Beetroot salad with apple, made from regional produce

A crisp, fresh salad that you can prepare all year round made from local produce? Why not make yourself a quick raw beetroot salad. This is a salad with apple and local vegetables that are even in season in winter. Paired with an aromatic dressing and roasted sunflower seeds.

A simple salad with just a few ingredients. Made in just 5 minutes.

My raw beetroot is a salad that is really easy to prepare in just 5 minutes. You often have all the ingredients for it at home. This means you can quickly have a particularly aromatic side dish or a healthy snack on the table.

This beetroot recipe only contains raw ingredients. That is often not the case with beetroot salads. However, I find raw beetroot in a salad much tastier than cooked ones. Because raw beetroot with apple is just incredibly tasty and fresh!

Beetroot salad – winter vegetables as a salad, available regionally all year round

Do you often long for a crispy salad made from regional produce in winter? Quickly make yourself this beetroot salad. A seasonal winter salad with regional produce

This delicious, fresh raw vegetable salad consists mainly of beetroot, paired with carrots, apples and onions. Beets, carrots and onions are what are known as winter vegetables. Since they can be stored for a long time, you can always enjoy them fresh from regional cultivation all year round, and even in winter. The same applies to apples, which are also available from local cultivation in winter.
Combined here to create an aromatic winter vegetable salad.

Raw beetroot salad with apple: delicious, healthy and inexpensive

Beetroot, carrots, onions and apples are available very cheaply all year round. And very healthy at the same time. Many important vitamins are lost during cooking. While raw vegetables are full of them. That’s why it’s great to eat beetroot and carrots raw more often. With this recipe, you can eat really good low-budget vegan food.

More recipes with beetroot to try

Here are some more of my recipes, that are containing beetroot:

• Beetroot hummus – simple, delicious and pink!
• Beetroot apple soup with light crème, cilantro and green polenta hearts
• Vegan rack of lamb – made from seitan – even with bones
• Vegan smoked bacon, made from seitan

Show me your beetroot salad

Feel free to follow me on Instagram or Facebook. And I’ll be delighted if you make my beetroot salad and post a photo of it. It’s best if you tag my account in it too. Because I always find it really great and exciting to see how my recipes are prepared in other kitchens!

Beetroot salad – the preparation in pictures

Here I show you step by step in photos how I prepare the beetroot salad. Then I’ll move on to the recipe.

Ingredients for 4 portions of beetroot salad:

2 red beetroots, grated or finely diced
1-2 carrots, grated or finely diced
1 apple, grated or finely diced
1 small red onion, finely diced

Dressing:

2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon maple syrup
4 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Roasted sunflower seeds:

1 handful of sunflower seeds

Preparation:

1. First I roast the sunflower seeds. To do this, heat a pan without fat and roast the sunflower seeds in it. Turn them often. Be careful, the seeds burn quickly.
2. Then mix all the ingredients for the dressing in a bowl.
3. In a second bowl, mix all the ingredients for the salad.
4. Then fold in the dressing.
5. Leave to stand for at least 5 minutes.
6. Put the salad on plates or into bowls to server and add the roasted sunflower seeds on top.

Bon appetit!