PHOODIE’S ROASTED BEETROOT, LABNEH + WALNUT SALAD WITH A GARLIC, LEMON AND OLIVE OIL DRESSING 8
September 9, 2013
I adore salads.
You know why? Because salad does NOT have to equal lettuce, tomato and cucumber slapped together in a bowl from the 70’s and drizzled with Kraft French dressing.
Although that has it’s place too.
This salad only has only a few ingredients but it is AMAZING how much flavour is packed in due to the way they are combined.
Perfect on it’s own or served alongside grilled steak or salmon.
ENJOY!
INGREDIENTS
(Serves 2 – 4 as a main)
10 medium sized beetroots
Juice of 1 lemon
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup roasted walnuts, roughly chopped
1 bunch parsley, finely chopped
300g labneh
METHOD
1) Preheat oven to 200 deg cel.
2) Top and tail beetroot after rinsing of loose dirt.
3) Wrap individually in aluminium foil and place on a baking paper lined tray. Cook in oven for approx 45 mins or until tender when you insert a fork.
4) Whilst they are cooking, make the dressing by combining the garlic, lemon juice, olive oil and seasoning. Mix well.
5) Chop walnuts and parsley.
6) Remove beetroot from oven, open foil and allow to cool. When cool enough to handle, peel off skin under a running cold tap.
7) Dice beetroot and place in large bowl.
8) Coat beetroot with dressing and then transfer to serving platter.
9) Top with Labneh, nuts and parsley as shown in pictures below.
8 comments
Gosh I adore the ingredients in this salad, and thanks for breaking it down with the incredible pics – Phoodie you are awesome!
Woah, that salad made my mouth water! Sounds fab
Thanks! :)
Lovely comment – only saw this now – thank-you!
This will definately become one of my favourite salads this summer!!! Thank You :-)
Hooray! Enjoy!
Hi Phoodie, this looks really interesting and delicious. I love how you include the step by step photos – as someone who learns well visually, I really enjoy this. I am going to make this salad this week :)
Also, was wondering why you haven’t been on Mamamia lately? Are you no longer writing for it?
Thanks so much for your wonderful comment! This salad is one of my favourites – so tasty and pretty simple to whip up too!
I am still most definitely writing for MM. My latest post was only a day or two ago! :) I had to pull back from writing every single week at the moment though as I have two other exciting PHOODIE projects on the go behind the scenes, and because both kids are home full time with me I was just not able to manage every single thing that I had gotten myself into! I have had to prioritise obviously my kids but then second to that I had to prioritise PHOODIE and these 2 super-awesome (fingers crossed) upcoming projects! What I will do though, so you know when I am live over at MM is post the links to Facebook – are you on Facebook?! :) Phoodie
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