Air frying beets is a quick and easy way to create a nutritious and colorful side dish. The concentrated heat from the air fryer halves the time it would take to roast beets in the oven, and your results will be even crispier. Ever since reading the “The Nimble Cook,” I’ve been obsessed with making spiced salts. So rather than just tossing the beets with basic salt and pepper, I’ve created a bay salt, which is made very quickly and easily by whizzing together some dried bay leaves with salt and a pinch of ground white pepper. You will (intentionally) have leftover bay salt here. Trust me: You’ll thank me later. Beyond beets, the bay salt also goes particularly well sprinkled over baked or mashed potatoes, fried or boiled eggs, and on pizza, as I just happily (and accidentally) discovered. If you don’t have a spice grinder, you can substitute …