Beet and Orange Salad

This Beet and Orange Salad is healthy, delicious and loaded with flavor! It’s packed with earthy beets, greens, sweet and tangy oranges, golden raisins, pecans and salty feta!  If you’re a roasted beet lover you NEED to try this tasty salad recipe! 

Why You’ll Love this Recipe

If you’re a roasted beat lover, this salad is for you. It’s a colorful salad that’s sweet and earthy and perfect for a summer luncheon or as a side with dinner.

Step-By-Step Instructions

First, you will need to roast your beets in a 400 degree oven until they’re tender when pierced with the tip of a sharp knife. This can take anywhere from 55-70 minutes.

You’ll remove the beets from the oven to cool. Carefully open each beet (watch the hot steam) and once cool enough to handle you’ll peel the skins and then cut the beets into wedges. You can place the beets in the fridge to continue to cool.

Next, you will prepare your oranges. Slice off both the ends of the oranges and then cut away the peel and the pith by following the curve of the orange. Cut along the membrane into segments and set aside.

To make your dressing, whisk together your olive oil, orange juice, red wine vinegar, honey, Dijon and kosher salt and pepper

To assemble the salad, place the spring mix in a large bowl and top with the roasted beet wedges, orange segments, red onion, feta, pecans and golden raisins. Drizzle the dressing over the salad and toss. Serve immediately.

Add this flavorful salad to your summer list of healthy salads and you won’t be disappointed!

Please let me know if you give the recipe a try. And if you have any questions about the recipe, just drop a comment below. Enjoy!

Beet and Orange Salad

Author: MaryAnn Dwyer

Servings: 4 servings

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This Beet and Orange Salad is healthy, delicious and loaded with flavor! It's packed with earthy beets, greens, sweet and tangy oranges, golden raisins, pecans and salty feta!  If you're a roasted beet lover you NEED to try this tasty salad recipe! 

Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 25 minutes mins

Ingredients  

Salad

• 2 large beets, ends trimmed and scrubbed
• olive oil
• kosher salt and black pepper
• 3 Cara Cara oranges, peel and pith removed and cut into segments
• 1/4 cup red onion, thinly sliced
• 4 cups spring mix
• 4 oz. feta cheese, crumbled
• 1/2 cup pecan halves
• 1/3 cup golden raisins

Dressing

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 3 Tbsp. orange juice, freshly squeezed
• 1 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
• 1 tsp. honey
• 1/2 tsp. Dijon mustard
• 1 tsp. kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper

Instructions 

Salad

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Drizzle each beet with some olive oil. Wrap each beet separately in tinfoil and place on baking sheet. Bake for 55-70 minutes or until they're tender when pierced with the tip of a sharp knife.
• Remove the beets from the oven to cool. Carefully open each beet (watch the hot steam) and once cool enough to handle you'll peel the skins and then cut the beets into wedges. Sprinkle with kosher salt and pepper to taste. You can place the beets in the fridge to continue to cool.
• Next, slice off both the ends of the oranges and then cut away the peel and the pith by following the curve of the orange. Cut along the membrane into segments and set aside.
• To assemble the salad, place the spring mix in a large bowl and top with the roasted beet wedges, orange segments, red onion, feta, pecans and golden raisins. Drizzle the dressing over the salad and toss. Serve immediately.

Dressing

• Whisk together your olive oil, orange juice, red wine vinegar, honey, Dijon and kosher salt and pepper.

Notes

I used pecans for this salad, but if you prefer walnuts you can substitute.

I also used Cara Cara oranges for this salad, but you could substitute blood oranges or regular oranges. I just like the deep pretty color of the Cara Cara oranges and they're sweeter and less acidic than regular oranges

Today's salad features feta cheese, because I like the saltiness of the feta to balance out the sweetness of the oranges.

 

Keyword: beets, feta cheese, healthy recipe, oranges

Cuisine: American

Course: Salad