1.   Although the recipe calls for spinach, other greens like beet greens or celery tops can be used.

2.   Beet greens are also full of nutrients and flavor.

3.   Drizzled with shocking-pink beet essence and topped with bright, tender baby beet greens, the dish is as pretty as a painting.

4.   Harold McGee, the food scientist and author, said beet greens were probably eaten before the roots ever were, although beets have been eaten since prehistoric times.

5.   He serves this quail with roasted baby beets and sauteed beet greens.

6.   In fact, beet greens are delicious on their own.

7.   Plants such as kale, mustard, beet greens, chard and spinach are high in vitamins A and C, calcium, iron, folacin and beta carotene.