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Great Flavor Combinations
help to create your own healthy beet recipe
Whether you are cooking fresh beets on the grill, serving a light and healthy beets and greens salad, making a hearty root-vegetable stew, or simply adding raw beet dishes to your everyday menu, use this list of foods and spices that match perfectly with beets as an idea-starter to help you select and create your favorite best flavor combinations.
To see a recipe that combines beets with the ingredient, click the links in the table , or experiment and create your own dish. You can safely use the same spices and condiments when cooking beet greens.
Herbs and Spices: |
Allspice
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Cumin
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Mint
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Basil
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Curry
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Nutmeg
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Caraway seeds
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Dill
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Paprika
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Chervil |
Fennel seeds
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Parsley, flat-leaf
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Chiles
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Garlic
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Pepper
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Chives
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Ginger
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Rosemary
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Cilantro
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Lemon balm
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Scallions
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Cinnamon
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Lemon thyme
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Tarragon
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Cloves
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Lemon verbena
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Thyme
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Coriander
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Marjoram
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Vinegar: |
Balsamic
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Champagne
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Cider
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Raspberry
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Red wine
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Sherry
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Tarragon
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White wine
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Cheese: |
Blue
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Asiago
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Cambozola
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Cheddar
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Feta
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Fontina d’Aosta
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Goat
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Gruyere
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Parmesan
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Queso fresco
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Ricotta salata
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Roquefort
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Greens: |
Arugula
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Beet greens
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Belgian endive (escarole)
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Chicory
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Endive
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Fennel
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Frisee
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Leeks
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Mache
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Spinach
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Watercress
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Condiments: |
Brown sugar
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Garlic
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Honey
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Horseraddish
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Lemon juice
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Maple syrup
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Mustard oil
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Mustard, Dijon
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Nutmeg
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Oil: canola, peanut, vegetable, walnut
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Olive oil
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Olives, nicoise
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Salt and pepper
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Sugar, white and brown
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Fruit and Vegetables: |
Apples
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Avocado
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Cabbage
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Carrots
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Celery
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Citrus
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Cucumbers
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Horseradish
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Lemon, juice and zest
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Lime
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Onions |
Oranges: juice and zest
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Pears
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Potatoes
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Radishes
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Scallions
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Shallots
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Grains and Beans, Nuts and Seeds:: |
Beans, green
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Capers
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Pistachios
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Chickpeas
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Pine nuts
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Walnuts
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Other ingredients: |
Anchovies
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Bacon
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Beef
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Butter, unsalted
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Caviar
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Cream
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Creme fraiche
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Duck
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Fish
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Goose
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Hard boiled eggs
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Herring
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Kefir
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Milk
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Pork
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Prosciutto
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Smoked fish
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Sour cream
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Yogurt
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Sherry
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Vodka
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