Red Cabbage, Beetroot & Spring Onion Salad
This couldn’t be quicker to make, fresher to eat and then there’s the colour!
The depth of colour makes it stand out like a bowl of purple jewels in a sea of other, well, bowls. Ha, Ha.
Not sure if you know this about me, but I love a good salad.
Actually, I’m partial to a mediocre salad too, anything that has lots of fresh flavours and crisp little bites.
This is definitely not a mediocre salad!
Its crisp, slightly acidic and is a crowd pleaser with meat eaters and not alike.
I usually make it when there’s baby beetroot in the shops, but that’s never stopped me making it other times using full grown-up beetroots.
An impromptu get together is a great reason to make this salad or as the lovely Mr G likes to remind me, “Why wait until we have guests?”
Go on, give it a go and enjoy your sweet life!
Sprinkle with poppy seeds just before serving
What You Need
450g Fresh Uncooked Beetroot
1 Small Red Cabbage
1 Bunch of Spring Onions
3 Garlic Cloves
1 Tbsp Dijon Mustard
1 Tbsp Poppy Seeds- Plus extra for serving
1 Tbsp Red Wine Vinegar
2 Tbsp Fresh Parsley - Chopped
3 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 Small Lime – Juice & Zest
Sea Salt – To Taste
Fresh Black Pepper – To Taste
Fabulous colour and tastes fresh and earthy
How It’s Done
Peel the garlic and finely grate it into a bowl
Add the mustard, vinegar, olive oil, lime juice and zest, poppy seeds and the chopped parsley to the bowl and whisk until what’s left is a thick dressing
Place the red cabbage into a food processor and whiz until roughly shredded – when shredded place into a bowl
Do the same with the spring onions and add them to the same bowl
Peel the raw beetroot, place into the food processor and whiz until roughly shredded – See Tip Box
Add the dressing to the bowl with the shredded vegetables and mix it all together
Give it a taste and add salt and pepper to suit your taste.
Place the Red Cabbage, Raw Beetroot & Spring Onion Salad into a serving bowl
Sprinkle more poppy seeds over the top just before serving
Mix it all together
Tip Box
Food Processor – I used a food processor to cut the vegetables up into rough pieces, but i’ve also used a peeler to shred the vegetables too.
It looks so pretty
