For this salad, I combined shaved gold beets with baby arugula. You definitely want to use a mandoline to shave the beets as thinly as possible. Since they're raw, they can be a little tough if the pieces are too thick. I made a simple meyer lemon vinaigrette for the salad: meyer lemon juice, honey, olive oil, shallot, salt and pepper. I tossed the beets and greens in the dressing and topped the salad with shavings of ricotta salata and chopped marcona almonds.
Here are a few of my tips for making delicious salads.-Add a few teaspoons of finely minced shallot to your vinaigrette. Trust me, you'll be glad you did. If you're worried that the flavor of the shallot might be too sharp, let the minced shallot sit in your vinegar or lemon juice for a few minutes.
-Season your vinaigrette very generously with salt and pepper; it may seem like overkill, but you've got a lot of leaves to season with a small amount of dressing. Alternatively, season your greens with salt and pepper before you add the vinaigrette.
-Add your heavier ingredients like nuts to the top of the salad at the end. If you add them at the beginning, they'll just fall to the bottom of the bowl.
-Try mixing some fresh herbs into your salad greens - parsley is always a safe bet, I also like to add tarragon or dill.
-To reduce the amount of oil needed in your dressing, try adding a touch of honey. The sweetness balances the acidity.
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I always make red beets and my daughter and husband are not huge fans, perhaps they will like gold beets better. The salad looks delicious!
I love beet, red, or yellow... they are my favorite.
Cheers,
Elra
All this time, I thought that beet is red... never knew there's yellow one.
golden beets? how cool!
I love red beets, but I am intrigued by these gold and chiogga beets. I think I need to move beyond the canned kind in my cooking adventures. Thanks for the great recipe, it is perfect for my first foray into multicolored beets!
Pretty salad!
And great tips.
I like beets too, but never tried the golden beets or had them raw. This looks so fresh and healthy!
They are so new to me Sara..but I bet they tasted awesome..:)
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What a beautiful salad! I haven't tried golden beets, I'm not even sure I can get them here. I'll have to check it out.
Wow, I've never though of eating beets raw. I bet it ads an interesting textural element though. I love the golden beets too because I find they're less better than the red ones can be.
I wish I liked beets but I just don't. I must say though - this salad looks really beautiful.
This salad looks good! Very healthy and flavorful!
Cheers,
Rosa
I peeled a bunch of red beets last night - my hands are still pink! Meyer lemon dressing with ricotta salata sounds lovely.
I like beets too...very versatile but messy. My mother used to boil fresh new red beets and then she pickled them. I could easily eat half a jar of these beets.
Borstj (a classic Russian soup) is a fine way to make use of red beets.
I always avoid beets simply because of the mess factor. I'm going to be on the lookout for these golden beets!
love beets, but lately i've been picking up the vacuum packed roasted beets at trader joes...
I LOVE beet salads! I have never made one though, I'm going to have to try this!
i got to admit, never had beets before, let alone the golden ones. But I think it's time to try one, huh?
That looks delicous, Sara! I've never seen a golden beet before, stil less tried one... can't wait to find one because I love the red variety! Thanks for the great idea!
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I have never seen gold beets here in the UK.
Loved your healthy salad x
I haven't heard of gold beets, I'm not a fan of beets, I may have to try these they sound fantastic.
Great tips about the salads. I just made a vinaigrette with salads this weekend (not posted yet) and it's one of my faves!
Fresh beets aren't widely available here and it makes me sad. This looks so delicious, the vinaigrette is great!
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I really like beets, but avoid them for the whole bleeding red issue. Never really crossed my mind to use the yellow ones. Great looking salad!
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I have never used gold beets, sounds interesting...the salad looks so colorful and inviting :-)
This really looks delicious and refreshing!
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I love beets, all of them! They're all so pretty. Beets and goat cheese are a match made in heaven!
Sounds like a delicious salad. I don't cook beets very often for the very reasons you mentioned :)
Mmm, love beets! I can usually only find red here, but look forward to some pretty ones like your yellow ones!
This looks delicious! I don't think I've ever had yellow beets.
I tried raw beets for the first time when I made one of Mark Bittman's recipes for shredded beet and carrot salad.
Great tips for a salad! People underestimate the importance of seasoning a salad. My friends were surprised at this when I explained to them the thought I put into throwing my salads together. Sweetness has to balance out acidity. I like the shallot idea, will have to give it a try. Cilantro also tasted good mixed in with Spinach leaves!
Sara I love how you take fresh ingredients and weave them together into something amazing. Will have to try those beets out because the red is so messy.
I use beets all the time, sometimes roasting them, but usually just grating them raw over salads. I'd love to try other varieties, but in our area, they're just too pricey.
Sara,
I've never had raw beets before! These golden beets are so pretty.
This sounds delicious...so fresh and an escape from heavy winter meals! Yum.
I don't cook or serve beets as often as I should, primarily because I'm the only one in our family that enjoys them! I think I'm going to have to start making more of an exception for myself.
Mmm, shallots in the dressing sounds great! Will definitely try that next time...
Lovely salad!! The beets are beautiful!
Mm, looks so good and refreshing. Thank you for the salad tips!
I adore golden beets, but I have never used them raw in a salad. Thanks for the tip!
Never heard of golden beets but they look good. Thanks for the tips
Yuumm!! Looks so tasteful!!
All of your food looks so pretty! I have never tried gold beets!
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Looks like a success. Beautiful salad.
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