Whether it’s freshly roasted or cool and pickled, beetroot is a fabulous addition to most salads. It’s natural sweetness provides lovely flavour, colour and juiciness to your dish, not the mention all the incredible vitamins it contains. To get you thinking about how you can include more beetroot in your salads, take a look through this perfectly purple recipe collection. We’ve got dishes with creamy goat’s cheese and feta, hearty pumpkin and warm grilled lamb. Just delicious!
Roasted beetroot and millet salad
This nourishing roasted beetroot and millet salad is the perfect balance of flavour and texture. Full of wholesome ingredients, this is one tasty dish you can feel good about eating!
Roasted beetroot, orange and char-grilled chicken salad
You need two oranges for this recipe – one for the salad and one for the juice. You can substitute fresh baby beetroot with canned baby beets, or the chicken with pork fillet or salmon, if you like. Note
Baby beetroot, green lentil, watercress and hazelnut salad
If roasted hazelnuts are unavailable, you can roast your own. Place nuts on an oven tray; roast at 200°C about 5 minutes or until the skins begin to split. Rub hazelnuts in a tea towel to remove most of the skins. Cool. Fresh pomegranate seeds can sometimes be found in packs in the fridge section […]
Beetroot and heirloom carrot salad with persian fetta
Colourful heirloom carrots, in hues of purple, taste the same as their orange cousins, and were in fact the norm until the Dutch developed the modern-day orange version in the 17th century. They taste and look fantastic in this stunning salad.
Spinach, beetroot and egg salad
Make this a main meal salad by tossing through a well-drained 400g can tuna or salmon. Note
Beetroot & carrot salad with goat’s cheese twists
Delicious and colourful beetroot and carrot salad with goat’s cheese twists from Australian Women’s Weekly.
Warm beetroot and lentil salad with pork sausages
Healthy and delicious warm beetroot and lentil salad with pork sausages from Australian Women’s Weekly.
Beetroot and orange salad
Blood oranges are available in winter. At other times use navel oranges instead. Segment the oranges over a bowl to catch any juice; use this in the dressing. Note
Salad of roasted beetroot with goat’s cheese and walnuts
Rich and earthy!
Beef, beetroot and potato salad
For a packed lunch, prepare this salad the night before; it is best dressed just before serving. Place beetroot in base of lunch container, top with mesclun, potato and beef; pack dressing separately. Store in the fridge; bring to room temperature before serving. Note
Roasted beetroot and blue cheese salad with honey pecans
This mouth-watering salad is full of contrasting flavours and textures, from creamy cheese to crunchy nuts.
Caramelised beetroot, rocket and feta salad
You could use chopped unsalted peanuts instead of hazelnuts. Try goat cheese instead of feta, mixed salad instead of rocket. Price will vary. To slice onion very thinly, use a mandolin or V-shaped cutter. Note
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