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Heart Beet Salad

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Those of you who know my husband in real life will know how much he loves a good play on words.  The double entendre and the manipulation of the English language are favourites of his.  He’s quite clever and loves a good pun.  In fact, he’s so “punny” (get it? Pun?) that he came up with the name for my kale and beet salad! I made this in honour of Valentine’s Day, and Hubby immediately called it “Heart Beet Salad” because I used my trusty cutters and cut out heart shaped beets!

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Heart Beet Salad
Healthy, delicious salad to start a meal off or eat as your meal!
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Recipe type: Salad
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Ingredients
  • 6-8 medium-sized beets
  • 5-6 cups kale
  • ¼ c walnuts, chopped
  • ¼ c dried cranberries
  • ¼ c Feta cheese, crumbled
  • Dressing:
  • ¼ extra virgin olive oil (I like using President's Choice)
  • ¼ c Balsamic vinegar (I use President's Choice)
  • 1-2 Tbsp local honey (I get ours from a local bee farmer on the Island)
  • salt & black pepper
Instructions
  1. Cook beets. You can either roast them in your oven or boil them. I boiled them today. I boil them as I boil potatoes -- bring water to a boil and cook for 15 minutes or until fork tender.
  2. Wash kale and dry in salad spinner. Tear kale leaves into bite-sized pieces.
  3. In a mason jar, add olive oil, Balsamic vinegar, honey, salt and pepper. Cover with lid and shake until emulsified.
  4. Once beets are cooked, allow to cool. When cool, you can either cut beets into bite-sized pieces OR slice them into ½ inch rounds and take a heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out heart pieces. These are fun for Valentine's Day.
  5. In a large salad bowl, add beets and kale. Toss gently with Balsamic dressing, sprinkle chopped walnuts, dried cranberries and crumbled feta cheese.
  6. Et voila! Enjoy!

 

Two of my absolute favourite vegetables to eat are beets and kale.  I could eat beets and kale every day!  I love experimenting with beet salad — there are so many ways to cook and serve beets! I use kale in my cooking too, but I really prefer eating kale raw.  This beet salad is chock full of vitamins and tastes delish too!

If you give it a try, let me know what you think!

Comments

  1. I love your beet salad and I especially like the heart cutouts. It certainly adds a little oomph to the salad and it is so easy to prepare. Thank you for this healthy recipe.

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  2. Beets are my families favourite vegetable! We eat them almost everyday (even in Mexico) and grow rows and rows of them in our garden. Can’t wait for spring to get them going.

    What did you use to make the heart shapes? Adorable.

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  10. haha cute!! Another thing non creative me would never have thought of, not sure where I’d be without these great ideas!! Thank you so very much for sharing with us.

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