Beet Salad with Lemon & Olives ♥


Just Four Ingredients! Great for Meal Prep. Weeknight Easy. Weight Watchers Friendly & Freestyle Friendly. Not just vegan, Vegan Done Real. Naturally Gluten Free. Whole30 Friendly.
Create Balance for Thanksgiving Menus
This beet salad would be a great addition to a Thanksgiving table. That's because unlike so many Thanksgiving vegetables, it's not sugary, it's not creamy, it's not soft(y).And it requires no cooking or prepping on the Big Day! Plus, beets add lovely color.
Just don't think about roasting or cooking the beets at the last minute for the cooking time varies way too much. The good news is that beets can be roasted or cooked two or three or even four days before, then used in delicious cold salads.
That makes this salad a great candidate for year-round salad.
Beets + Olives, An Unusual Combination
Think about the beet salads you love, they're often a study in contrast. Earthy beets + something creamy. Or something fruity and acidic. Or something sweet. But beets combined with olives? What's interesting here is how similar the two textures are! But the combination works, especially in contrast to an otherwise rich meal.Just updated. First published way back in 2006!
1 pound (450g) cooked beet, skin removed, diced small
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Salt & pepper to taste
24 or so (76g) pitted Kalamata olives, halved or quartered
Fresh parsley
Combine all ingredients except the parsley. Just before serving, stir in the parsley. Serve at room temperature.
TO PREP AHEAD
BEETS Cook the beets, this can be done up to several days before Thanksgiving, several choices are with the Beet Recipes, I have two favorite ways, My Favorite Way to Roast Beets and My Favorite New Way to Roast Beets. Either one would work beautifully but I'd give the edge to the "new" way because the beets turn out slightly pickled.
DAY OF Assemble the salad (except the parsley) -- the morning of or a few minutes before serving, your choice
RECIPE for BEET SALAD with LEMON & OLIVES
Hands-on time: 10 minutes
Time to table: 10 minutes
Serves 4 in a standard everyday meal, as many as 8 or 10 in a large, multi-course meal like Thanksgiving
Time to table: 10 minutes
Serves 4 in a standard everyday meal, as many as 8 or 10 in a large, multi-course meal like Thanksgiving
1 pound (450g) cooked beet, skin removed, diced small
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Salt & pepper to taste
24 or so (76g) pitted Kalamata olives, halved or quartered
Fresh parsley
Combine all ingredients except the parsley. Just before serving, stir in the parsley. Serve at room temperature.
TO PREP AHEAD
BEETS Cook the beets, this can be done up to several days before Thanksgiving, several choices are with the Beet Recipes, I have two favorite ways, My Favorite Way to Roast Beets and My Favorite New Way to Roast Beets. Either one would work beautifully but I'd give the edge to the "new" way because the beets turn out slightly pickled.
DAY OF Assemble the salad (except the parsley) -- the morning of or a few minutes before serving, your choice
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Thanksgiving or no thanksgiving, I+m going to make it anyway! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteDing ding ding ding! Oh!!! This one must be on my table this year.
ReplyDeleteHow do you think it would be with canned beets? I know fresh are better but it would be a worthwhile shortcut this week if you think it would work okay.
Ilva ~ You'll be, ahem, thankful you did!
ReplyDeleteErika ~ Hmmm ... no, definitely roast the beets, it only takes 5 min of hand-on time, at least to me that would be very worth the effort. Canned beets (which I do like) are just dense, a little acrid. These need to be toothsome, with texture, but not dense. I'm so glad you like this idea, I thought it was really special, if only because it felt like such a contrast to the other creamy-rich-nutty-buttery-sugary vegetables.
Another lovely-looking addition to my beetroot recipe repertoire!
ReplyDeleteGreat Combination of Flavors. Since you already have olives and lemon juice, I would go ahead and add feta cheese, olive oil and a little pickled hot pepper of choice. I would favor fresh oregano or marjoram over parsley.
ReplyDeleteBob