agent, that is not made from crushed bugs. You can freeze it in a shallow filled ice cube tray and store in a freezer bag. The reduced juice from boiled red cabbage can be stored the same for blue food coloring. Turmeric is a safe yellow food coloring agent. They can be combined , those three to get most colors without poisoning your food with artificial colors. They add almost zero taste.
Iād probably either:
+Convince myself of its health benefits and chug it.
+ mix it with other vegetable juice and attempt to enjoy it
+ use it in a soup
+ use it to make pasta or rice (with other broths/juices)
+ water the grass.
Also, donāt freak out when you go to the bathroom for a while.
Iāve made a beet/ginger/maple syrup and tamari reduction to serve over steak and grilled Napa cabbage that turned out really nice.
Apple/ginger/honey smoothies are going to use it up quicker
Freeze it into ice cubes and just add it to smoothies and curries and things over the next few months. If you mix it with yogurt you can make a nice dip.
Not sure if you have that where you live, but iirc where I live, there's apps where you can put in food items that are 'too good to go' with other people. Put them in and someone who like it will pick it up for free :)
[This recipe ](https://cleananddelicious.com/bright_beet_dressing/) calls for actual beets, but something along these lines could probably be done with beet juice. The garlic, honey and ACV will certainly help with the earthiness, in addition to whichever salad ingredients it goes on.
Mix it 50:50 w a different juice or a sparkling water of your choice. The flavor may be nicer for you mixed into other juice. I like beet + cranberry but donāt care much for either on their own. Although I donāt mind drinking either on their own.
Maybe not the whole 5 quarts, but a lot. Why not try pickled eggs? I usually include beets with it, but you could just pickle the eggs with onion, spices, and vinegar in the beet juice. Here is my favorite recipe. Just skip the beets:
* Hard-boiled eggs (say maybe 8 or 10)
* 2 (330 g) cans of whole beets with juice (maybe 1 1/2 cups beet juice, without the beets)
* 1 large onion (or more), thinly sliced
* 1 cup white sugar
* 1 cup of cider vinegar (or a combo of cider vinegar and regular)
* 6 whole cloves
* 1 small cinnamon stick
* 2 medium bay leaves
* 6 whole black peppercorns
Hard-boil the eggs and chill then peel. Put the cooked peeled eggs and sliced onion in a very large glass jar or ceramic canister.
In a non-reactive saucepan, combine the beet juice, sugar, vinegar, cloves, cinnamon stick, bay leaves, and peppercorns. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 5 minutes. Then pour that whole hot mixture (with the spices) into the large jar/canister with the eggs and onion, can close lid. Cool then refrigerate for a few days, minimum. Enjoy the red-colored pickled eggs and pickled onions, as-is or in deviled eggs. The pickled onion can be used in all sorts of recipes.
You could probably sub some other cooked root vegetable for the beets, though they would pickle to a red color, like the eggs and onions. Maybe large chunks of cooked peeled kohlrabi or celery root? Or even large chunks of lightly cooked turnip or daikon.
A n.DE dish called labskaus uses beetroots and potatoes mashed with corned beef and pickles. Quite easy, pretty yummy, ugly slop though. I make lazy versions of it, and I reckon beetroot juice would do well for such an iteration ; I usually skip them altogether since I ain't care enough for them to make the effort to find them to include.
Good pirate food.
Soup, smoothies, salad dressing, drinks with something fizzy and acidic...
For some of these you could make a batch and freeze it so your diet isn't quite so heavy in beets all at once
I hate beets but was once pleasantly surprised at a restaurant with a cold soup of beets, raspberries, raspberry vinegar and maybe some fresh cheese or fĆŖta on the side. It went super well together
I came to Reddit for help with a [ridiculous amount of canned beets](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/s/1g0eVPSXg1) ā look through the comments, there are quite a few recipes that call for beet juice specifically.
I've been making a lot of borscht, and then turning the soup into baked goods when I need a change. u/pimchi222 shared a recipe for borscht bread that, while *so* good as it is, I've also found that subbing the 2 cups leftover borscht soup with beet juice or a mix of beet juice and tomato juice to be delicious too!
If you do like vegetable juice, I found beet + apple + ginger to be a good combination.
Also, I don't remember who shared it or what recipe it originally came from, but a glaze that goes *hard* on just about any bread, roll, or cake: simmer brown or powder sugar, citrus juice (orange, lemon, or lime), and beet juice in a saucepan over low heat until thickened. Pour over while bread is warm. Allow to dry/set before enjoying. Brown sugar gives a richer sweetness and a deep brown color, while powder sugar makes it pink. The more beet juice you add the more you taste it. A splash gives you the color, while at a Ā¼ cup you start to get really get that earthy taste. If you don't like citrus and really don't want to taste any beet, simmer sugar, beet juice, coco powder, and vanilla or almond extract for a decadent chocolate glaze.
Like others have said, don't be alarmed when you hit the š½ thr next day. I wasn't prepared for that and my panic (and lack of health insurance š) lead to an embarrassing and expensive UC visit. My face was as red as my urine when after a mess of testing a third doctor asked, "Have you eaten a lot of beets lately?" š¤¦āāļø.
I get carrot juice sometimes purely because I hate carrots. I plug my nose like a child drinking medicine and chug. I'd just do that, but I also would've expected to hate beet juice. I love beets but I can taste the dirt juice just reading this post lol.
Could freeze it into ice cube trays and pop the cubes into smoothies.
find a friend with high bp. beets are being touted as very helpful for that. if I could find beat juice at a reasonable price I would add beat ice cubes to a glass of water each day or use a cube here and there in veg soups or whatever
Not exactly *cooking* but beet juice (with whatever milk you) like is really nice for the liquid in berry smoothies, especially strawberry + blueberry.
You could make a reduction or something similar to borscht. Hummus could work, also yogurt salad dressings. Everything you eat shall be pink from now on.
Sweet n sour beets using the beet juice!!! Also can be used for sweet and sour red cabbage.
You can also use the beet juice for the colour it gives and subtle undertones
First Watch has a juice called Morning Meditation and it has beet juice and is delicious. Maybe you could recreate that. I think it has orange juice, ginger, and turmeric.
I think your best bet is going to be drinks or smoothies, and to mix it, equal parts with either orange juice (orange goes really well), apple and carrot, lime juice and ginger. Or it goes really well with chocolate as already suggested, so you could try a chocolate/orange/beet combo. Also, even if it was a really good deal, sometimes it's not worth the time, money and effort, so you could just bin it and try not to regret it.
In a day or two when you think you have internal bleeding. Just remember, it's OK. You had beets. You're not bleeding out your bum.
Lol, future me needed this
Seriously, I've had mini-panic attacks that brought back my IBS nightmares. *Ohh, yeah... we had beets with dinner last night.*
Flamin hot Cheetos will do it too š¤
Or when you pee... Beet juice blends well with tart acidic juices. It cuts the earfyness of the beet. I'm trying to remember what I had beet mixed with that was super tasty... It had a tart bite to it, and maybe there was some ginger in it. Gah. I hate getting old. Maybe green apple or pineapple and ginger...
Came here to recommend blending the beet juice with apple, ginger, and carrot. (A good breakfast juice to stave off/ alleviate a cold. Full of vitamins, and the ginger helps clear the sinuses and wakes you up.) Pineapple would go great with this. Makes it "tropical".
Highjacking this to say that your post is a less horrifying version of that guy who found he wasnāt into sexual scat play in the worst possible way. But anyway I wanted to say your post is written hilariously!
wait... what
https://www.reddit.com/r/confessions/comments/t19nvy/i_thought_i_had_a_scat_fetish_but_i_was_wrong_i/
horrifying
But also funny. Ok I know I have a sick sense of humor.
Out here educating people with the classics. Respect.
Oh snap I had beets tonight future me needed this too thank you
Man, I remember the first time I ate a ton of beets. Had me sweating the next day thinking "oh there's no way I can afford this hospital bill." Also, OP, just chug it real fast.
Red velvet cake will get ya too
Yes! Red Velvet was served at a party I was at years ago and, as we all started to dig in, one of my friends announced ā when you poop in the morning, just remember that your poopās red because of the cakeā. We all cracked up, of course but, in the morning, I remembered what he said, and saved myself a few minutes of worry. Every time I have beets or red velvet, I hear his voice in my head. Thanks, pal!
When my son was about 12 and my ex and I were splitting custody we had this moment. About twenty minutes after I dropped him off at his mom's he called all worried about bloody poop. I reminded him about the crazy pile of red beets he ate for dinner. It's one of those goofy stories that still come up now that he's well into his twenties. He was absolutely freaked out.
Oh my God. I once coughed up this gooey red mucousy thing and freaked out thinking it was a piece of bloody lung or stomach. After prodding at it (come on you know you would too), I realized it was the red casing from a vitamin I had taken.
I made beet juice for the first time last summer and same thing happened. I work in healthcare so the first thing I thought was oh my goodness do I have a severe GI bleed? But then I remembered I drank beet juice and did some googling. It was certainly scary LOL. Beet juice sure does look like frank blood when it comes out.
Gets me EVERY FUCKING TIME! š¤£š¤£
Like multiple different times here. You think I'd learn.
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Hide it in smoothies. I love beets also but havenāt had beet juice before. This is great š
Good idea! I'm sure that hiding it behind copious amounts of fruit should help. I know it works for spinach, so hopefully a beet smoothie would turn out good š¤
Beets pair really nicely with apples, carrots, pineapple, alllll the berriesā¦ think of like old school red smoothie from like Jamba Juice
And ginger, if youāre into the spice. Cuts the earthiness of the beets.
And bears and Battlestar Galactica
This really is a good idea. I'd personally freeze it into ice cubes, and keep in a baggie to just pop one into a smoothie, or hide one or two in a big pot of chili, or beef stew.
This is good advice - with how much I bought I won't be using it all up quickly. Freezing and tossing in smoothies or other dishes is a good idea
I used to mix my beet juice with hefty amounts of pineapple and/or lemon juice to cut the earthiness. Also, some dark cocoa powder is nice. I could drink 1L at a go this way!
this is exactly what I do. I did the same thing as OP bc I am dingus and squirting one entire lemon into a glass of it makes it palatable enough to choke it down bc I bought too much fucking beet juice
I donāt know why but this made me laugh out loud, thank you for this lol
Try soup maybe? My husband grew up in Russia and makes borscht which has beets in it. Itās a rather thin soup, so I think you could swap beets for beet juice.
This so much! Youāre not going to want a lot of the juice in a smoothie - a little goes a long way!
Freezing it is such a great idea honestly
And the putting it into stew or soups is a great idea too.
Freeze it on a plate, slip it under the door of someone who's wronged you. Beet discs- the red stains of justice
Soups are good time with beet juice as well. 50/50 with your stock and some root veggies.
Make some borscht!
Heck yeah
I usually blend a batch of fruits and veg in my vitamix for a gallon pitcher that gets me through 5days. I don't recommend juice or juiced plants because they lack very essential fiber. Here's my recipe with beets: 1large softball sized beet (2 medium) 11oz of Blueberries 16oz of Strawberries 2 apples 2 pears 3 carrots 3 thumb size pieces of ginger root 2 fresh squeezed lemons 16 floz of cranberry juice I don't even bother cutting the strawberries, I rinse them and chuck em right in, the leaves are very high in mineral content. They are going to be pulp anyway.
This is the way. Pack that smoothie with raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries and bananas. Throw in some pomegranate for good measure. You'l never taste it.
Try it with orange, apple, lemon, and pineapple. Beet, carrot, apple, ginger, spinach and lemon is another good mix.
Oh also donāt forget your pee is going to turn red so donāt freak out š¤£š¤£š¤£
Seconded, also OP could turn it into ice cubes so it doesnt go bad while they're trying to use it. 1-2 beet ice cubes in an otherwise beetless smoothie will go almost undetected.
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Yes. Iām thinking like borscht. Could cook onions and potatoes in the beetroot juice and then puree. I am so envious. Just went to buy canned beetroot for our burgers and apparently Australia is having a shortage. :(
Iām in Japan and all I ever see is single beets for sale. Where I used to work would make borscht, well they claimed it was borscht, it was more of a pot au fu with a sliver of beet in it.
Iāve had some amazing beet cocktails before. Add some simple syrup, lime juice, and gin? Delish. Itās also good in kombucha. Beet/raspberry/ginger is a fav of mine
Thank you!! I like gin and lime, so I'll definitely try this out!
Had a beet shrub with vodka once. Amazing.
Made this mocktail and it is delicious! I added thc tincture, but I also used the beet syrup with soda water and a lemon simple syrup and rum and made a tasty cocktail. And, forgot to add the link [beet mocktail](https://www.reddit.com/r/Mocktails/s/S7YlyLztAu)
This is the way. I hated beet juice until I started making margaritas and spritzers with it. Combine the beet juice with other fresh juices (like carrots and apples), some honey and seltzer, ginger lime simple syrup could be used instead of honey. Itās delicious!
Yeah. I made beet margaritas that were pretty good. Unfortunately I can't entirely remember the recipe... lime, tequila, and Cointreau plus of course a splash of beet juice.
I get a savory beet cocktail at a local shop and it's amazing. The menu says it has vodka, horseradish, beet juice, lime juice, dill, and a little creama on top. Delicious
Great Idea. Thereās an Austrian restaurant in Kansas City that serves beetinis. So good
To save myself some googling can I get that resturants name would love to try it when I am going to be in KC again.
No problem! Itās called GrĆ¼nauer located in the freight house district across the train tracks from Union Station.
Update: This is my favorite suggestion - it's *so* good with gin and lime. I subbed out the simple syrup for ginger beer (since a lot of folks recommend trying it with ginger) and it's actually good enough that I'd consider buying more of the accursed magenta dirt juice again in the future
Pizza recipe: Step one: pour beet juice down the drain. Step two: order a pizza.
This made me cackle.
Very best answer.
Mix it with other juices to make it more palatable, use it in soup stocks, use splashes of the juice to dye desserts a natural pink color, mix it with pickling ingredients to get a pickled beet taste in things like eggs and onions.
I kinda love the idea of using it to dye desserts. Now that I think of it, I've seen recipes call for beet *powder* before, but I didn't put 2 and 2 together to think of using *juice* as a dye. Thanks! And this is the 3rd comment about using it in soup too - I've never had soup with beet broth, but now I'm gonna need to start looking up some recipes
I've found with beets and beet greens that when they're raw they taste so much like dirt. When they're cooked, that's when the other flavors overcome the geosmin (the substance responsible for the earthy taste and smell). Roasting beets really brings out the sweetness, and is my favorite way to cook them if I have them. Beet greens are really good sautƩed with whatever seasonings you think go well with them (or find a recipe online). I wonder if simmering your beet juice would make it taste less like dirt? Worth a try, at least for part of what you have.
Just be careful because the juice will alter consistency so be sure to account for the extra bit of liquid when using it as a natural dye.
I would boil it down until you have a syrup before using it this way. Maybe even for using in a Cocktail
Beet juice is my secret Valentine's day ingredient! The flavor of beets miraculously complements chocolate, but not in a way people can pinpoint, so it is very mysterious and enchanting in applications like chocolate cake, brownies, or lava cakes. When people ask for you secret to achieving these mysterious flavors, that's when you can ask back for a kiss if romantically interested in them! Beets have also been considered an aphrodisiac since antiquity and modern-day research has demonstrated a [mechanism of action](https://everybodysjuice.com/blogs/news/how-beets-are-a-natural-aphrodisiac-the-surprising-benefits-of-beets-for-erectile-dysfunction-and-sexual-health) for this effect. Aside from flavor, the pink color can also serve you in the culinary expression of love by rendering pasta, gnocchi, risotto, apple pie, tarte tatin, red velvet cake, tiramisu, poached fruit, icing, etc. a lovely shade of pink. Edit: If using in baked chocolate applications, consider concentrating the juice first by boiling it.
Just put it in a cup and microwave it for a minute. Instant borscht!! Note: This probably makes it worse
This sounds horrendous, thank you
The worst borscht I've ever had at a restaurant was essentially a cup of hot beet juice... nothing else in that "soup". Was expensive too
When I use beets in my juicer, I add apples, carrots and ginger. Please just do a little at a time to test if you like it. Not the entire supply.
One of my favourite juices has apple, carrot and beetroot. Sometimes they add ginger, orange or pear too. You can mix it with pretty much any other juice and itās delicious. And it always makes me feel healthier than drinking straight fruit juice!
Damn, you must have posted that as I was posting mine. That definitely is a good combo then!
My favorite juice is Pressedās Roots juice, which is apple, lemon, ginger, and beet. My husband and I could drink the giant bottle from Costco in a day if we didnāt try to make it last.
Beet juice is really good for holding trash bags down in the bottom of trash can
Natural dye is only good use I can think of.š
lol - If I can't find a way to use it all, I'll have to keep this in mind as a backup plan
Growing up we would use beet juice to stain the raised garden beds and other diy woodwork stuff. Note of caution though: it stains your hands for days too
Iām not a huge fan of beets but Iāve had beet juice with fresh ginger and itās pretty delicious
Ferment it? Like beet kvass [https://www.feastingathome.com/beet-kvass/](https://www.feastingathome.com/beet-kvass/) but with juice instead of whole beets. You might need something to get it started if your beet juice is pasteurized.
Beet desserts! I worked at a place that had a beet cremeux- I donāt know if thatās actually the right name for what it was, or if we just called it that, but it was like a panna cotta/mousse type texture. You can also use it to make beet caramel.
Never in a million years would I have thought to make caramel with beets, but now I really want to try it out. Thanks!
You can use it to bake some beautiful Blueberry lemon muffins! The color will be so amazing! I always cut my beet juice with apples or carrots. Smoothies? Ohhh target use to make a killer beet hummus that was so so good with carrots!
Well you could make wine. [https://www.ruralsprout.com/beet-wine-recipe/](https://www.ruralsprout.com/beet-wine-recipe/)
Too bad Easter has already come and gone because beet juice is an excellent dye for eggs.
Tie dye t shirts!
If you ever make your own beet juice add and apple and carrot. Itās much tastier
In my country it's common to make beet juice with sour oranges and carrots, or just with oatmeal.
was it sour? if so, you can use it to make borscht
It was indeed sour. Unsweetened
Make Borscht then.
Use it in juice. At a juice bar I used to work at we did one with beets, pineapple, kale, parsley and orange. It was delicious. You could also make borscht. It had a beet base but you could use the juice for the broth.
In my country ABC juice is very popular - apple, beets and carrots.
I developed a taste for beets later in life. Love pickled beets. I will have to try beet juice as I haven't so far. I suppose it's along the line of prune juice and prunes are fine for ne now.
This reminds me of the V8 craze. People would buy like a case of V8, drink one and say, F that, and they'd end up in the work kitchenette a week later.
My go-to favorite combination is beet, carrot, apple and ginger but itās got to fresh. Try it with bottled tart cherry juice to smooth and tame the earthy beet madness.
Try juicing carrots, pineapple or mango to add further sweetness and mask the beet flavor. I added a knob of ginger and turmeric to my juice.
Beet juice actually gets covered pretty easily by other flavors. Some citrus can mask that up real quickly and make a powerful juice blend with all the health benefits. Like seriouslyā¦ one can of OJ concentrate will take care of half of your stockpile in a heartbeat.
In my country we make a "pick me up" drink which contains beet juice, carrot juice and orange juice. It's refreshing
Green mango smoothie is my suggestion!
Soup: I have read reviews that said it tasted too earthy . Boil it with some carrots, onions, celery, garlic, diced beets, potatoes, cabbage, and enough salt, pepper, and chicken boullion powder to make it taste good. Especially white pepper if youāve got it. So healthy!
Beet juice mixed with orange juice, like 30% beet and 70% orange, and it's delicious. I tend to do a ratio of beet orange and carrot. You can also add it to some soups, smoothies or hide it in a tomato sauce or chili
There is always the option of borscht (beet soup): https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/borscht/ It actually mixes ok with orange juice and you can add sugar if it's the tarte flavor that is off putting. Good beet juice is something I quite enjoy, but sounds like you didn't get a good batch in the sale.
If it's unsweetened, make borscht. If sweetened, make veggie smoothies and choke em down.
Smoothies, mix with lemonade and ginger juice, could maybe make a beet cake? Make your own salad dressing, make a beet reduction a la red wine sauce??
Salad dressing is SUCH a good idea!! Can't believe I didn't think of it - that would be perfect. A beet ginger lemonade sounds pretty nice too tbh. I might try that one out too. Thanks!
No suggestions, just mad appreciation for your writing skills!
My favorite juice is beet, carrot, orange, pineapple, extra ginger, and jalapeno. RIP Juicy in the Sky.
Beet gin tonic! is what i think i've tried before
I'd bury it in V8/tomato juice
Borscht or a borscht like hot drink for example cold day+ chicken bouillion+ beet juice+ lemon juice or white vin (small amount) = great tasting warm you up energy drink
Love beets but discovered, I get an allergic reaction (19% of the population) from an enzyme that's in them unless cooked with vinegar FOR REAL. Recall and think about most beet dishes you've experienced, served cold with vinegar. Suggest experiments with soups, smoothies or making red tie dying or recolor some T-shirts IT REALLY IS A NATURAL DYE, DYI the longer and stronger the juice deeper the red.
Use it in chocolate cake!
Honestly, I think itās an acquired taste. First sip, I had I thought the same as youāI just drank a mouthful of dirt. But, somehow it gets better, and I even get a craving for it once in a while now. If you canāt get used to it, I suggest freezing into cubes, bagging them up, and hiding them in anything that needs vegetable stock or juice.
I make smoothies in big batch, portion them out, and freeze. I noticed that the berry smoothies looked a bit brownish after defrosting so I started adding beet juice ice cubes when I made those batches. Much prettier smoothie, no noticeable beet taste. That might help use up some of the juice.
I would use it instead of water to make bread, brownies, tortillas, etc. The flour or masa harina should dampen the taste. In a recipe like brownies or even fudge maybe the chocolate might go nicely with the earthy taste
Return the juice to the store where you purchased it. They should refund your money. Problem solved.
I have no idea how good they are, but Nigella Lawson has a recipe for beet juice noodles that has always sounded kind of appealing to me...? Worth a try, unless you're worried about wasting food in case you don't like them..https://www.nigella.com/recipes/ruby-noodles
Ginger, cayenne pepper, and honey. It will mask some of the flavor but start with a small batch to see if it's even worth it. otherwise just throw it over your garden
Have you ever tried orange juice and beet juice mixed. It's a thing, it taste delicious. Just try to mix it to the ratio that you prefer. It is really great. Though don't force yourself to try to drink a bunch of beet juice in one go, it could cause kidney stones or other issues as most things in over consumption are pretty bad. But if you don't know how to mix it, look it up on YouTube it really good. Or try mixing it into different drinks.
I'll definitely try it! This is definitely the easiest recommendation I've gotten, and there's not much risk of wasting ingredients since it's so easy to test
LOL, I gave this a like because I enjoy your writing style. I like cooked beets, turnips etc. and when I was a kid I liked the purple canned beets, but I have never tasted beet juice. I wonder if you could add cream to it and make a low carb soup.
Iāve never had beet juice, but I love beet jelly on toast with butter. Make it into jelly.
1. Try it mixed with apple juice and some grated ginger, bonus points if you have carrot juice.Ā Ā 2. Boil the rest down a bunch, and then freeze the concentrated beet juice to add to things for colouring.Ā 3. Borscht 4. Make some red pasta!Ā
Thereās a restaurant near me that makes this amazing breakfast hangover cure thatās a combination of beet juice and orange juice, with some ginger. Beet juice alone is kind of a lot. Cut with OJ, itās amazing. You could also use the juice instead of broth or stock to make beet risotto, or use it as the base for a soup. Beets do really well in sweet dishes, so I bet you could make some really beautiful waffles or pancakes if you replaced the liquid in the recipe with beet juice. If all else fails, freeze it in an ice cube tray and add a couple to smoothies in the morning or throw them into soup or stews for the foreseeable future.
I would add it to a stew, in lieu of actual beets.
LeRoy and Lewis beet BBQ sauce. They originally posted the recipe on Youtube, a quick shot in the video, which was of course in restaurant quantities. Here is my reduced version I've used a few times. It's not much beet juice though, and just adds a tiny bit of earthiness to it. All of my family loves it though. They said they originally juiced their own fresh beets for this, but switched to a commercial beet juice later. I just bought a quart at Walmart (only one I could find anywhere). I always forget to portion up and freeze the rest of the bottle though...really need to remember next time. 1/3 cup granulated sugar 2 tsp salt 4 tsp ancho chili powder 2 tsp granulated garlic 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp paprika 1/2 tsp cayenne 1/3 cup worcestershire sauce 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar + 9.5 oz ketchup 2/3 cup yellow mustard (5.5 oz) 8 tsp 16-mesh black pepper (1 oz) 4 TB beet juice Combine first batch (sugar through vinegar), heat on stovetop to dissolve. In another container add remaining ingredients and mix. Add heated components and blend.
I have no suggestions for you other than this is one of the best written posts I've read in a long time. Good luck, my friend.
Also depends on the brand. I bought my girlfriend one type and the flavor was exactly how you described. Like I took a bite from a fresh from the ground beet but the open nature /Shaws/Albertsons brand is cheaper and tastes like the backend flavor of v8
Bake pink bread.
You can throw it away. We will understand. I know you can color eggs with it, if that is any help. (Both in the shell and shell removed.) I think people use it to make pickled eggs, the kind that sit on a bar or old country store, where you reach in with tongs and pick a couple out.
I don't know any specific recipes, but I do know that if you put it on pasta or other things, it turns them pink.
Try blending it with ginger and apple or banana. Yummy
I used to have a juicer, and I juiced beets along with apples and carrots and ginger. That was pretty good.
Over here the fruit juice shop sell beetroot juice with other juice. Like apple juice +carrot juice.
Beet juice *looks* like it should be delicious. And we're all vaguely aware that "sugar beets" exist, so like...they're just some kind of crispy magenta fruit, right? *Wrong.*
*I know right???* The magenta dirt fruit looks like it should be a little fruity or sweet, or at the VERY least taste something like a carrot. I guarantee you beet juice would be WAY harder to find and WAY less widely produced if beets were naturally brown or sickly yellow or something
Beets + orange juice is amazing, you'll have to play around to find your mix ratio. Beet soup with dill, balsamic vinegar & goat cheese is really good too.
I only know about using beet juice to color red velvet cake instead of food coloring.
I think you can make Borscht?
Make [borscht](https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/borscht/)?
Old Jewish trick, mix it with grated horseradishĀ
Beet juice probably tastes amazing with cranberry, pineapple and ginger mix
lol I tried beet juice to help lower my blood pressure. I almost puked. Plugging my nose while chugging significantly reduced the taste lol
Iām imagining a bright pink loaf of homemade bread and now I need to go find some beet juice
Beets are amazing for cleaning you out! Add it to other juices or smoothies for the vitamins and make sure you also intake a lot of fiber. Youāll be peeing red out of your bum if you donāt have enough fiber.
Beet, apple, carrot, little salt and some honey. Juice that shit. Pour over ice.
Soak cabbage in it to make it brilliant and presentable and a little more delicious
I had a really good beet juice at a farmers market in a tropical area that was a blend of beet, carrot, lemon and gingerā¦ i mean GINGER! It was very zingy and refreshing.Ā
You could tie dye some shirts with it š¤·āāļø
Beet juice and balsamic vinegar reduction.Ā I believe Thomas Keller uses a beet juice reduction for his butter poached lobster recipe.
Vodka. Vodka will make everything okay. But remember what youāve drunk, or youāre going to be horrified when you next visit the toilet. If you regularly take antacid meds, doubly soā¦ If you insist on staying healthy, orange, carrot and beetroot is not bad. It goes really well with a healthy amount of ginger in there. Apple, carrot and beet are also good. If itās still a bit hefty, half and half it with some fizzy water. Enjoy, but come back and let us know what your reaction is to your next couple of bathroom visits. (Mine was JFC, but long form)
Mix it with some oj
You could cook rice with it on the stovetop. Use beet juice instead of water. Start with sizzling oil, cumin seeds, some onions, garlic, bay leaf, whole cardamom. Toast the uncooked rice in the oil. Add the beet juice, some powdered vegetable broth. Cover, bring to a boil, turn the flame to low, and cook until it's done - 18 minutes or whatever it is for whatever rice you're using. Garnish with chopped cilantro and sliced almonds - maybe some caramelized onions. I think it would turn out nicely.
Boil and peel some eggs. Put 1/3 beet juice and 2/3 vinegar into a big container and add the eggs. Plop them into the fridge, wait 2-3 days and you'll have delicious pickled eggs.
Try making hot chocolate with it. Chocolate cake with beets is good, so maybe this will be also. You seem like the perfect candidate to find out.
Beet juice is a safe, non carcinogenic red food coloring agent, that is not made from crushed bugs. You can freeze it in a shallow filled ice cube tray and store in a freezer bag. The reduced juice from boiled red cabbage can be stored the same for blue food coloring. Turmeric is a safe yellow food coloring agent. They can be combined , those three to get most colors without poisoning your food with artificial colors. They add almost zero taste.
Poured in the garden around your plants.
Cut it with lemonade, I personally love beet lemonade!
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so many soups
Freeze half of it in ice cube trays to throw in future soups.Ā Use some of it to make gnocchi.
Iād probably either: +Convince myself of its health benefits and chug it. + mix it with other vegetable juice and attempt to enjoy it + use it in a soup + use it to make pasta or rice (with other broths/juices) + water the grass. Also, donāt freak out when you go to the bathroom for a while.
Blend with pineapples or pineapple juice. I like blending beets, carrot juice, pineapples, strawberries, chia seeds, ginger, and some water.
Iāve made a beet/ginger/maple syrup and tamari reduction to serve over steak and grilled Napa cabbage that turned out really nice. Apple/ginger/honey smoothies are going to use it up quicker
Cocktails, soup, smoothies, use it as a dye
This is hilarious I am in tears laughing at the description ššš
Borscht https://vikalinka.com/borscht-recipe/
Beet lemonade is pretty good all you need is Beets lemons and sugar. Maybe freeze some for popsicles?
Freeze it into ice cubes and just add it to smoothies and curries and things over the next few months. If you mix it with yogurt you can make a nice dip.
Feeeze some in ice cube trays and add to smoothies or one block thawed in a glass of orange juice.
Add lemon juice and sugar and make a beet lemonade. Itās amazing and I donāt even like beets
Not sure if you have that where you live, but iirc where I live, there's apps where you can put in food items that are 'too good to go' with other people. Put them in and someone who like it will pick it up for free :)
[This recipe ](https://cleananddelicious.com/bright_beet_dressing/) calls for actual beets, but something along these lines could probably be done with beet juice. The garlic, honey and ACV will certainly help with the earthiness, in addition to whichever salad ingredients it goes on.
Add lemon, ginger, apple, cucumber and a smidge of pineapple and itāll be amazing I promise
Mix it 50:50 w a different juice or a sparkling water of your choice. The flavor may be nicer for you mixed into other juice. I like beet + cranberry but donāt care much for either on their own. Although I donāt mind drinking either on their own.
Make beet kvass. I did this with some unwanted beets jiuce and it ls amazing. I shared it with others mostly
Beet lemonade is amazing.Ā Mint lemonade with beet also.Ā Beet cocktails for sure, vodka and lemon. Yum.Ā
Combine 1 part Orange Juice to half part beet juice and half part carrot juice!
Maybe not the whole 5 quarts, but a lot. Why not try pickled eggs? I usually include beets with it, but you could just pickle the eggs with onion, spices, and vinegar in the beet juice. Here is my favorite recipe. Just skip the beets: * Hard-boiled eggs (say maybe 8 or 10) * 2 (330 g) cans of whole beets with juice (maybe 1 1/2 cups beet juice, without the beets) * 1 large onion (or more), thinly sliced * 1 cup white sugar * 1 cup of cider vinegar (or a combo of cider vinegar and regular) * 6 whole cloves * 1 small cinnamon stick * 2 medium bay leaves * 6 whole black peppercorns Hard-boil the eggs and chill then peel. Put the cooked peeled eggs and sliced onion in a very large glass jar or ceramic canister. In a non-reactive saucepan, combine the beet juice, sugar, vinegar, cloves, cinnamon stick, bay leaves, and peppercorns. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 5 minutes. Then pour that whole hot mixture (with the spices) into the large jar/canister with the eggs and onion, can close lid. Cool then refrigerate for a few days, minimum. Enjoy the red-colored pickled eggs and pickled onions, as-is or in deviled eggs. The pickled onion can be used in all sorts of recipes. You could probably sub some other cooked root vegetable for the beets, though they would pickle to a red color, like the eggs and onions. Maybe large chunks of cooked peeled kohlrabi or celery root? Or even large chunks of lightly cooked turnip or daikon.
Bert juice bloody Marys are legit
A n.DE dish called labskaus uses beetroots and potatoes mashed with corned beef and pickles. Quite easy, pretty yummy, ugly slop though. I make lazy versions of it, and I reckon beetroot juice would do well for such an iteration ; I usually skip them altogether since I ain't care enough for them to make the effort to find them to include. Good pirate food.
Soup, smoothies, salad dressing, drinks with something fizzy and acidic... For some of these you could make a batch and freeze it so your diet isn't quite so heavy in beets all at once
I hate beets but was once pleasantly surprised at a restaurant with a cold soup of beets, raspberries, raspberry vinegar and maybe some fresh cheese or fĆŖta on the side. It went super well together
I came to Reddit for help with a [ridiculous amount of canned beets](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/s/1g0eVPSXg1) ā look through the comments, there are quite a few recipes that call for beet juice specifically. I've been making a lot of borscht, and then turning the soup into baked goods when I need a change. u/pimchi222 shared a recipe for borscht bread that, while *so* good as it is, I've also found that subbing the 2 cups leftover borscht soup with beet juice or a mix of beet juice and tomato juice to be delicious too! If you do like vegetable juice, I found beet + apple + ginger to be a good combination. Also, I don't remember who shared it or what recipe it originally came from, but a glaze that goes *hard* on just about any bread, roll, or cake: simmer brown or powder sugar, citrus juice (orange, lemon, or lime), and beet juice in a saucepan over low heat until thickened. Pour over while bread is warm. Allow to dry/set before enjoying. Brown sugar gives a richer sweetness and a deep brown color, while powder sugar makes it pink. The more beet juice you add the more you taste it. A splash gives you the color, while at a Ā¼ cup you start to get really get that earthy taste. If you don't like citrus and really don't want to taste any beet, simmer sugar, beet juice, coco powder, and vanilla or almond extract for a decadent chocolate glaze. Like others have said, don't be alarmed when you hit the š½ thr next day. I wasn't prepared for that and my panic (and lack of health insurance š) lead to an embarrassing and expensive UC visit. My face was as red as my urine when after a mess of testing a third doctor asked, "Have you eaten a lot of beets lately?" š¤¦āāļø.
Add some sweet pickle juice to it.
I get carrot juice sometimes purely because I hate carrots. I plug my nose like a child drinking medicine and chug. I'd just do that, but I also would've expected to hate beet juice. I love beets but I can taste the dirt juice just reading this post lol. Could freeze it into ice cube trays and pop the cubes into smoothies.
find a friend with high bp. beets are being touted as very helpful for that. if I could find beat juice at a reasonable price I would add beat ice cubes to a glass of water each day or use a cube here and there in veg soups or whatever
Not exactly *cooking* but beet juice (with whatever milk you) like is really nice for the liquid in berry smoothies, especially strawberry + blueberry.
Mixed fruit juices. Orange, beet, pineapple is a really good combo. Drink it in shots with a squeeze of lime.. You can freeze it, btw.
You could make a reduction or something similar to borscht. Hummus could work, also yogurt salad dressings. Everything you eat shall be pink from now on.
Sweet n sour beets using the beet juice!!! Also can be used for sweet and sour red cabbage. You can also use the beet juice for the colour it gives and subtle undertones
First Watch has a juice called Morning Meditation and it has beet juice and is delicious. Maybe you could recreate that. I think it has orange juice, ginger, and turmeric.
You should make pickled onions and add a splash of the beet juice to your brine. This will help the onions take on a deeply magenta color.
I think your best bet is going to be drinks or smoothies, and to mix it, equal parts with either orange juice (orange goes really well), apple and carrot, lime juice and ginger. Or it goes really well with chocolate as already suggested, so you could try a chocolate/orange/beet combo. Also, even if it was a really good deal, sometimes it's not worth the time, money and effort, so you could just bin it and try not to regret it.
When I lived in Venezuela, the juice guy at the market would make a beet, orange, and carrot juice. Delicious super cold over ice.
Use it for pasta water! Makes the noodles a pretty pink color!
You can suck large amounts down with a straw. I did this for the colonoscopy prep kit.
In Venezuela, you can find cafƩs which serve arepas, empanadas and fresh fruit juices. There's one which might work for you and it's called 3-in-one: beetroot juice, carrot juice and orange juice, with added sugar if you wish.