this salad is just wonderful. it is so easy, so easy that it took me a while to get around to making it...2 1/2 years! i bought fresh beets at the farmers' market, the roasting made them exceptionally sweet so they needed no extra sugar with the vinegar. i didn't oil them before baking, I simply put them in a disposable pie tin, added a little water and covered tightly with foil. few ingredients, ease of preparation, excellent taste.
Beet Salad
Thayer Allyson Gowdy
This easy four-ingredient beet salad is a great choice when you want to add both flavor and color to your table.
Yield: Makes 12 to 16 servings
Total:
Recipe from
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Recipe Time
Total:
1 Hour, 30 Minutes
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 26
- Calories from fat: 4%
- Protein: 0.8g
- Fat: 0.1g
- Saturated fat: 0.0g
- Carbohydrate: 6g
- Fiber: 0.6g
- Sodium: 332mg
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
Ingredients
- 3 pounds beets
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1/3 cup cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons salt, plus more to taste
Preparation
- 1. Preheat oven to 375°. Trim beets, drizzle with oil, and wrap in foil. Roast beets until tender when pierced with a fork, 30 to 45 minutes (time will vary depending on size of beets). Unwrap and let cool.
- 2. When beets are cool enough to handle, slip peels off and grate beets on the large holes of a box grater. Toss with vinegar and salt, adding more salt to taste if you like. Serve at room temperature.
- Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
Note:
Any beets would be delicious here, but we prefer the deep color of red beets. Roasting the beets before grating intensifies their flavor and is an easy, relatively mess-free way to cook them.
The salad keeps up to 2 days, covered and chilled. To reduce staining when handling red beets, we like to wear disposable latex gloves and use a dishwasher-safe cutting board.
Beet Salad Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Salads, Side Dishes/Vegetables
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Make-Ahead, 5 Ingredients or Less, Quick/Easy
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Vegetables
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Calorie, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Low Saturated Fat
- PUBLICATION: Sunset
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