Description
Even if you are not a fan of beets, you will enjoy this delicious, healthy, and refreshing beet salad. Made with shredded raw beets, apples, and pickled onions with a simple mustard vinaigrette.
Ingredients
Scale
- 9 small beets, 4 medium beets or 2 large beets shredded (about 5 cups shredded)
- 2 large apples, sliced
- 1 cup pickled onions
- 1/2 cup sunflower seeds (see Note 1 for other suggestions)
- For the Mustard Vinaigrette
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 4 tbsp apple cider vinager
- 2 tbsp country style whole grain mustard
- 2 tsp maple syrup or honey
Instructions
- Shred the beets and slice the apples in the food processor
- Combine the shredded beets, sliced apples, onions and sunflower seeds ( save a few to put on top of the salad right before serving) in a large container with a lid
- Combine the ingredients for the mustard vinaigrette in a jar fitted with a lid, and shake well until combined ( if you don't have a jar, whisk all the vinaigrette ingredients win a bowl). Pour over the salad, toss well and refrigerate until ready to serve
Notes
- If you don't have sunflower seeds handy we suggest our candied pecans, walnuts, spiced pumpkin seeds or roasted hazelnuts.