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 Beets in a Microwave

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Irena Eaves

With their sweet, earthy flavor, beets make an excellent addition to salads, sauteed leafy greens or grains like brown rice and quinoa. While they can take over an hour to roast in the oven, it only takes about 10 minutes to prepare beets in the microwave.