1. Heat oven to 400 F. Grease an 11-by-15-by-1-inch sheet pan. 2. Wrap beets in foil and cook for about 40 minutes or until tender. Let cool then peel and puree in a food processor. 3. Mix oil, sugar ...

A leader in the local, organic, and sustainable food movement, Michel Nischan is a four-time James Beard Award-winning chef, author, and humanitarian. He co-founded the non-profit food equity ...

A commenter on my post from a few weeks ago asked for the recipe for the beet cake that actually worked, and I’m glad to provide it. For this one I used about half a cup of beet puree and half a cup ...

You won't taste the pureed beets, but they make this cake extra moist and fudgy, even with the addition of whole-grain spelt flour. The beets also play up the cake's full-bodied, not-too-sweet flavor.

Earthy-sweet beet purée gives this gluten-free chocolate cake a red velvet hue but also lends so much buttery moistness that you'd never guess the cake is dairy-free as well.

Beetroot is a tricksy piece of produce. It's one of those love it or hate it vegetables thanks to its sweet, almost earthy flavour and strongly pigmented flesh. We might associate beetroot with the ...