With the holidays quickly approaching, we find ourselves yet again in the kitchen preparing daily feasts for our families and friends. Whether we are cooking traditional foods or new recipes, we sometimes get lost in the idea that the more complicated the recipe, the tastier and more impressive it is. In my own cooking, I find that it’s usually the simpler recipes using fresh and in season produce are the most delicious and healthier to boot. Let’s put the healthy back into the new year and cook fresh, seasonal foods!
Here is a favorite recipe of mine, Moroccan Mint Beet Salad. Pairs beautifully with any fish appetizer from gefilte to sea bass and everything in between.
Wishing everyone a Shana Tova, a Happy, Healthy and Delicious New Year!
Moroccan Mint Beet Salad
Servings
4 Servings
Ingredients
- 6 medium beets 3 gold, 3 red
- 4 scallions chopped
- 2 cups roughly chopped fresh mint
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tsp. granulated sugar or agave nectar
- juice of 1 lime
- 1 tsp. ground cumin
Instructions
- Rinse and trim beets. Place in a pot of cold water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until fork tender, about 1 hour. 2. Remove beets from water and allow to cool, then peel and dice into bite-sized pieces. 3. Add scallions and mint to beets. 4. In a separate bowl, mix together vinegar, oil, sugar or agave nectar, lime juice, and cumin. 5. Pour over beets, scallions, and mint and toss ingredients to coat evenly. 6. Serve chilled.
they are different types of beets. The golden ones have those striations of white color on them.
pretty sure there’s orange or clementine in there….even a golden beet wouldn’t have those segmenty thingies in them when they turned red. and the golden beets look more like mangoes. could be this was just photoshopped or else what i read was that cooking photography often uses fake food.
I think it is just the beets and some were discolored by the vinegar.
looks like there are other ingredients in the picture than are listed in the ingredient list……….
I made this for a Succus meal and everyone loved it. Great combination of flavors.
what are the other items in the picture besides the beets, mint, and scallions?