This Pickled Beet Salad has a medley of tender pickled beets, juicy mandarin oranges, creamy goat cheese, and crunchy toasted walnuts, all tossed in an irresistible homemade raspberry beet vinaigrette.
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- ❤️ Why You'll Love This Recipe
- 🛒 Ingredients for Beet Salad
- 🔪 How to Make Pickled Beet Salad
- 💡 Top Tip for Working with Beets
- ☑️ Storage Instructions
- 🍴 What to Serve with This Beet Salad
- 🔄 Substitutions and Additions
- Can I Use Canned Beets Instead of Pickled Beets?
- Can I Make the Raspberry Vinaigrette Ahead of Time?
- 🍽️ More Healthy Salad Recipes
❤️ Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Baby tender pickled beets
- Sweet and juicy mandarin oranges
- Great contrast in textures from the creamy goat cheese and toasted walnuts
- Tossed in an easy homemade raspberry beet vinaigrette
- Easy to make with all healthy ingredients
If you're looking for a salad that looks as good as it tastes, this beet salad really delivers. Rich burgundy colored beets and bright orange segments stand out like little jewels against a bed of fresh spring mixed greens.
Crumbles of goat cheese peeks out all throughout the salad, adding even more color, while providing a delicious contrast of flavors and creamy texture. The vinaigrette is so easy to make, yet it has the most incredible sweet and tangy flavors. It's the perfect finishing touch to this amazing salad.
This recipe uses pickled beets for their flavor and texture. If you'd like recipes that use fresh beetroot, check out this Roasted Beetroot and Butterbean Soup or this Roasted Beetroot Hummus.
🛒 Ingredients for Beet Salad
- Spring mixed greens
- Baby pickled beets
- Mandarin oranges
- Walnuts
- Red onion
- Goat cheese
- Fresh raspberries
- Light olive oil
- Apple cider vinegar
- Water
- Honey
- Shallots
- Dijon mustard
- Dried thyme
- Salt
*Exact measurements are listed in the recipe card below.
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🔪 How to Make Pickled Beet Salad
To Make the Raspberry Vinaigrette
Add all of the dressing ingredients in the cup of a bullet blender.
Blend until well combined and emulsified. Then set aside, while you prepare the salad.
To Make the Beet Salad
Add the mixed greens to a large salad bowl.
Slice the pickled beets in half. Just a warning, if you’ve never worked with beets before.. THEY STAIN! So use a cutting board that you aren’t worried about it staining and be sure to immediately wipe up any of the juice that might get on your counter or anything else you don’t want stained.
Add the sliced beets, mandarin oranges, sliced red onion, toasted walnuts and goat cheese over the mixed greens.
Right before serving, pour the dressing over the top and toss to combine.
💡 Top Tip for Working with Beets
If you’ve never worked with beets before, you should know they stain!!! In fact, beets were used years ago as a way to dye fabric. That's why I recommend wearing disposable kitchen gloves to prevent staining on your hands.
You'll also want to use a cutting board that you aren’t worried about staining. Be sure to immediately wipe up any of the juice that might get on your counter or anything else you don’t want stained. A vinegar and baking soda mixture can help with the clean up.
☑️ Storage Instructions
You'll want to eat this salad when freshly made. If you happen to have leftovers, they will keep overnight in the fridge in an airtight container.
🍴 What to Serve with This Beet Salad
You can serve this salad with just about any main course. Here are some popular options:
🔄 Substitutions and Additions
- Salad greens: Instead of spring mixed greens, use arugula, baby spinach, romaine lettuce, or kale.
- Mandarin oranges: Swap mandarin oranges with fresh orange segments or other citrus fruits like grapefruit or blood oranges.
- Walnuts: Replace walnuts with pecans, almonds, pistachios, or sunflower seeds for added crunch.
- Cheese: Experiment with feta cheese, blue cheese, or crumbled Gorgonzola.
- Raspberry vinaigrette: Instead of making your own, use a store-bought raspberry vinaigrette or another fruity dressing like balsamic vinaigrette.
- Added protein: Crumbled crispy bacon bits, shredded chicken or cooked shrimp work really well with this salad to make it a complete meal.
- Quinoa: Toss in cooked quinoa for another great protein option, plus added texture.
- Hard-boiled eggs: Hard-boiled eggs add creamy contrast to the salad.
- Pomegranate seeds: A handful of pomegranate seeds for added sweetness.
Can I Use Canned Beets Instead of Pickled Beets?
Sure! Just keep in mind that the flavors will be different because pickled beets have a sweet and tangy taste. If using canned beets, you may want to add a bit of vinegar or lemon juice to give them a little tang.
Can I Make the Raspberry Vinaigrette Ahead of Time?
Yes, you can prepare the vinaigrette in advance and store it in the refrigerator, in and airtight container, for up to a week. Just give it a good shake or stir before using.
🍽️ More Healthy Salad Recipes
- Best Quinoa Salad
- Greek Pasta Salad
- Italian Pasta Salad
- Grilled Shrimp Salad with Apricot Vinaigrette
- Asian Grilled Chicken Salad
Pickled Beet Salad
Ingredients
For the Salad
- 8 cups spring mixed greens
- 16 ounce jar baby pickled beets, juice reserved
- 1 cup mandarin oranges
- ½ cup walnuts, toasted
- ⅓ cup red onion, thinly sliced
- ⅓ cup goat cheese, crumbled
For the Dressing
- ⅓ cup fresh raspberries
- ⅓ cup light olive oil, or avocado oil
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon pickled beet juice from jar
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 teaspoon shallots, roughly chopped
- ½ teaspoon dijon mustard
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- pinch of salt
Instructions
To Make the Raspberry Vinaigrette
- Add all of the dressing ingredients in the cup of a bullet blender.
- Blend until well combined and emulsified. Then set aside, while you prepare the salad.
To Make the Salad
- Add the mixed green to a large salad bowl.
- Slice the pickled beets in half. Just a warning, if you’ve never worked with beets before.. THEY STAIN! So use a cutting board that you aren’t worried about it staining and be sure to immediate wipe up any of the juice that might get on your counter or anything else you don’t want stained.
- Add the sliced beets, mandarin oranges, sliced red onion, toasted walnuts and goat cheese over the mixed greens.
- Right before serving, pour the dressing over the top and toss to combine.
*Make sure to scroll up and read the post for substitutions, additions and helpful tips for making this recipe.
*Nutritional data is provided as a courtesy and is accurate to the best of my knowledge. You can verify it using the nutrition calculator of your choice. All data is based on net carbs, without sugar alcohol: Swerve, Erythritol, Monk Fruit or Allulose.
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Joy
I’m allergic to all berries. Can the dressing be made without them?
Nutritious Deliciousness
I created the berry-based dressing to pair with the flavors in the beets. But, you can use your favorite dressing or the homemade Honey Lime Vinaigrette Dressing on my site.