Beets are not something I would normally purchase, so working with them was a new experience (but a good one!). After a quick search online, I found that beets are highly nutritious (especially when eaten raw) and contain antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and detoxification properties. They’ve even been thought to have anti-cancer benefits.
All the more reason to eat your beets, kids!!
This Raw Beet, Carrot & Apple Salad with Ginger Lime Dressing is by far, one of my favorite salad. It is very refreshing, and the ginger and lime balance out the sweetness of the carrots and apple perfectly. Everyone who has tried it (even those who openly don’t like beets) have liked this salad and asked for the recipe!
Megan
This recipe is also linked to the Virtual Whole Food Potluck, Allergy Free Wednesday, Slightly Indulgent Tuesday, Simple Lives Thursday, and the Gluten Free Homemaker.
Megan I just had a beet root salad at Palmer Downtown Deli last week. I expected the beets to be pickled as I had never heard of eating raw beets before. I love beets but my hubby does NOT so I have never bothered with them since I’ve been married. Well I was most surprised to see raw beets finely chopped and tossed in with the greens. I gave him a taste and he actually thought they were good. Yippee…guess what I’ll be growing in my garden from now on. And this recipe looks absolutely yummy. Can’t wait to try it.
Thanks, Sheri! I didn’t know you could eat them raw either.
Thanks for the idea with a salad – this would probably be good over raw spinach!
I can never get enough beets when they are in season. This looks like a great recipe to take to a holiday potluck, bet it would be good with some dried cranberries too.
Dried cranberries… excellent suggestion, Nicole! That does sound yummy!
Took me a while to get my head (and stomach) wrapped around beets, but since there are so many unique ways to prepare them and not just boiled like back in the day. For instance, a friend made the most delicious raw salad for Thanksgiving as a side–all kinds of julienned vegs with a vinaigrette similar to yours in this post. I went nuts! Scored all the leftovers too and had them for several days afterward. We need to eat more stuff like this!
Hi Linda! We really do need to eat more raw salads/veggies like this. It’s more goal after Christmas to do that. I remember mom feeding me beets as a kid, but they were chunks in a can – definitely nothing like this!!
Hugs,
Megan
This sounds like such a great dish to add balance to a holiday meal. Raw and refreshing. Awesome recipe Megan!
Thank you, Terris!
What an outstanding salad. Droollicious right from the gate. This will make a beautiful accompaniment for some dinners this winter.
Thank you, beyondthepeel!
Happy Holidays!
I hate beets, but I love this salad!
Oh, and you can use the beet greens in a salad, too! I did that last year with some of our harvest. YUM!
This looks absolutely delicious. We often have raw beets in our salad but I have never tried this combination before.
Another really tasty way to eat beets (although not raw) is roasted with the other vegetables when you have a roast dinner, simply scrub, trim the ends and roll in coconut oil (or substitute oil) and roast as you would for potato etc. This brings out the most amazing flavours
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Part of my New Year Resolution is to give beets a go. Thanks for the recipe.
This is so pretty! I want to make it, but my son is allergic to carrots… maybe I’ll try it with broccoli instead!
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Made this for lunch today and loved it! Thanks for the recipe.
You’re welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
Megan
What a wonderful, fresh salad! I needed a fresh, healthy side to go with a BBQ pork sandwich and this was perfect. I didn’t have lime, so used grapefruit instead + 1/2 TBS of white wine vinegar. Thanks!
Hey Jenni! I’m so glad you enjoyed it – and thanks for the substitution notes!
Megan