Recipe: Beet Salad with Fennel and Mint
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cooking Time:
30 minutes
Yields:
6 servings
Ingredients:
2 beets
1 small fennel bulb
1 bunch mint leaves
2 oranges
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1 small fennel bulb
1 bunch mint leaves
2 oranges
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
Directions:
- Place beets in a pot, cover with 1 inch with water and boil for 20-30 minutes, until a fork pierces easily through the middle of each beet.
- While beets are cooking, wash fennel and slice very thin.
- Chiffonade mint (chop into thin ribbons).
- Zest oranges and juice them into a bowl.
- When beets are cooked, drain them in the sink and rinse under cold water.
- Peel the skin off beets with hands and chop beets into1/4-inch thick, quarter rounds.
- Add all ingredients into a large bowl and mix well.
Notes:
This salad is famous for converting non-beet eaters into beet lovers!
