i tend to eat in cycles. if i come across a certain recipe, or a particular food that i really like, i eat the heck out if it. i'm on a beet kick right now. i think i am just about done with my okra kick. i ate pan seared okra 5 days in a row. i loved it that much. over the weekend, i ate a beet salad with every dinner i made. i enjoyed this one last night with seared scallops ( and okra). i don't always see rainbow beets at the market, seems it's the purple beets that are always available, but not many other varieties. i came across these baby rainbow beets and snatched up two bunches. i like beet salads with arugula, goat cheese, and toasted walnuts. a simple drizzle of olive oil and white balsamic vinegar. that's it. the flavor combination works so well together, nothing else needs to be done to this gorgeous, delicious, healthy salad. i think people don't give beets a fair try. maybe they were forced to try canned beets as a child and have sworn off fresh beets because of it. i roasted some beets for a client last week who told me a while back that she didn't like beets. i told her she had to try them, that we were having a "taster's rule". she couldn't balk or complain, because i made sure i told her this with her two young children in the room! she loved them. so, for all you people out there who think you don't like something, perhaps a holdover from your childhood . . . give it another try. your taste buds do mature. besides, what is there really not to like about something as simple and healthy as a beet? be forewarned - eating a lot of beets does make your urine red!