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FETA BEETROOT
FETA BEETROOT
FETA BEETROOT
FETA BEETROOT
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Feta and Beetroot Salad

I am a bit of a beetroot junkie. I love their colour, distinct flavour and the way they make everything pink…..including my hands when I was preparing them!

Beetroot salads are great because you can make a decent batch and chill and store in the fridge for a good few days, as long as you hold off adding the feta and nuts until serving.

Beetroot has so many health benefits from reducing blood pressure to lowering cholesterol but it’s great for boosting stamina and helping with fatigue too, and after a very delayed transatlantic through the night flight this week, I’ll be munching away on this for the next couple of days to boost my energy levels!

Enjoy

Gill x

Preparation Time:
15 minutes
Cooking Time:
60 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients

  • 6 beetroots
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil or rapeseed oil
  • 2 large handfuls of baby spinach
  • 100g feta cut into small cubes
  • 65g walnuts
  • 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  • salt and pepper to taste

    METHOD

    1. Preheat the oven to 180C. Peel the beetroot and cut into quarters and put in a baking dish with the oil and salt and pepper and cook for approximately 45 minutes.
    1. In the meantime wash and chop the spinach leaves and mix them into a bowl with the balsamic vinegar. Once cool, toss in the beetroot.
    1. Toast the walnuts in a dry frying pan for a few minutes and then add them to the salad. Lastly add the feta and season again to taste.
    1. Serve right away.

    NICKI'S TUPPENCEWORTH

    When I was a wee girl my Grandad grew beetroot in his garden and the smell of it boiling in the pan on the old gas stove is one of my favourite childhood memories. The idea was always that we'd pickle it all but inevitably, as soon as it had cooled, he'd lift me onto the bunker with a roll on butter, a big slice of cheese and let me get hacked into it. 

    I know that Scottish root veg can take a bit of a pasting for being boring but the truth is we are extremely lucky with these hardy pillars of goodness that see us through the spring and into summer. 

    I love beetroot like this and with the salty, fresh taste of feta and some walnuts I reckon Gill is onto a winner. This is my weekend lunch sorted out!

    Try it out at home – you won’t be disappointed! Leave your comments here and please do share this with your friends! You can also share your photographs and ideas with us. We'd love to see them. As always, tag them #PerthLoveFest and we'll scatter them around our own social media.  

    Happy Pink Hands!

    Nicki X

     

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