Healthy Beetroot and Feta Salad Delight

Fresh, juicy, healthy, won’t harm your figure! You will like the beet salad with feta cheese because of its combination of flavors — the sweetness of baked beets harmonizes perfectly with the piquancy of soft cheese. In addition, it contains few calories and is seasoned not with mayonnaise, but with vegetable oil.
cook time: 3h
Freya Ashford
Healthy Beetroot and Feta Salad Delight

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

133
Calories
10g
Fat
8g
Carbs
5g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Salt to taste
Arugula 100 g
Beet 2 pc
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Dry spices to taste
Lemons (juice, or less) 0.5 pc
Brynza 150 g
Pine nuts (optional) 2 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make a salad of boiled beets with cheese and pine nuts? Prepare your food. Choose sweet varieties of beets; they will go better with salty cheese. Take good quality cheese, without vegetable fats. Dry herbs are suitable as spices — basil, oregano or Provençal mixture. Take any oil — both extra virgin olive oil and regular sunflower oil will do.

Step 2

Step 2
First of all, cook the beets. It can either be boiled or baked. Baked beets are less watery, tastier and healthier. How to bake beets in the oven? Wash it well under running water with a brush, then dry with a towel. Tear off a long piece of foil and fold it in half. Wrap the beets in foil so that there are no holes left. Bake it in the oven at 200°C for 1.5-2 hours, depending on the size, until soft.

Step 3

Step 3
Check the beets for readiness with a knife — it will easily pierce the root vegetable. Cool completely and then peel the roasted beets.

Step 4

Step 4
Cut the peeled beets into large cubes.

Step 5

Step 5
Prepare the dressing. To do this, mix vegetable oil with lemon juice, add dry herbs and salt to taste. Add lemon juice as per your preference.

Step 6

Step 6
Pour the prepared dressing over the beets and stir.

Step 7

Step 7
Cut the cheese into the same cubes as the beets.

Step 8

Step 8
All that remains is to assemble the salad. Place the washed and dried arugula on a flat plate. Place the beets on it, and pieces of cheese on the beets. Sprinkle the salad with pine nuts.

Step 9

Step 9
Serve the salad immediately. Bon appetit!

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