Orange Beet Salad - Picky Palate - Beet Salad RECIPE! (2024)

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Sharing my favorite beet salad today! My favorite way to eat beets….Orange Beet Salad. Could eat these all day! Still working on the boys, in the meantime I’ll be eating these all to myself!

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  • Beet Salad
  • What Do Beets Taste Like?
  • What Are Beets?
  • How Do You Cook Beets?
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Beet Salad

Have you had beet salad?! When we lived in Newport Beach, CA there was an adorable little cafe right on Pacific Coast Highway that I walked to on a regular basis called Zinc Cafe. They had the most beautiful salads, healthy menu options and baked goods around. My favorite salad to order from them was their Orange Beet Salad. I will be the first to admit, I have not always liked beets. In fact, I just barely started eating them within the last year. I kind of thought they tasted like dirt. Soil. Too earthy.Not these! They are marinated in fresh orange juice, a little grated onion, vinegar and orange zest. Give it 24 hours to marry together and you’ve got the best healthy snack ever. Not kidding. You’ve got to try these for yourself. We just eat them right out of the bowl, but you can plate them over some lovely micro greens, goat cheese and pecans if you’d like.

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Keep your eye out for these little boxes of refrigerated steamed, peeled beets in the produce section of your grocery store. Trader Joe’s sells them for a great price. I can also get them at my Fry’s Marketplace here in Mesa, AZ. You’ll also need 4 oranges, a small slice of red onion to grate, vinegar (not in picture), micro greens, goat cheese and pecans if you’d like to plate it as a salad.

What Do Beets Taste Like?

Beets tend to have an earthy taste. This taste is caused by microbes in the soil, providing the beets with a compound known as geosmin. Many people believe this is what gives the beet a dirt-like flavor.

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Here’s the beets when you take them out of the package. Beware, the red liquid stains everything. Be careful 🙂

What Are Beets?

Beets are known to be edible tap root plants that originated from North America. Its leaves were mostly used throughout the world but the root was just discovered by French chefs to have more medicinal and nutritious value.

This vegetable is commonly used in a salad but some people use it in pasta and noodles, tart, lemonade and cakes. You will discover that this vegetable is versatile and its flavor is appropriate for many recipes.

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Slice your beets into thin slices and place into a large mixing bowl.

How Do You Cook Beets?

  1. Roasting-It gives the beets some extra concentrated flavour while removing the earthy flavour and adding the sweet taste. In addition, if you like the potato texture then this is for you.
  2. Boiling-This is the quickest yet easiest method to use which leaves you an ideal subdued flavour making it ideal for use in the meat dishes. In addition, boiling will soften the beets making it easy to mash and use in smoothies, soups, purees and making cookie or cake dough.
  3. Steaming-This is the fastest method to cook beets with the best food steamer being mechanical steamer for the best results although, you can make use of other available steamersin your kitchen to achieve the desired results.

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Squeeze the juice of all 4 oranges into your bowl of beets.

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Add some orange zest and grated red onion to your bowl.

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Just a touch of vinegar, then stir, cover and refrigerate for about 24 hours to marinate! We just eat them right from the bowl once marinated but they are great over a green salad too!

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Try micro greens with your beets. Soooo good!

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I also added pinches of goat cheese and pecans. Enjoy!

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Orange Beet Salad

This Orange Beet Salad is going to be your favorite new way to eat beets! It's healthy and packed with flavor.

Course: Salad

Cuisine: American

Prep Time 15 minutes mins

refrigerate to marinate 1 day d

Total Time 1 day d 15 minutes mins

Servings: 6 servings

Calories: 136kcal

Author: Jenny

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Ingredients

Marinated Beets

  • 10-12 baby beats steamed and peeled (I get mine in the produce section of my grocery store. Trader Joe’s has them too)
  • 4 medium-large oranges
  • 1 tablespoon grated red onion
  • 2 tablespoon vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons orange zest

Salad

  • 6 cups micro greens or other greens of choice
  • 1/4 cup goat cheese cut into small pieces
  • 1/4 cup pecans

Instructions

  • Slice baby beets into 1/4 inch slices and place into a large mixing bowl. Add juice of oranges, red onion, vinegar and orange zest. Stir, cover and refrigerate for 24 hours.

  • To serve, eat right out of the bowl (what we dor enjoy with micro greens, goat cheese and pecans.

Nutrition

Calories: 136kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 90mg | Potassium: 430mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 381IU | Vitamin C: 57mg | Calcium: 77mg | Iron: 1mg

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FAQs

Orange Beet Salad - Picky Palate - Beet Salad RECIPE!? ›

Roast until the beets are just tender when pierced with the point of a knife, about 1 1/4 hours. Unwrap the beets and let them cool. Meanwhile, whisk oil, vinegar, mustard, honey, salt and pepper in a small bowl to make the dressing. When the beets are cool enough to handle, slip off the skins.

How to make beet root salad? ›

Roast until the beets are just tender when pierced with the point of a knife, about 1 1/4 hours. Unwrap the beets and let them cool. Meanwhile, whisk oil, vinegar, mustard, honey, salt and pepper in a small bowl to make the dressing. When the beets are cool enough to handle, slip off the skins.

What is orange beet? ›

Orange beets, which are also called golden beets or yellow beets, get their pigment from betaxanthins. Beets of any color have both of these, as well as plenty of potassium, magnesium and vitamin C. Betacyanins and betaxanthins are phytochemicals that provide antioxidants and help your body fight inflammation.

What are the benefits of orange and beet juice? ›

According to a report published by Boldsky, the health benefits of beetroot and orange mix drink include improving blood pressure levels and boosting body immunity. Orange and beetroot juice contain nitric acid and vitamin C, which dilate blood vessels and increase blood flow, which reduces high blood pressure.

Why do you put vinegar in beets? ›

Beets are a weekly ritual around here. Usually we boil them and toss them in a sweet sour vinaigrette and keep them in the refrigerator to eat all week. The vinegar in the dressing "pickles" the beets, helping them last longer in the fridge.

How long does beet salad last in fridge? ›

How to Store Beet Salad. Cooked beets will last for three to five days in the refrigerator. Store them in an airtight container or heavy-duty aluminum foil for best results. To freeze beets for salad, store them (cubed or whole) in a freezer-safe container or bag for up to eight months.

Are orange beets as good as red beets? ›

Despite a difference in color, the two beets are essentially the same when it comes to nutritional value and both add plenty of essential vitamins and minerals to your diet.

Are orange beets as healthy as red beets? ›

Well you're right! Both types of beets are great sources of fiber at 2.8 grams per serving, and they also have a good dose of folate! There are few if any differences in the nutrition content of golden beets vs red beets, so that likely wouldn't be a determining factor in choosing between the two.

Can you mix orange juice and beet juice together? ›

Although these two ingredients may sound like a strange partnership, beets and oranges are a match made in heaven.

Does beet juice clean your bowels? ›

How Beets Cleanse Your Colon. Beets are rich in antioxidants and high in fiber that can help pull toxins into the colon where they can be evacuated. Because fiber isn't digested by your body like other food components, such as fats, proteins or carbohydrates, it feeds friendly gut bacteria.

What does beet juice do to your stomach? ›

Beets are high in fiber and promote the growth of good bacteria in your gut. Having plenty of healthy bacteria in your digestive system helps fight disease and boost your immune system. Fiber also improves digestion and reduces the risk of constipation.

What is the best way to eat beetroot raw or cooked? ›

Here are five of our favorite ways to eat beets.
  1. Raw! – Yes, beets are quite good raw. ...
  2. Roasted with goat cheese. – The classic, all-time favorite preparation. ...
  3. In a salad. – Beets make a good complement to other salad staples. ...
  4. Pickled! – Pickled beets are just marvelous. ...
  5. As dessert.

Is beetroot salad good for you? ›

Health benefits of beets include more stamina during exercise, heart disease and stroke prevention, and lower blood pressure. You can roast, grate, or put them into soups and salads. If you're prone to kidney stones or gout, avoid beets or limit how much you eat.

Is beet root better raw or boiled? ›

You can even enjoy them raw, either sliced thinly or grated. Choose beets that feel heavy for their size with fresh, unwilted green leafy tops still attached, if possible. Because dietary nitrates are water-soluble, it's best to avoid boiling beets if you'd like to maximize their nitrate content.

Is it better to roast or boil beets for salad? ›

The softest texture will be the boiled beets, the roasted beets will be tender, but will still have a little “bite” to them. The steamed beets will be somewhere in the middle. If using the beets in a salad, or serving them as a side dish, I prefer the roasted or steamed beets.

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