Beauty and the Beets

I could neither resist taking a highly-staged photograph...

 

...nor then using that stupid pun for a title.

So they are here.

THEY ARE IN MY HOUSE.

Baby Jesus in the manger: are beets SUPPOSED to be that big?  I feel exhausted and overwhelmed.

I have found a few recipes I plan to try this week, but luckily, today David Lebovitz posted on on a subject near and dear to my heart today and one of his readers, Laura, left a comment that pointed me in the direction of this, which one could consider like an emergency exit from Beetsville. 

Comments

[nik]

Thanks for the "Desert Candy" link....who would have thought BEET ice cream would be feasible and apparently good.
I'd love to try that one!
So, did you make the ice cream yet?

[Leslie Seaton]

Yes, she has a lot of really interesting ice creams on there! No, haven't made it yet. I am going to make my best effort to use my unwelcome beets in a non-dessert dish first, but maybe if I just absolutely can't stand it, I can resort to that. I can also try putting them in a chocolate cake, I guess...:)