Beet Salad

[juliebove]

I'm having this for dinner tonight along with some leftover corn salad. The beets I used were chioga beets because that's what I got in my produce box this week. They're very pretty, but if you don't have these, use whatever kind you have. I think salad onions are onions that have grown beyond the green (shallot) stage but are not really big enough for storage onions. I keep getting these in my produce box. If you have a garden you could pull them at this stage. Otherwise, sub in a medium, mild onion, chopped.

5-6 small/medium beets, peeled and cut in small pieces
3 salad onions (bulbs only), chopped
3 ribs celery, sliced
Few sprigs of parsley, chopped
Juice of 1 lemon
Salt and pepper
Handful of walnuts

Mix all (except walnuts) ingredients together and chill for at least an hour to blend the flavors. Garnish with walnuts before serving.

You could also add a bit of olive oil to this, but I didnt' because I don't seem to like oil in a salad. And I think this would also be good with some nut cheese as garnish, but I haven't any nut cheese to try it.

[eachpeachpearplum]

thanks; had a few beets and didnt know what to whith them!! :p

[exurb]

thanks for the recipe.

another one I like to make, especially in the winter when salad greens and fresh veggies are more limited is

grated beets
grated carrots
grated fresh ginger
(grated apples optional)
with an apple cider vinegar and whatever oil.

Also if you use balsamic vinegar as a condiment
(not usually truly raw), grated beets are nice with that, if you let it sit a while you don't even need any oil as the beets soften the vinegar.