Beetroot salad with baked beets

This beetroot salad is simply such a delicious serving. It is rich and fresh at the same time, super nutritious and tasty. Beets are a root vegetable that can quickly get a little overlooked, if it's not for pickled beets. It's a shame, because beets are an incredibly versatile vegetable that can be used like other root vegetables - in everything from raw food to cake! 

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 It's really obvious to prepare your beets by either baking or boiling them. This brings out their lovely sweet flavor and removes some of the "earthy flavor" that raw beets have. In this salad, the beets have been baked, which gives them a firmer consistency. You can also choose to boil the beets whole before cutting them into cubes. That way, they become milder in flavor, which also goes well with the other components of the salad. 

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Salad with baked beets, feta and avocado

The baked beets are turned into a sweet and sour vinaigrette of balsamic vinegar, which gives it lots of flavor. Then they are tossed with fresh, green salad, crumbled feta and small diced avocado, before being sprinkled with dried cranberries and toasted pistachios to finish. It is simply such a good match, where salty, sweet, crunchy, creamy, bitter elements balance and highlight each other. 

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 Variation suggestions for the beetroot salad recipe

• You can easily use other root vegetables instead of beetroot. Sweet potatoes, carrots, Jerusalem artichokes or parsnips are good choices. 
• The feta cheese can be omitted or replaced with another type of cheese. 
• Instead of fresh green salad, you can use cabbage. Remember to squeeze and massage the cabbage well with the dressing so that it becomes soft and delicate.
• Use pickled red onions rather than fresh ones.
• Instead of pistachios, you can use another type of nut or seed. The same goes for cranberries: all other types of dried fruit taste great in the salad. 
• You can easily omit the avocado in the salad.