Jump to RecipeFresh Southern peaches and beets are tossed with a delightful thyme dressing in this Peach and Beet Salad Recipe with Thyme Vinaigrette.The results are the epitome of summer on a plate!This Cold Beet Salad starts with super easy microwaved beets that are chilled and transformed into an amazing side dish.The addition of peaches, blue cheese, walnuts, and thyme flavored salad dressing, make this a unique, irresistible salad.Beet Salad RecipeWhenever I see a beet salad on the menu, I order it.

Since I am the sole beet lover in the family, I rarely add them to our menu.But with the farmers’ market in full swing and with beets (and ripe and fragrant Georgia peaches) in the kitchen, I had to add one to our menu.The first decision was how to cook the beets.I drifted back to this post from 2011.

I’d forgotten about a slick technique I’d learned to prepare the beets, all done in the microwave! More on that to come, but first let’s learn about beets.What You Need to Know about BeetsWhy do beets taste like dirt?No matter the reason, my picky husband will never agree to eat beets.He’s had them in chocolate cake and his persnickety palate knew that something was amiss.The reason some people think beets taste like dirt is due to a compound called geosmin.

It’s what gives freshly plowed earth its distinctive aroma.It’s also found in lettuce, mushrooms, spinach, and even catfish.Why do beets cause pink or red urine?Beeturia is the term for red urine due to

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