I recently posted about a few great deals I got on Ontario produce only a day after returning home from our fall vacation. No Frills had 10 lb bags of beets, onions, potatoes and carrots on sale for $1.88 each. When I come across a deal like this, there is no way I am not going to take advantage of it. I do a lot of home food preservation so it would take me very little time to home can or freeze 40 lb of produce but I have a bit of a system. I tend to preserve 25% to 50% of this type of deal and use the rest fresh for very inexpensive, frugal meals. This is a very frugal method for keeping your pantry and freezers well stocked while using fresh produce.
Roasted beets have a deep rich flavour. It rather surprising that you don't often see beets served at restaurants given their delicious flavour element combined with very low price. In fact, even on the food channel, I seldom see them cooking beets. Anyway, roasting beets is simple. Scrub the beets well and trim only the top leaving about 2 - inches. This prevents the beet from bleeding. Place the whole beets in a baking dish and bake uncovered at 350°F until the beets are tender, about 45 minutes. Remove from baking dish and let sit 5 minutes. Trim both ends and slip the skins. The roasted beets can be halved or sliced for serving.
This was a very simple, frugal meal yet rich in antioxidants, beta carotene and fairly high in tryptophan. It was low fat as well even though I did add butter to my steamed carrots. It was very low sodium. The most important thing though, it was a delicious meal that took almost no effort. It was low prep, toss in the oven except the carrots that went into the steamer basket. Not bad if I don't say so myself !
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