Roasted Beets – Squishy or Chippy

Jul 23, 2010 New Baby Food Recipes, vegetables

Dont you just love the beautiful purple hue of beets?  Beets are a very versatile veggie and can be steamed and mashed or roasted to perfection.  For babies, the color of beets makes food interesting and exciting.  Have you ever mixed beets with white potatoes?  Try dicing beets then steaming until tender and mix into white potatoes – the result is lots of fun for baby to pick through.

Roasting beets is yet another way to easily serve them to your self-feeder.  You can roast them until they are soft and squishy or leave them to bake longer for a “potato chip” like result.  Here’s a basic recipe for your enjoyment!

Ingredients
4 medium sized beets – washed and peeled (save the greens to blend into a smoothie!)
Olive oil to coat the beets – about 2 table spoons

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400F
After cleansing and peeling the beets, slice them into uniform slices.  If you have a food processor or KitchenAid attachment that does this, you’ll save time.

Add sliced beets to a large bowl and pour in the olive oil.  Mix until beets are thoroughly coated with the olive oil.  Lightly sprinkle with sea saltor pepper if desired

Arrange beets on a baking sheet and bake for approximately 15 minutes, depending on thickness of the slices, to get a soft, squishy texture.  Bake longer to get “beet chips”.  I like to turn each slice over about 1/2 way through the cooking time for more even roasting.  Watch the beets as they may begin to burn a bit around the edges if you are trying to make “chips”, turn often!

Enjoy!

Tags: beets, veggies