If you want to add beautiful colors to a meal, or make amazing little appetizers to impress a friend – you should try this Beet Salad with Citrus And Avocado. It can be made with raw julienned beets, or home fermented beets (which is what I prefer) to increase flavor, digestibility and the amount of your daily probiotics. You can serve it on individual leaves, like on the picture above, or put it on a bed of greens for a faster version.
HOW TO MAKE BEET SALAD WITH CITRUS AND AVOCADO
INGREDIENTS
2 cups of finely julienned raw, or lacto fermented beets like these
1 small pink grapefruit or small orange
1 small avocado, ripe but firm
A bunch of firm salad leaves, like romaine
2 tablespoons of finely chopped fresh chives
Dressing:
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice (I use this tool)
1 teaspoon maple syrup
1 teaspoon olive oil (this is my favorite brand)
Salt and pepper to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
Cut away both ends of the grapefruit or orange so that they sit flat on the work surface. Cut the skin and pith completely away from the fruit, following the natural curve from top to bottom. Cut across, then holding pieces in your hand over a bowl to catch the juice, cut away each segment from between the membranes.
Make dressing:
Combine orange juice, maple syrup, olive oil, salt and pepper.
Toss the beets with the dressing.
Cut avocado into bite size pieces.
Place a small amount of beets on a romaine leaf, add a piece of each: grapefruit, orange, and avocado.
Sprinkle with chives.
- 2 cups of finely julienned raw, or lacto fermented beets like [url href=”https://www.beetsandbones.com/lacto-fermented-beets-without-water/” target=”_blank” title=”Lacto Fermented Beets Without Water”]these[/url]
- 1 small pink grapefruit or small orange
- 1 small avocado, ripe but firm
- A bunch of firm salad leaves, like romaine
- 2 tablespoons of finely chopped fresh chives
- [i]Dressing:[/i]
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Cut away both ends of the grapefruit or orange so that they sit flat on the work surface. Cut the skin and pith completely away from the fruit, following the natural curve from top to bottom. Cut across, then holding pieces in your hand over a bowl to catch the juice, cut away each segment from between the membranes.
- [i]Make dressing[/i]: combine orange juice, maple syrup, olive oil, salt and pepper.
- Toss the beets with the dressing.
- Cut avocado into bite size pieces.
- Place a small amount of beets on a romaine leaf, add a piece of each: grapefruit, orange, and avocado.
- Sprinkle with chives.
