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You can make it even easier by using canned beets, already cooked, as mom did in her later years, and by using a jar of horseradish as I did (we usually have some in the fridge). But cooking beets ...

Let the beets cool to touch, them peel them and cut them in bite size pieces. Slice red onion in thin pieces, add them to a bowl of cold water to remove the smell. In a mason jar mix olive oil ...

Don’t want to use the oven to roast your golden beets? Try steaming them using an instant pot or a steamer basket over a saucepan. Double the vinaigrette, and store in a mason jar for future salads.

Add the beetroot slices and blanche for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and stack the beet slices into your jars, packed tightly but not squashed, until they reach 5mm from the jar rim tops.

Beets and slivered savoy cabbage are best cooked before pickling. Cut vegetables as desired and arrange in 2 clean glass jars totaling 4 cups in volume. Add seasonings if using. Insert 1 bay leaf ...

Peters is filling Ball jars with cut-up cucumbers and seasonings ... but in the cold of winter they’ll be enjoying a wide variety of pickles and beets they’ve both taken a week’s vacation ...

Drizzle beets with olive oil and season to taste with ... add oils to the blender while running on high speed. Pour into a pint jar, cover and refrigerate until ready to use.