Golden Beet and Garlic Salad

My mom always makes this awesome beet salad. With olive oil and lemon and garlic, I just love it! But if there’s anything I don’t like about it is the fact that the beets always make it look like I just murdered someone in my kitchen, right there on the cutting board, and I can’t even hide the evidence because my hands are all red as well. Apparently there’s an alternative! And when I found it I was super excited. I was going shopping at Costco as usual when I saw a bag of “Golden Beets”, it’s the same beets but yellow. I grabbed it and figured I’d find what to do with it later on.

After I read about it a bit I discovered that it is the same beet except for the color and apparently people prefer to use it because guess what, it’s less messy! Yes! Yes! Yes!

So now I can make my favorite salad without looking like a serial killer, and guess what? I get to share it with you!

 

Golden Beet and Garlic Salad

Golden Beet and Garlic Salad
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Recipe type: Salad
 
Beet salad with garlic and lemon. A great addition to any meal. Dairy or meat.
Ingredients
  • 5 Golden Beets
  • 3 Garlic cloves – diced
  • 2 tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 1 tbsp Olive Oil
  • Salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Cook the beets in water. Place them in a pot and cover with water; cook covered over medium heat until the beets are tender and you can poke them with a fork (about 30-40 minutes).
  2. Peel the cooked beets by simply removing the skin. It should come off easily now that it’s cooked.
  3. Grate the peeled beets into a bowl, add the dices garlic, olive oil, lemon juice and salt and mix all together.

 

Beet Salad