Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These delicious recipes are just the beginning of the wonderful things you can do with the planet's most exuberantly hued root.

This recipe was given to chef Carole Greenwood by Levi Haynes, who kept it taped to a pantry shelf at his house. Greenwood suggests using young, cooked beets for pickling. Her way of cooking them ...

A number of studies have shown that beets can lower blood pressure. How effective they are can vary with how they are prepared and eaten, in accordance with the DASH diet.