Beetroot salads not only taste good, but are also very healthy. They are suitable for both daily and holiday menus, as well as for dietary meals.
Beets are an unusually healthy vegetable. It contains a huge amount of vitamins, complex carbohydrates, fiber, mineral compounds. It is perfect for dietary nutrition, as it has unique properties to cleanse the body, remove toxins and toxins from it. This vegetable is very useful for people suffering from atherosclerosis, gastrointestinal disorders and other diseases.
Beets can be eaten both raw and boiled. Nutritionists advise patients to regularly include vitamin salads with the addition of this vegetable in their diet. The use of such dishes not only has a beneficial effect on the body, but also contributes to the preservation of a slim figure.
For raw consumption, it is best to use young beets. Its structure is more delicate and not too dense.
To prepare a delicious vitamin salad, you will need 1 small beet, 1 medium-sized carrot, 150 g of cabbage, lemon juice, salt, olive oil.
Young beets and carrots must be peeled and grated on a coarse grater. The cabbage should be finely chopped, put in a deep bowl, salt and lightly kneaded with your hands. This is necessary to soften its structure. Next, all the ingredients need to be mixed in a salad bowl, sprinkled with lemon juice, add a little olive oil and mix again.
To prepare a very tasty sweet salad, you need 1 small beetroot, 1-2 medium-sized carrots and 1 red apple. Beets and carrots must be peeled and grated on a coarse grater, then put in a salad bowl and slightly knead the vegetables with your hands. Next, you need to peel the apple, grate it on a coarse grater and sprinkle with lemon juice. Lemon juice protects the surface of apples from darkening as a result of contact with air.
All ingredients must be mixed in a salad bowl and half a teaspoon of sugar added. If the apple is sweet enough, you do not need to add sugar to the finished salad. You do not need to salt this dish.
Beetroot salad with prunes is perfect for a festive table and daily menu. To prepare it, you need to boil 2 medium-sized beets, cool them, peel and grate.
The cooking time of beets directly depends on their size. To speed up the process, you can cook it in a pressure cooker or cut it into slices before cooking.
To preserve all vitamins and other useful components in the vegetable, you can not boil the beets, but bake them in the oven. To do this, you need to wash it, wrap it in foil, put it on a baking sheet and place the baking sheet in an oven preheated to 220 ° C. You need to bake vegetables for 40 minutes.
Put the grated beets in a salad bowl and add 100 g of chopped prunes to it, as well as salt to taste, 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 2 cloves of garlic, passed through a press. It is recommended to pre-steam the prunes with boiling water for 15 minutes to soften it. All ingredients must be thoroughly mixed, after which the salad can be served.
