Strawberry Beet Salad with Honey Balsamic Dressing
Strawberry Beet Salad with Honey Balsamic Dressing
This Strawberry Beet Salad with Honey Balsamic Dressing is a fresh and delicious summer salad! Roasted beets and fresh strawberries are a match made in heaven!
Oooooh do I have something scrumptious for you today…strawberries, strawberries and more strawberries! But not just strawberries…strawberries paired with beets! Yes, you read that right, beets. Strawberries and beets pair perfectly together…the earthy sweetness of the beets tastes so so good with fresh strawberries. This show stopper beet and strawberry salad is not only delicious, it’s SO simple to make.
A Fresh and Delicious Summer Salad
I wanted to make something a little unexpected with strawberries, so I made a Strawberry Beet Salad. Beets and strawberries are amazing when paired together, especially when the beets are oven roasted. By roasting the beets, their natural sweetness and amazing flavour are enhanced, making them perfect with fresh strawberries. Then tossed with a tangy balsamic vinaigrette…YUM.
Beets + Strawberries = Delicious
For this simple salad, roasted beets and fresh strawberries are tossed in a sweet and tangy honey mustard balsamic vinaigrette, and topped off with crumbled creamy goat cheese and fresh spring onions. So basically this salad is amazing. Ah. Mazing. Fresh, healthy and loaded with summertime flavour.
Strawberry Beet Salad Recipe Tips
- BEETS: You can use red beets or yellow beets for this recipe.
- ROASTING BEETS: Allow for 1 1/2 to 2 hours to roast the beets. Or use leftover cooked beets to speed things up. Sometimes I will roast a big batch of beets either in the oven, or in the slow cooker, on the weekend to use throughout the week in different recipes.
- STRAWBERRIES: Use fresh strawberries.
- ONION: You can use fresh green onions or red onion in this salad.
- SWEETENER: This recipe calls for honey but you can also use brown sugar or maple syrup.
- ENJOY SAME DAY: This recipe is best enjoyed right away. I don’t recommend making it a day ahead as the strawberries will get too soft.
- SERVING SUGGESTION: This salad is delicious with BBQ chicken and fresh bread. A healthy and complete meal you need to try!
Strawberry Beet Salad with Honey Balsamic Dressing
Ingredients
Roasted Beets:
- 5 medium whole beets
- splash of vegetable oil
Vinaigrette:
- 2 tbsp canola oil vegetable oil or olive oil
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tsp honey
- 1/2 tsp dry mustard
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp ground black pepper
Salad:
- roasted beets
- 1 cup cubed fresh strawberries
- 1 green onion sliced
- 1/2 cup crumbled goat cheese or feta cheese
Instructions
Roasted Beets:
- Roast the beets first. To do this, I trim off the tops and bottoms of the beets, then cut them in half and place the beets in the centre of a sheet of aluminum foil, drizzle them with oil and wrap them up in the foil. Or place them in a baking dish, cover with foil and bake.
- Bake at 375 degrees F for 1 1/2 hours.
Vinaigrette:
- Combine all of the vinaigrette ingredients, and set aside.
Putting it all together:
- Once the beets have been roasted, remove the beet skins then cut the beets in to small bite sized cubes.
- Add the beets, strawberries and onions to a large serving bowl.
- Toss with the vinaigrette.
- Sprinkle with the crumbled goat cheese and extra fresh ground pepper.
- Serve right away and enjoy!
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- Dark Chocolate Strawberry Oatmeal Pancakes by She Bakes Here
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- Simple Macerated Strawberries by She Loves Biscotti
- Strawberry Cheesecake Popsicles by Homemade & Yummy
- Strawberry Ice Cream with Drunken Rhubarb by Sugarlovespices
- Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble with Toasted Almonds by Crumb Kitchen
- Strawberry-Rhubarb Streusel Buns by Crumb: A Food Blog
- Strawberry Rolls with Basil Cream by The Cinnamon Scrolls
- Strawberry Shortcake with Lavender Lemon Cream by My Kitchen Love
- Strawberry Streusel Shortbread Bars by The Bluenose Baker
- Strawberry Vanilla Cream Tart by Tiny Sweet Tooth
- Yogurt Cake with Roasted Strawberries and Rhubarb by Making Healthy Choices
Have a delicious day!
What a beautiful salad! I have never tried that combination but you have convinced me that I must. It sounds delicious!!
Thank you Laura! It really is a delicious combination!
It is a gorgeous looking salad, never tried beets and strawberries together but I bet they taste divine! It is the perfect late spring/summer salad. Love it!
Thank you Nicoletta! It’s a really great combination that surprisingly goes perfectly together!
This salad looks ah-mazing!! The colours pop which means that the flavours must too.
Thanks Samantha! It really is a flavourful salad…one of my faves!
Two of my favorite foods… great combo! Can’t wait to try this! Thanks for sharing š
Thank you Maria! I hope you like it!
This recipe looks so good, I can’t wait to make it! I’m having a hard time deciding whether to use feta cheese or goat cheese – both are so good.
This looks so delish! The beet salad at The Union Street is one of our most popular menu items, I’d love to try this as an addition!
Thank you for the nice recipe.
I love how fresh and vibrant this salad is! This time of year is my favourite and I can’t wait for strawberry picking season either. I swear I’m counting down the days until I can get out of the city with my basket in hand.
Thank you Jessica! It’s almost berry picking time…I can’t wait!
This recipe looks so yummy! It includes my favourite ingredients. i am going to make it for the upcoming Canada Day celebrations. The red beets and strawberries will be perfect!
Oh this is a great dish for Canada Day! I hope you have a wonderful celebration Thea!
This looks AMAZING! I will be trying this for my 2-year-old twin boys. It is too bad I didn’t come across it for Canada Day — white and red, so perfect.
Enjoy!