You have heard the saying, eat the rainbow, right? This salad is perfect for that! It is a great, beautiful combination of fruits, veggies and nuts and full of flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs red and/or golden beets, cooked, peeled and diced (see notes)
- 1/3 cup red onion, very finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, finely minced, use a garlic press
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar (or Apple Cider or Champagne Vinegar)
- 2 oranges, 1 to toss in salad and 1 for juice (2 tablespoons zest and 4 tablespoons juice)
- 1/2– 1 cup craisins ( or sub dried currants)1/2 teaspoon salt, more to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper1 cup cilantro, chopped, tender stems OK ( or sub some mint, Italian parsley, basil)
- 1/2 –1 cup pistachios
- 1 cup feta crumbles
- 1 Avocado cubed
- 2 large handfuls of spinach
- Optional Garnish: For a festive twist you could top with pomegranate seed!
Directions
- Boil or steam beets until fork tender (See notes-can do this ahead and refrigerate). Trim and rub under cool running water to remove skin. Dice into small, 1/2 inch cubes. Place in a large bowl on top of spinach.
- Add diced onion, garlic, olive oil, vinegar, orange slices, orange zest and orange juice, avocado, craisins, salt and pepper and mix to combine well. Add pistachios and feta. Gently toss.
- Taste, add more pistachios, craisins or feta to taste. Adjust salt and pepper and orange juice
- Serve in a bowl and garnish with cilantro.
Cooking Beets
Pressure Cook! Use an Instant Pot to steam beets. Place the steamer basket in the Instant pot with 1 cup of water in the bottom, set to pressure High for 16 minutes for 3-inch diameter beets. Cut extra-large beets in half. Naturally, release.
Boil beets in a big pot, totally submerged in salted water until fork-tender. 30-50 minutes, depending on size. Cut extra-large beets oil half for faster cooking.
Steam Beets in a big pot on the stove-top, using a steamer basket. 35-55 minutes, depending on size. Again, I like to cut bigger beets in half for faster cooking.
Roast Beets in a 425 oven. Oil, salt & pepper them, wrapped in foil or place in a baking dish covered in foil, and bake 45-65 mins depending on size.
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