Beetroot Salad With Goat Cheese Recipe (2024)

A tangy and salty yet sweet beetroot salad recipe that’s tasty and healthy. It’s a guilt-free side dish, lunch or dinner option!

Beets are such a versatile veggie, storing for months at a time and being just as delicious in themiddle of winter as they are in summer.

I, Rebecca ofGood Things Bakinglove the bright vivid pop of color that they addto any meal!

This beetroot salad (the longer name for beets) is a simple, delicious, and wholesome way toeat them. Better yet, you can assemble the salad in about 15 minutes.

Lemon juice adds a lovely bright tang, and the goat or feta cheese is a lovely savoryflavor to contrast with the earthy sweetness of the beets.

Ingredients Needed For A Beetroot Salad Recipe

Medium-sized beets

Extra virgin olive oil

Lemon juice — Freshly squeezed is best.

Crumbly cheese — Feta or goat cheese are both good options.

Salt and pepper — To taste

Fresh parsley leaves — Torn into small pieces or roughly chopped

What Is The Best Cheese For A Beet Salad?

Beets are naturally sweet so the tangy tartness of goat cheese or feta cheese balances out the beets. This is why goat (goat’s milk) or feta (sheep’s milk) are typically the most common and popular pairing with beets.

If you are on a vegan diet or have a dairy allergy, omit the goat or feta cheese. Truthfuly, I love this salad recipe with or without toppings… because it’s that good!

However, we love how crumbly cheese also adds a wonderful texture to any dish, as it does with aWinter Panzanella SaladandWatermelon Feta Flatbread.

How To A Make Beetroot Salad

Begin by trimming off any leafy greens attached to your beets. You can leave the rootattached or cut it off if you prefer.

Wash the beets thoroughly.

Boil enough water in a large pot to cover your beets.

Once it’s at a full boil, carefullyplace the beets in the water with the lid on and allow them to boil for 45-60 minutes on medium heat. They aredone cooking when a large fork easily pierces to the center.

Remove the beets from the water and place them in a small bowl and then in the refrigeratorto cool.

While the beets are cooling, make the dressing by stirring together 3 tablespoon of extra virginolive oil and 3 tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice. You can also whisk in 2 teaspoon ofhoney if you’d like, but beets are fairly sweet and may not need it.

Once the beets are cool, the skins should slip off easily. You can rub the skin off withyour thumb and then peel it off in strips with your fingers, or use a knife to remove theskins.

Chop the cooked beets into cubes that are about 1”.

Place the cubes in a mixing bowl and pourthe olive oil and lemon juice dressing over it.

Toss the beets in the dressing, then sprinkle them with salt, add the parsley and tossagain. Taste the salad to see if it needs more salt at this point.

Once the beet salad is seasoned to your liking, sprinkle the top with feta or goat cheese,a bit of extra parsley, and some freshly cracked pepper.

Enjoy this refreshing beetroot salad recipe with another sweet and tangy dish like Hawaiian Huli Huli Chicken!

Can I Roast Beets For Beetroot Salad?

Roasting beets is another great way to prepare them for a salad! To roast beets, preheatyour oven to 400°.

Remove the green, leafy tops and scrub the beets thoroughly beforeindividually wrapping them loosely in foil.

Place them in a roasting or baking dish and cook them for 45-60 minutes, checking themevery 20 minutes or so to make sure they aren’t scorching. If the skins are starting tolook dry or burnt, spoon about a teaspoon of water over them.

Remove the beets from the oven when they are soft enough to be pierced by a fork.

Allow them to cool completely before peeling and assembling your roast beet salad.

Can I Use Pickled Beets For This Salad?

If you like pickled beets, you can definitely use those!

However, since they are pickled in salt and vinegar(which are sodium and acid), when dressing the salad add the lemon juice and salt totaste (which are also a sodium and acid).

Recipe Tips And Notes

— The longer your beet salad chills before serving, the more the flavors will blend anddevelop.

— Use any crumbly cheese for the salad topping. Feta and goat cheese are both great option!

— Beetroot salad is a great and healthy side salad for any meal! However, if you’d like to make itinto a more substantial meal, you could serve it over a bed of mixed greens and sprinklequinoa over the top. The longer it sits, the more the flavors in the beet salad willcombine and develop.

— Beets are very juicy, and the dark pink juice can easily stain fabric, surfaces, and hands.So be careful to not splash juice around when working with beets.

— Serve the salad immediately. Or let it chill in the refrigerator in a large serving bowl for a few hoursbefore eating it. Omit the cheese until later, as the beet juice may stain the cheese.

More Easy Salad Recipes To Try

If you’re looking for more healthy salad recipes, look no further. Because we have a huge archive or fun salad recipes (just like our beet salad with goat cheese) to reset your diet below —

• Whole30 Chicken Salad Wrap — It’s Whole30, paleo and ketoapproved!
• Berry Panzanella Salad — A “dessert” salad that highlights berries.
• Easy Apple Yogurt Salad — Something perfect for breakfast.
• Cranberry Orange Salad With Citrus Vinaigrette — Another sweet and tangy salad recipe.
• Wintery Panzanella Salad — Hearty croutons, roasted squash, sprouts, jeweled cranberries and creamy feta… yum!
• — If you love oranges, this salad is for you since it calls for oranges, blood oranges, mandarins and clementines.
• Peach Caprese Salad — A delicious peach twist on the regular caprese salad.
• — Something simple and easy yet hearty for brunch.

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