WHAT: Love Beets
STATS: Vary by flavor. A serving (3 ounces or 2/3 cup) of the White Wine + Balsamic beets contains 60 calories and zero fat, 17 carbohydrate, 2 fiber, and 1 protein grams. We found them at Fresh Market, 11525 Cantrell Road, Little Rock. Visit lovebeets.com.
THE SKINNY: If you love beets, you'll love Love Beets.
But long into adulthood, it beats me how anyone could -- ewwww! -- enjoy the one vegetable that has made me shudder since youth.
I've tried again, and still they just don't appeal. Even if the vegan, sous-vide-cooked, vacuum-sealed and adorably packaged Love Beets come in interesting flavors: White Wine + Balsamic, Mild Vinegar, Organic Mild Vinegar, Sweet Chili, Honey + Ginger and even Smoky BBQ. To wash them down, Love Beets also sells juices -- a regular Organic and an Organic with a Hint of Ginger.
But still, they're beets. And they do not make my heart skip a beat.
-- Jennifer Christman
Slim Pickings is a weekly review of light foods.
jchristman@arkansasonline.com
ActiveStyle on 10/16/2017