Think that you don't like beets? If you ever try them juiced you will fall in love with them. You get the full sweetness of the sugar that beets contain when you drink them. Juicing them along with carrots and you have nectar of the gods. Beets can be streamed, baked, or grated and eaten raw in a salad. The greens are edible too; steam them or put young beet greens in a salad. I recently made a quiche like dish with the greens. Instead of a piecrust I chopped the greens and layered the bottom of a pie pan with them, then poured my egg mixture on top and put it all in the oven. It was delicious.
Beets contain potassium, magnesium, fiber, phosphorus, iron, vitamins A, B, C, beta-carotene, and folic acid. Beets are a great tonic for the liver, a blood purifier, and can lower blood pressure. Beets also contain betaine, a substance that is used to treat depression. And if you don't like chocolate, though who can imagine that, beets also contain trytophan, the ingredient in chocolate that makes one feel good.
If you have a bumper crop of beets, try making a soup called borscht. It can be served hot or cold with a dollop of yogurt or sour cream. Add a hearty rye bread and it is a perfect meal. If I still haven't convinced you to add beets to your diet maybe knowing that the ancient Romans used beets as an aphrodisiac will.
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