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This Beet Salad recipe has beets cooked in an Instant Pot, then chilled, and includes dill, feta cheese, sliced onions, and a homemade, olive oil-lemony vinaigrette dressing.

Beet Salad

Hi Everyone, this beet salad is delicious and beautiful as it is nutritious.

It is made with a balance of a few simple ingredients: Beets, onion, fresh dill, and crumbled Feta cheese. You can serve it with lemon wedges and the lemon flavor brightens up this beautiful salad.

When are beets available?

Beets are considered a "cool-weather" vegetable and are ready to harvest in the late spring and the fall months.

Beets are at their best from June-October, however, they can be available all year round.

Ingredients

Here's a list of ingredients that you will need for this recipe:

• 4 medium beets, skins removed, steamed - 1 recipe Instant Pot Beets, skins removed and cut into ¾-inch (bite-size) pieces
• ½ of 1 small red or yellow onion, sliced
• 1 small-medium cucumber, skinned and sliced
• ¼ cup fresh dill, chopped, plus more for serving
• ½ cup Feta cheese, goat cheese also works well with this recipe, or amount to taste
• 4 lemon wedges, for serving
• fine salt, amount to taste, for serving
• fresh ground black pepper, amount to taste, for serving

Lemony Vinaigrette Dressing

• ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1-3 teaspoons (about ½ of a lemon) freshly squeezed lemon juice - depending on how lemony you want the salad to be
• ⅛-1/4 teaspoon fine salt, amount to taste
• ⅛ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, amount to taste

Kitchen Tools

Here is a list of helpful kitchen tools for this recipe:

• cutting board
• chef's knife
• serving dish
• citrus squeezer tool
• colander or salad spinner
• large mixing bowl
• salad serving utensils
• Instant Pot - for cooking the beets beforehand
• pepper grinder
• mason jar with lid or salad dressing shaker

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Beet Salad

Yield: 4 servings

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 1 minute

Total Time: 1 minute

This Beet Salad recipe has beets cooked in an Instant Pot, then chilled and includes dill, feta cheese, sliced onions and a homemade, olive oil-lemony vinaigrette dressing.

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Ingredients

• 4 medium beets, skins removed, steamed – 1 recipe Instant Pot Beets, skins removed and cut into ¾-inch (bite-size) pieces
• ½ of 1 small red or yellow onion, sliced
• 1 small-medium cucumber, skinned and sliced
• ¼ cup fresh dill, chopped, plus more for serving
• ½ cup Feta cheese, goat cheese also works well with this recipe, or amount to taste
• 4 lemon wedges, for serving
• fine salt, amount to taste, for serving
• fresh ground black pepper, amount to taste, for serving

LEMONY VINAIGRETTE DRESSING

• ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1-3 teaspoons (about ½ of a lemon) freshly squeezed lemon juice – depending on how lemony you want the salad to be
• ⅛-1/4 teaspoon fine salt, amount to taste
• ⅛ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, amount to taste

Instructions

1. Make the dressing: In a dresser shaker or mason jar with a lid, add the olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper, then put the lid, and shake until combined.
2. Assemble the salad: Add the cooked beets to a large mixing bowl, add the dressing, add the sliced onion, sliced cucumber, and chopped dill, and mix together. Add the mixture to a serving platter and add the feta cheese, lemon wedges, and more dill, to garnish. Enjoy!

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 252Total Fat: 19gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 605mgCarbohydrates: 17gFiber: 4gSugar: 9gProtein: 7g

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• This recipe was photographed on 9/2/2022 and first published on 9/23/2022

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