Grate the beets. Sugar beet treatment

Grated pickled beets- another absolutely irreplaceable preparation on the farm. After all, beets are one of the healthiest and most commonly used food products. We prepare salads, soups, various hot dishes and much more from it. By preparing grated beets for the winter, you will not only prepare delicious snack, but you will also be able to reduce the cooking time in the future, all you have to do is just open the jar.

Ingredients for preparing grated pickled beets:

For marinade per 1 liter of water

1. Beet how much will you take
2. Sugar 1 tablespoon
3. Salt 1 tablespoon
4. Vinegar 1 tablespoon

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Inventory:

Saucepan - 2 pieces, kitchen knife, large grater, ladle, tablespoon, kitchen towel.

Preparation of grated pickled beets:

Step 1: Prepare the beets.

Rinse the root vegetables properly, don’t be lazy, although we will clean them later, it’s better to get rid of all unwanted grains of sand and plant debris now. Place the washed beets in a saucepan, fill with water, place on medium heat and bring to a boil. Cook the vegetables until tender, but do not overcook them.
After cooking, place the beets in cold water and cool. Remove the peel from the finished beets, peeling them lightly with a knife. Grind the peeled root vegetables using a grater. A Korean carrot grater is best.

Step 2: Prepare the marinade.

Pour water into a saucepan and add granulated sugar, salt and vinegar, stir and bring to a boil. Sugar and salt should completely dissolve.

Step 3: Marinate the grated beets.

Place the beets tightly in hot sterilized glass jars and pour boiling marinade over it. Close. Wrap the pieces well in kitchen towels, turn them upside down and place them on the lids. When the jars of pickled beets have cooled completely, they can be put away in a cool, dark place, where they will last without problems until next summer.

Step 4: Serve the grated pickled beets.

You can safely cook from grated pickled beets various soups, add it to hot and cold side dishes, and also use it to prepare salads. On festive table beets can be served with garlic croutons as a snack. And when you suddenly want to quickly snack on something tasty, just mix beets with mayonnaise, vegetable oil or sour cream and spread on a piece of bread, very tasty and healthy.
Bon appetit!

Pickled grated beets will add flavor and piquancy to such classic salads, like herring under a fur coat and vinaigrette, be sure to try it.

Do not pickle beets in big jars, since after you open it, you will have to move the workpiece into the refrigerator, where it will take up a lot of space, and you don’t always need a lot of beets at once.

TO good health - this is what they rightly say about beets. Because it is rich in potassium, phosphorus, microelements, including iron, boron, cobalt, zinc and copper, which neutralize excess and harmful acidity and regulate many biochemical and physiological processes in the body.

Adzhika
Hello!
There are beets in the refrigerator. I don’t know what to do with it
Please recommend some tasty and not very complicated recipes (except for vinaigrette and borscht!)

bastard
Grate and fry with garlic and nuts.

SUGAH
Or you can boil it and grate it, add mayonnaise, walnuts, and a little chanoska, salt.

NYC-ya*
My boyfriend's mom is like this beet salad, as they wrote here, in addition to boiled beets, walnuts and garlic, he also adds chopped dried fruits (what’s his name, dried peach and prunes) and chopped pickled cucumber. It turns out very tasty.

Ksyu_SHA
“Under a Fur Coat” salad, borscht, holodnik. We still need to think about it.

Ksyu_SHA
I remembered!
BEET KOREAN STYLE
500g beets
3 cloves of garlic
1/3 tsp. red pepper
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup table vinegar
salt to taste.
Grate the beets into long strips, add garlic, pepper, vinegar, salt (the main thing is not to oversalt, it’s better to “finish” it later). To put on water bath for 20 minutes. Heat vegetable oil and pour in the beets. Cool. Leave under pressure for 12 hours.

hikta
Rosalie:
500-700 gr. beets
5-6 pickles
300-500 g boiled potatoes
100gr. green peas
1-2 onions
salt
mayonnaise/vegetable oil
(You can add herring).

Jadzia
I was recently taught a very simple and delicious recipe:
onion fry in a frying pan in vegetable oil, grate there on a coarse grater boiled beets, add salt, season with ketchup and simmer for 10 minutes.
This dish can be served warm or cold.

Vanilla
Frame:
Fry the thinly sliced ​​meat.
make fries on a fine grater,
finely chopped boiled eggs,
raw beets and carrots, also on a fine grater, season everything with mayonnaise, tasty and satisfying!

Vasyatka
Grate on coarse grater beets and fry for growing. oil (until the characteristic smell of baked beets appears), then add finely chopped onion (white preferably), and a spoon or two tomato paste.
Once it cools down a little, season with grated garlic and salt. lemon juice and parsley or cilantro.
The most delicious caviar- cold.

Anonymous
Boil or bake the beets, peel, cut into small cubes, season with 1 teaspoon of mustard + 1 tsp. mayonnaise + parsley or cilantro. You can add a couple of drops of lemon and salt to taste

Twiggy
grate beets, garlic, add diced salted or pickled cucumbers, season with mayonnaise...

Frank
rub raw beets and raw carrots, mayonnaise, a little garlic!
tasty and healthy!

sexy voice
Royal salad: 1 b. salmon, 2 beets medium. Velechina, 2-3 medium-sized carrots, 2 onions, mayonnaise
This salad is best prepared the day before serving so that it has time to soak in and become tender. So, boil the beets, then grate them on a coarse grater. Raw carrots grate on a fine grater. Chop the contents of the salmon can and finely chop the onion. Then we combine everything and season with mayonnaise, and only after that add salt to taste.

Dazire
My favorite beetroot salad:
1 kg. boiled beets
300-350 gr. hard cheese(preferably Gouda)
3-5 cloves of garlic (through a garlic press)
0.5-1 cup walnuts (finely crushed)
mayonnaise, salt, lemon juice
Grate beets and cheese on a coarse grater, add garlic and nuts. Everything is seasoned with mayonnaise, salt and a little lemon juice. Mix and that's it.
Yumka (though a little fatty, for those counting calories)

ODESSA
I’m tormented by the question of how long in general (well, sort of correctly) do you need to cook whole beets?

scarlet
Well, I usually cook for an hour or two, so my husband’s mother argues that you need to cook for three..... So I wondered where she got this from
True, she also cooks sausages in cellophane wrappers.....

Button+
I medium beets I bake it in the oven in foil. About an hour

Estee
When you cook beets, you can throw a couple of spoons of sugar into the water, then they will definitely come out sweet.
And many people do this: they cook for about an hour, so that it is pierced a little, and then under running cold water (now everyone has meters), for about 20 minutes. Supposedly, it is “cooked.”

scarlet
I don’t have a meter yet, I can allow this atrocity over water

Nastasia
What to do with a lot of beets?
In general, we don’t really like beets.

Traveler
Peel, grate and put in the freezer.. if possible, can be used in borscht.. You can make the same dressing from fried beets, onions, with the addition of vinegar

Nastasia
We'll freeze some of it.
But all of it won’t fit in the freezer - it’s 2.5-3 kg...
Does anyone know how to marinate it? for a long time to.

Isabel
I haven’t tried pickling, I don’t like sour things.
I would chop it into strips and fry it with onions, carrots, tomatoes, garlic and sugar. Great gas station for borscht.
The easiest way is to freeze portions, but you can do 0.5 liter jars spread, pasteurize and roll up. Then you need to add vinegar.

Nastasia
Should I put this dressing in jars or just beets?
I also don’t really like pickled one, but I have no idea how else to preserve it.
We don’t cook borscht very often, it will take about 3 years for this dressing

Isabel
no, sterilize the dressing in jars. In principle, it’s very convenient, I threw potatoes and cabbage into the broth and after 20 minutes the dressing splashed out. The borscht is ready.
And if you don’t like beets, then don’t be greedy - give them to those who do.

Isabel
In general, I just love beets; I cut the baked ones into strips or slices, season them with salt, freshly ground pepper, lemon juice and vegetable oil, and I can just eat them. With black bread spread with cream cheese or boiled potatoes.
I love meat salad, vinaigrette, and I make caviar with pickles. I bake it with prunes and sour cream.

Isabel
Beet caviar
Prepared beet caviar“in a moderator’s way”, it’s a good thing, I can’t put it down, I recommend it to everyone.
grate the beets, fry in hot vegetable oil until the smell of baked beets smells, add finely chopped onion, fry for another 5 minutes, then tomatoes without skins and seeds, bell pepper, hot pepper, cover and simmer until tender.
I usually season with lemon juice, but you can add a little vinegar, or maybe the acid from the tomatoes will be enough. Squeeze a couple of cloves of garlic, chop more herbs (dill, parsley/celery/cilantro, green onions) and leave to cool. It tastes better cold. On rye bread simply delicious!
Beetroot with prunes
Cut the beets into slices, soak the pitted prunes if dry, then mix with low-fat sour cream and bake in a bag or any form with a lid. It turns out quite sweet

Lunaia
I bought a bunch of young beets straight with greens, made borscht from some of them and the greens, now I want to make something tasty and healthy from the remaining beets. But I wouldn’t want to boil it, well, if I do cook it, then just a little bit, so that as many vitamins as possible remain in it. Can anyone suggest some kind of salad, or appetizer, or something else made from raw or almost raw beets....? I will be very grateful

ABVGDeika
The only thing that comes to mind is to squeeze out the juice. From raw beets I never ate anything. But it seems to me that you can try making a salad from grated beets.

Kitten
Yes, as usual, grate it on a fine grater, add garlic, walnuts, prunes, season with mayonnaise and sprinkle grated cheese on top...tasty and terribly healthy....

Estee
My favorite side dish: peel the beets, coarsely grate them, and add vegetable oil to the frying pan! Stir and stir, cover with a lid, reduce heat. It’s somehow fried and stewed, because beet juice a lot of. Salt, etc. taste. Total 10-15 min.
Add an apple, preferably a sour one, and sugar.

Alice
For some time now my favorite salad:
Beetroot satiety
Products: 1 raw beets (300 g),
1 large raw carrots,
2 boiled potatoes,
300 g boiled chicken fillet,
1 onion,
250 g mayonnaise, salt
Grate the beets, carrots on a coarse grater, finely chop the onion (you can pour boiling water over it or keep it in water with vinegar), chicken meat and potatoes, add salt, mix everything with mayonnaise
Very tasty and filling!

ValleyGirl
If you don't want to cook, steam it. Cut into cubes, add cilantro, olive oil and lemon juice (you can use onion or garlic). Cypriots love this salad. And raw... if only on a fine grater, otherwise you won’t be able to chew it

Tee
And in my opinion, raw grated beets are chewed no worse than carrots
I really love salad - coarsely grated carrots and beets (all raw), apple, herbs, mayonnaise.
Tasty and healthy!!

Isabel
I don’t particularly like raw beets either - they’re a bit harsh and bitter.
Therefore, I deal with the young one simply - I rub it into strips and fry it on the surface. in the oil for a short time - until the smell of baked beets appears.
Once it cools down, season with garlic, lemon juice, and salt. Parsley, optional.
No problem, nice snack

Imbu
Can be prepared according to the principle " Korean carrots"- grate, season, salt-sugar-vinegar, garlic - and pour in hot vegetable oil. Let it sit for a while and it’s ready.

Ivanovna
Today I ate a salad. Finely chop the cabbage, grate fresh cucumber, carrots and beets as for Korean salad, chop the onion a little so as not to overwhelm the taste of the vegetables, salt, sugar (also a little), vegetable oil. Mix all.
I really liked it. Give it a try.

*Nadyushik*
Yesterday I read somewhere that beets, unlike other vegetables, retain almost all their vitamins even after cooking.

Anonymous
When boiled, it is better absorbed by the body.
If you have problems with the gastrointestinal tract, then it is not recommended to eat raw beets at all.

Dear friends! Today we will discuss beneficial features beets. This vegetable is very often present on our table, but what do we know about its benefits and harm? And then we will prepare several dishes from boiled and fresh root vegetables.

They began to grow this crop from time immemorial, back in the first and second centuries BC. used its leaf form for food and how medicinal plant. The root form of beets appeared later, in the first centuries AD. In the X-XI centuries, beets were already grown Kievan Rus, and later it reached European countries.

Since then, beets have not left our dinner table. It is not only a tasty root vegetable from which you can prepare a lot of delicious dishes. Her healing properties have long been noted among the people. Previously, people did not know what medicine was and for any ailment they used what grew next to them. This medicinal herbs And healthy vegetables that grew in their gardens. Among them were beets.

Beet roots are unique in their own way biochemical composition. Very rich here vitamin composition: vitamins A, groups B, C, E, PP, U, many bioflavonoids, natural sugars, pectins and organic acids.

And how many different mineral salts are contained here that are so necessary for health! There is a lot of iodine here - in second place after seaweed, iron - in second place after garlic, a lot of sodium, calcium, potassium, zinc, phosphorus, etc.

And the uniqueness of this vegetable also lies in the fact that when cooked, all these beneficial substances remain unchanged. Therefore, beets are mainly consumed boiled.

Beneficial properties of beets

Thanks to the rich vitamin complex beets and their leaves can be used not only for making soups, side dishes, salads, and kvass. Constantly eating it can solve many health problems.

• Beetroot, rich in vitamins, helps with hypo- and vitamin deficiency, improves immunity, and rejuvenates the entire body.
• This excellent remedy for prevention cardiovascular diseases. Beetroot strengthens the walls of blood vessels, reduces and prevents the deposition of cholesterol plaques on the walls of blood vessels, improves blood composition, and helps reduce high blood pressure.
• It has been proven that beets have a beneficial effect on the blood vessels of the brain and help prevent dementia and calm the nervous system.

• Regular consumption of beets helps prevent oncological diseases and slows down the growth of cancer cells.
• Beets are excellent; they help remove various wastes and toxins from the body.
• Beets have a good laxative effect.
• The microelements phosphorus and calcium help strengthen bone tissue, and iron helps with iron deficiency anemia.
• Beets improve the condition and color of the skin.
• Plant hormones help increase sexual activity in men and reduce premenstrual syndrome in women.
• Boiled beets - low calorie product, 100 grams contain 40-50 kcal, so it can be safely used in various diets for weight loss.

special instructions

Beets should be used carefully and little by little as food for people suffering from the following diseases. This does not mean that it should be completely abandoned. But it’s still worth taking contraindications into account.

• Diseases of the kidneys, liver, biliary and urinary tracts. Contains beets oxalic acid may contribute to the formation of stones in these organs.
• Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Beets contain sugar, so eating them may increase your blood glucose levels.
• If you have osteoporosis, since beets interfere with the complete absorption of calcium in the body.
• The root vegetable has a hypotensive effect, so it should not be used by those with low blood pressure.
• It is not recommended to use for frequent and chronic diarrhea.

What can be cooked from beets - recipes

Side dish of boiled beets

The simplest recipe. Wash the beets thoroughly and boil them in their peels, without cutting off either the tail or the top. This way all the beneficial substances will remain in the beets. coloring juice. In order for the beets to cook well, you need to cook them for 1 hour. You can cook it in the microwave in 10-15 minutes. Or you can do this. Watch the video on how to cook beets faster.

Cut peeled beets into cubes or strips and add to meat or fish. Or you can just eat it without salt and sugar. Once I was in a sanatorium and they always gave us only boiled beets. It turns out it's so delicious! Give it a try.

Grated beet salad

Very simple salads. Boiled beets grate on a medium or coarse grater. Add whatever you like: garlic, or raisins, or chopped walnuts... Add a little salt and season a small amount mayonnaise. Of course, it is better to use mayonnaise homemade, you can read his recipe.

Herring under a Fur Coat

This is traditional holiday dish. This puff salad There is no way to cook without beets. For those who want to cook herring under a fur coat according to my recipe, take a look.

The vinaigrette

Vinaigrette is a salad mixture boiled vegetables: potatoes, carrots, beets. Add to taste sauerkraut And raw onion. The vinaigrette will not seem bland if you add pickled or pickled cucumber or finely chopped cucumber to the vegetables. salted herring. And someone adds green pea. There are many options for preparing vinaigrette.

Borsch

Truly Russian and Ukrainian dish You also can’t cook it without beets. Without beets, it will be something else, but not borscht. This is how I cook it.

First I cook meat broth. Any meat will do, but best rack of pork ribs. Pour the meat into a saucepan with water, put the salt and water on the fire, bring to a boil, periodically skim off the foam.

After about half an hour, I add washed sauerkraut to the broth.

Separately, fry onions, carrots and tomatoes in a frying pan. If not fresh tomatoes, add 1-2 tablespoons of tomato paste. Add the fry to the broth, you can also add potatoes cut into strips (but I don’t add them every time).

And only after that I add beets. I have it prepared in advance; I prepared it from small root vegetables in the fall. Read how to prepare it. I keep it in a weak solution of vinegar, and I add not only beets, but also a little vinegar brine, so the color of the borscht remains beautiful, burgundy.

I turn down the heat to low and my borscht simmers for another hour and a half. At the end of cooking, add finely chopped garlic and Bay leaf. Before serving, sprinkle with herbs and add sour cream.

To prepare kvass you will need 1 large or medium-sized raw beetroot, crust rye bread, 4 tbsp. l. granulated sugar and water to the volume of a 3-liter jar.

Peel the beets, grate them on a medium or coarse grater, and place them in a jar. Granulated sugar, a crust of stale rye bread are also added there and filled with water at room temperature.

The neck of the jar is tied with gauze, the jar is placed in a warm place for about 2-3 days for fermentation. After the kvass has fermented, it is filtered and stored in cool place. This kvass quenches thirst well in the summer or after, you can make beetroot soup from it. He has pleasant taste and for whom is it good for health?

Beet juice

Juice from fresh beet roots is very useful for many diseases. It is very easy to prepare, you just need to pass the beet pieces through a juicer. Watch the video at the end of the article about contraindications for using beet juice.

Well, I told you about the beneficial properties of beets and how many delicious and healthy dishes. Let's put it on the table more often in various dishes, it is so good for our health. If you liked my article, then share it with your friends. Subscribe to blog updates and you will learn a lot more interesting things!

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White sugar beet is one of the types of beets, the name of which indicates the main purpose of this vegetable. White sugar beets are a light-colored root crop with an elongated shape and are similar in appearance to ordinary white table beets.

Sugar beet is a species that breeders have successfully worked on since 1741. Work on developing a new type of beet began, thanks to the desire of scientists to use the properties of beets for the production of sugar. At that time it was noticed that the identical cane sugar(which was the only type of sugar at that time) is also found in fodder beets. Therefore, breeders set to work together, hoping to make it easier and cheaper to extract and deliver sugar to Europe.

The scientists' activities were crowned with success. This is eloquently evidenced by the shelves of stores filled with regular sugar, obtained from sugar beets. At the same time, we must pay tribute to the breeders that, through their successful activities over several centuries, they were able to improve the properties of sugar beets. For example, in the 18th century at the very beginning research work Regarding fodder beet, its sugar content did not exceed 1.3 percent. At the present time, it is considered normal and obligatory that modern root vegetables contain at least one fifth of sugar. general composition beets (that is, twenty percent).

Sugar beets came to our territory at the beginning of the 19th century and immediately gained popularity among the industrialists and manufacturers of that time.

Sugar beets are considered a technical crop. It is used, first of all, not for food, but for processing into industrial conditions for the purpose of obtaining necessary products and substances.

First of all, one of the lightest types of beets is grown for the production of sugar, which is obtained during its processing. Modern varieties White sugar beets, as mentioned earlier, contain approximately twenty percent sugar, which is an important factor for its use in obtaining the “sweet life”.

At the same time, white sugar beets are grown not only for the purpose of deep processing. The livestock industry and farms are happy to use this root crop as animal feed. More precisely, not the beets themselves whole, and waste from the production of sugar, which is called “pulp”.

One of the waste products that comes from processing sugar beets into clean, crisp sugar is molasses. Molasses is used as food product in the confectionery and bakery industry and is a natural sweetener. Molasses, for example, gives the dough looseness and unusual airiness, and the product itself is covered with a glossy crust. Use this product and for the manufacture of creams and glazes, as a binding component, as well as in the production of gingerbread and other “goodies”.

Preparing molasses from potato starch(as well as from corn). Beet molasses looks like a dark brown, almost black liquid with a taste burnt sugar. It is also called maltose molasses or molasses. Molasses is sold in stores or departments of large supermarkets dealing dietary products and healthy eating.

AND latest product The waste product of white sugar beet production is defecation dirt. This processed product is used as mineral fertilizer in agriculture.

White sugar beets are quite demanding in terms of growing conditions. In order for the sugar beet harvest to be rich and of high quality, this root crop requires a lot of heat, enough moisture and a large number of sun rays.

White sugar beets grow best in soils rich in black soil. The highest yield, as well as the maximum nutritional value root crop production is achieved precisely on chernozem soils. Therefore, we must take it for granted that Ukraine is in first place as a producer of white sugar beets. It should be noted that in agriculture, not domestic, but imported varieties are used. AND large quantity The area is occupied by hybrid varieties from a German manufacturer.

Irrigated chernozem soils are found not only in Ukraine. Good conditions for growing sugar beets are also available in Georgia, the southern regions of Russia and Belarus. However, it should be noted that Western European countries with good black soil are also “noticed” in the cultivation of sugar beets. Sugar beet production is also available in North America. As in the countries of the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia.

Properties of sugar beet

White beets, despite the absence of important and useful substances, affecting its color, is still quite nutritious and useful root vegetable. The red pigments in beets, called anthocyanins, are absent in sugar beets. But in some cases this may be an advantage rather than a disadvantage of the root vegetable.

Many people, especially in Lately, suffer massively from allergic food reactions. Which are caused, first of all, by the presence of active coloring substances in food products. The same anthocyanins that we met a little higher. And therefore, vegetables or fruits that are incredibly useful for everyone, but unacceptable for a given person, are excluded from his diet due to intolerance to the product. Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, oranges, tangerines, carrots and other brightly colored foods usually suffer this fate. Red beets are no exception.

It's sad that the menu for allergy sufferers is quite poor compared to the diet of an ordinary person. After all, allergic reactions to many foods make you avoid eating many vegetables, fruits and berries. And such restrictions, of course, affect the quality of the body’s supply of vitamins and microelements.

The correct way out of this situation is to replace as much as possible causing allergies food products that do not contain these aggressive properties. And at the same time it can provide the human body necessary set useful and necessary substances.

In the case of red beets, white beets and white sugar beets come to their rescue. Despite the fact that sugar beets are, first of all, a commercial crop, they have learned to use them both for food and for the treatment of various kinds of diseases.

Therefore, let’s call the first property of sugar beets – hypoallergenicity.

The second, but no less important quality of this food product is the ability to regulate human blood pressure. Regular use of sugar beets for food can reduce arterial pressure patient and bring him closer to normal.

The third quality that makes white beets valuable product nutrition, is that this root vegetable can increase the body’s protective functions and regulate human immunity. It should be noted that sugar beets are able to remove toxins and waste from the human body, which has a positive effect on strengthening the immune properties of the body.

In fourth place in terms of usefulness is the ability of sugar beets to promote a laxative effect. This quality root vegetables are indispensable for constant problems gastrointestinal tract person associated with constipation.

In fifth place is the ability of beets to regulate digestive problems associated with low acidity. Any type of beet has the property of increasing the acidity of gastric juice, which is an indispensable quality in regulating the characteristics of the gastrointestinal tract.

The above list positive qualities white beet is impressive, but the reader should be reassured that the properties of sugar beet have not yet been fully revealed. They will be discussed in more detail below in the relevant sections.

The benefits of sugar beets

The intrigued reader is most likely already eager to find out what are the benefits of sugar beets for humans?

Let's consider the chemical composition of white beets and their “colleagues” in appearance - white sugar beets. Let’s start getting acquainted with table beets, and we’ll end with a little “cultural enlightenment” with information about sugar beets.

White beets are different high content such minerals, like potassium, iron, magnesium, manganese and phosphorus.

White sugar beets contain a rich vitamin composition: a large amount of vitamin C, all B vitamins, including PP (nicotinic acid or vitamin B3), as well as vitamin E and vitamin A.

Mineral substances in the root vegetable are represented by potassium, calcium, sodium, iron, magnesium, copper, phosphorus, manganese, zinc, iodine, cobalt. In addition, sugar beets contain a large number of different bioflavonoids and pectins, as well as a substance such as betaine.

Based on the above chemical composition, the benefits of sugar beets are undeniable in regulating immune and metabolic problems, as well as for vitamin deficiencies and other ailments associated with deficiencies of vitamins and minerals.

Sugar beet treatment

Traditional medicine has long learned to use the beneficial properties of this root vegetable for its own purposes. Treatment with sugar beets is already a proven practice. Therefore, it is worth familiarizing yourself with it more closely and attentively.

With the help of sugar beet potions, you can successfully treat digestive problems and metabolic disorders in the body. Increasing human immunity is one of the feasible tasks that can be overcome by eating sugar beets.

In addition, sugar beet-based drugs regulate the work of cardio-vascular system by strengthening the walls of large vessels and capillaries. Regular and correct usage Eating sugar beets increases the production of hemoglobin. Therefore, sugar beets are used to treat anemia and atherosclerosis, as well as hypertension and leukemia.

Representatives of the fair sex will find it interesting and useful to learn about the rejuvenating properties of sugar beets. This effect of the root vegetable is explained by its ability to remove toxins from the body. This fact has a positive effect on appearance and life expectancy not only of women, but also of all those who decide to consume sugar beets for a similar purpose.

For lovely ladies it will be important that sugar beets, thanks to the substances contained in their chemical composition, can increase psycho-emotional tone and influence the general psychological state of a person.

Healing properties of sugar beets

All of the above shows that sugar beets have truly healing properties in the treatment of many diseases.

For example, it can be used in cooking for those housewives who are concerned about the health of their family members. If you rub it on fine grater sugar beets, it can be added instead of sugar to various culinary “masterpieces”. Biscuits and cookies, pies and sweet pies, various cupcakes and other baked goods will be tasty and sweet, but at the same time, healthy. And such sweet dishes as milk porridge, jam or preserves, compote will not suffer in any way from such a replacement, but on the contrary, they will only benefit. After all, they will be able to manifest healing properties sugar beets. Some thrifty and skillful housewives can prepare their sugar beet syrup, which can be poured over, for example, pancakes and pancakes.

So, let's summarize healing qualities this root vegetable, which has the following effects:

• anti-sclerotic,
• vasodilator,
• calming,
• hypoallergenic,
• diuretic,
• laxative,
• immunomodulatory.

Pectin substances, which are found in beets, help increase the protective qualities of the human body from radioactive metals (this also applies to heavy metals). In addition, the same substances help remove excess cholesterol from the body and normalize heart function.

Sugar beet calories

Sugar beets are not high-calorie product nutrition. The calorie content of fresh sugar beets is forty-three kilocalories per hundred grams of product.

In this case, proteins include one and a half grams out of one hundred or six kilocalories. Fat accounts for about one tenth of a gram of the above amount of product or one kilocalorie. The content of carbohydrates falls the largest number kilocalories - as much as thirty-six (per nine point one and one tenth grams).

You can demonstrate the ratio of energy indicators of proteins, fats and carbohydrates in one hundred grams of product. Sugar beets contain approximately thirteen percent protein; fat - two percent, and carbohydrates - eighty-one percent.

Contraindications to eating sugar beets

In nature, fortunately or unfortunately, there is no such product that would be useful exclusively to all people. There is definitely a category of people for whom a certain product is contraindicated.

Sugar beets are no exception to this rule. Dishes made from it are not recommended for use by patients with the following diseases:

• Urolithiasis disease.
• Kidney stone disease.
• Gout.
• Rheumatoid arthritis.
• Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in the acute stage.
• Gastritis with high acidity and other diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, in which the acidity of gastric juice increases.
• Stomach ulcers and duodenum, having an aggravated form.
• Hypotension or low blood pressure.

At the same time, patients need to take into account the fact that the amount of sugar consumed per day should be minimized. Or even exclude this product from the diet, replacing it with other substances (natural) that sweeten the taste of dishes.

Contraindications to eating sugar beets also apply to patients with diabetes. This should not be surprising, since these people are contraindicated in all sweet foods that increase blood sugar levels. And white sugar beets, consisting of one-fifth sucrose, are precisely this prohibited product.

Metabolic disorders in humans, for example, obesity, are a direct contraindication to eating sugar beets. And all for the same reasons - a large amount of sucrose.

It would be worth noting that the amount of sugar in the diet of patients with diabetes and obesity should be kept to a minimum. In some cases, it is necessary to completely eliminate sugar and foods containing it from the diet.

Harm from sugar beets

Anyone, even the most useful product can be used not only for good, but also for harm. For example, sugar beets have a negative effect on patients with certain health problems. What are these problems?

First of all, diabetes and obesity, that is, problems with impaired metabolism. In which sucrose and sugar should not be consumed under any circumstances! If you ignore this warning, you can achieve an increase in blood sugar levels so much as to provoke a crisis of the disease (if diabetes mellitus). With obesity, a person’s metabolic processes can get so out of control that, along with overweight A whole bunch of concomitant diseases will appear.

Hypotension or low blood pressure is the next disease in which the harm of consuming sugar beets has been proven. Sugar beets help lower blood pressure, and in this case, with constant low blood pressure, eating the root vegetable will cause constant ailments and health problems for the patient.

We already know from the above section that sugar beets are contraindicated for urolithiasis, but why? Yes, because beets contain a large amount of oxalic acid, which can cause the movement of stones in bladder and kidneys. Which will cause a deterioration in the patient’s condition and lead to unpredictable consequences.

Oxalic acid can also provoke the formation of new kidney stones. First, with the help of oxalic acid, salts accumulate in the kidneys, which are subsequently transformed into stones - oxalates. At the same time, you need to know that negative properties oxalic acid appear precisely after heat treatment sugar beets. In this form, the above acid most quickly enters chemical reaction with calcium found in the human body, with the help of which salts are formed, leading to the formation of kidney deposits.

In the same way, oxalic acid in boiled beets It also affects the joints - salts are formed in them, which leads to disruption of their mobility. This leads to an increase in injuries, both to the joints themselves and to the entire skeletal system.

For gout and rheumatoid arthritis, that is, diseases associated with violation salt metabolism in the body, eating sugar beets can provoke an increase in the symptoms of these diseases.

At increased acidity gastric juice, you need to forget about beets, since they themselves allow you to increase acidity. Failure to comply with these recommendations leads to the appearance of symptoms of activity disorder gastric tract, heartburn and so on.

If you are prone to loose stools, and especially with chronic diarrhea, any type of beet, including sugar beets, is contraindicated. Since beets have laxative properties and their regular use in case of these problems can seriously impair the activity digestive system. After which, serious treatment and a fairly long recovery period will be required to restore the body.

Sugar beet recipes

Sugar beet recipes for everyday use are as follows.

Recipe No. 1 – baked sugar beets

Ingredients:

• required amount of sugar beets.

Preparation:

• sugar beets are washed, peeled and cut into pieces;
• after which the prepared beets are laid out on a baking sheet and placed in the oven over low heat;
• bakes until done, which can be checked by piercing a piece of beets with a fork or knife.

Recipe No. 2 – sugar beet syrup

Ingredients:

• ten kilograms of beets;
• one liter of water.

Preparation:

• sugar beets are thoroughly washed, peeled and cut into pieces;
• take a stainless metal pan and place a lattice made of boiled water or a clay plate (possibly a earthenware plate) on its bottom; This necessary measure to prevent the beets from burning during cooking;
• after which the beet pieces are placed in stainless steel dishes for cooking;
• pour water into the pan, the beets should be covered with water;
• after the beets are cooked (the readiness of the beets can be checked with a fork or knife by simply pricking the beets), the juice is squeezed out of it;
• after which the resulting juice continues to simmer over low heat until it reaches the consistency of thick sour cream;
• after which the syrup is removed from the heat, cooled and poured warm into storage containers; should only be used glassware– cans and bottles;
• it is possible to add citric acid to sugar beets to avoid sugaring of the product (at the rate of one gram citric acid per kilogram of syrup);
• received useful supplement in sweet and flour dishes has a sweet taste and brown color;
• Prepared sugar beet syrup can be used in making compotes and jellies, preserves and jams, cookies and muffins.

Recipe No. 3 – sugar beet salad

Ingredients:

• sugar beets - nine hundred grams,
• vegetable oil - four tablespoons,
• vinegar - four tablespoons,
• horseradish root - to taste,
• spices – ground cinnamon (to taste),
• sugar - one tablespoon,
• salt - to taste,
• sour cream - one glass,
• for decoration - chopped herbs, for example, parsley and dill.

Preparation:

• sugar beets are washed, peeled and cut into cubes or slices;
• dishes are taken from of stainless steel into which vegetable oil is poured;
• after which the prepared beets are placed in this container and mixed with vegetable oil;
• then the pan is covered with a lid and placed on high heat;
• the beets are not mixed in the bowl the entire time they are being cooked over the fire;
• after fifteen minutes, the beets are removed from the heat and cooled;
• after which the beets are sprinkled with one tablespoon of vinegar, salted, covered ground cinnamon and mixes;
• horseradish root is grated;
• after which it must be filled boiling water, cover with a lid and let cool slightly;
• then the remaining three tablespoons of vinegar, sugar and sour cream are added to the horseradish;
• after which the horseradish is combined with the beets and everything is thoroughly mixed;
• The beets can be placed in a salad bowl prepared for this purpose and decorated with chopped herbs on top.

Recipe No. 4 – sugar beets with onions and cheese

Ingredients:

• sugar beet – three hundred grams,
• small seed onions - two hundred grams,
• tomatoes - one hundred grams,
• cheese - eighty grams,
• eggs - two pieces,
• butter - sixty grams,
• sour cream - two tablespoons,
• dill - to taste,
• salt - to taste.

Preparation:

• beets are washed and peeled;
• after which the prepared beets are boiled until tender, and then cooled and cut into cubes:
• the onion is peeled and sautéed together with the beets in butter;
• Vegetable mix salt, but only after the onion becomes soft;
• At this time, peeled and cut into pieces are placed in the frying pan. small pieces tomatoes;
• the cheese needs to be cut into strips;
• dill must be finely chopped;
• after which chopped cheese, sour cream, eggs and dill are mixed in a separate bowl;
• take a baking dish and grease it with oil;
• after which a vegetable mixture with beets is placed in it, which is poured on top with the cheese mixture;
• This dish is placed in the oven over medium heat and kept there for ten minutes;
• after which the mold must be removed and the dish transferred to a suitable container;
• as a decoration, ready-made beets - cheese platter You can sprinkle with finely chopped dill.

Recipe No. 5 – beet sweets

Ingredients:

• sugar beet,
• water.
• Preparation:
• the beets are washed, peeled and cut into small pieces;
• after which the prepared beets are placed in a cast iron pot and filled with a small amount of water;
• then the cast iron is covered with a lid and steamed in a stove or oven;
• if necessary, you can gradually add water to the cast iron; You can do this until the beets become soft;
• after which the beets are removed from the cast iron and transferred to a flat metal baking sheet, and then placed back in the oven or oven;
• For some time, the beet pieces are dried in a stove or oven over low heat until tender.