Think Pink Salad
I've made two versions of this in the last few days. The first was very simple - just shredded beetroot and carrot tossed together in a yoghurt-tangelo dressing. The second was a little bit fancier - shredded beets again with about a cup of cooked red quinoa, some chopped spring onions, a bit of chopped mint and a handful of toasted sunflower and sesame seeds sprinkled over the top. It looks amazing, tastes fantastic and - best of all - is the sort of thing that's very good for you. It's not so good if you're wearing a white shirt, but that's another story.
Here's how to make the dressing (which turns very pink as soon as you introduce it to the beetroot).
1/2 cup natural yoghurt (I used some homemade yoghurt that was quite runny)
juice and zest of a large tangelo or orange
2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1-2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar or lemon juice, to taste
salt and pepper
Whisk the yoghurt, tangelo juice and zest and olive oil together to mix, then add the vinegar/lemon juice to taste. Season well, then pour over the salad. This makes enough for a two beetroots'-worth of salad, which serves four.
Do you like pink food? What's your favourite?
I love fresh grated beetroot. I guess my favourite pink food is a festive glazed ham. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI love the sight of roast beef, cooked "pinkly rare"as Nigella would say (did say?)
ReplyDeleteMum used to make Pink Lady cake which was a very pretty pink with icing to match but I fear its pinkness came out of a bottle.
This looks fabulous! so fresh and delicious and healthy as you say, too.
ReplyDeletePink foods? I do love roasted beetroots with sour cream. I love raspberries and ice cream. And very occassionally, cherry ripes chocolate bars!
Both these salads sound amazing. I love beetroot, quinoa too although I don't remember trying the red version...I must try and get some. Don't thinkI've seen tangelos over here but I could substitute orange and grapefruit. Thanks for sharing.
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Pure genius my dear and lovely to see a pink salad rather than pink produced by chemical additives in baked form.
ReplyDeleteOh yes a lovely raw beetroot salad, what a great pink food that is and one of my favourites. I'm also a fan of quinoa and pumpkin seeds, so although I'd be very happy to tuck into either salad, that's the one I would go for first. But I like so many pink foods, raspberries being number one. This year I've been using rose syrup a lot which is a beautiful dusky pink and then there was the blackcurrant ice-cream which was pinky and the redcurrant ice-cream and...... feeling exhausted now.
ReplyDeleteLove your yummy carrot/beet salad with the yogurt addition!
ReplyDeleteI would love to pin this if you had a 'pin it' button...but I did follow you on pinterest:) xo
Can't beat beets in my book. A great excuse to get creative with going pink.
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