Cooking Beets: Nutrition, Cutting Tips & Health Effects

Beets offer a rich profile of vitamins and minerals that can impact bowel health and even change urine color. Master techniques for steaming, cutting, and cooking diverse varieties like Chioggia and white beets.

How to Cook Chioggia Beets

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Denise Schoonhoven

A Chioggia beet, cut through the center, reveals a pattern of concentric light-red and white rings. The novel color combination and sweet taste of Chioggias makes this heirloom beet a favorite for salads and side dishes that even picky eaters can appreciate.

Denise Schoonhoven has worked in the fields of acoustics, biomedical products, electric cable heating and marketing communications. She studied at Newbold College and Middlesex Polytechnic in the UK, and Walla Walla University. A writer since 2008, Schoonhoven is a seasoned business traveler, solo tourist, gardener and home renovator.