Beet and feta salad

This delicious beet and feta salad with arugula and crunchy walnuts is worthy of festive gatherings!

Plus, it’s full of flavor, easy to put together, and it looks beautiful!

This simple yet delicious salad recipe centers around the beets. Their juicy texture and sweetness pair beautifully with savory feta, peppery arugula, and nutty walnuts.

This is a salad loaded with textures and flavors. It’s one of my go-to salad recipes. It’s light, fresh, and perfect for so many occasions.

I love the convenient vacuum-packed or canned beetroots. They work just fine here and provide the same nutritional value as fresh beets, saving you the hassle of roasting and peeling them.

In my world, scrumptious meals and dinner parties don’t have to be stressful, and this beet salad recipe hits the spot.

If you want to impress your guests with a delicious and colorful salad that requires zero time and effort, this is the one!

List of the ingredients

• Cooked beetroot
• Arugula
• Feta cheese
• Walnuts
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Balsamic vinegar
• Honey
• Dijon mustard
• Salt & pepper

How to make this beet and feta salad

(Note: this is a quick description; the full recipe is at the bottom of the page)

• Arrange the arugula leaves on a serving plate.
• Add the beetroot wedges, the crumbled feta, and the chopped walnuts.
• Make the dressing by shaking the ingredients in a glass jar.

• Pour the dressing over the salad when it’s time to serve.

Recipe Notes

Beet Salad Recipe ingredients

Beetroots: I use convenient vacuumed-packed baby beets for this salad. They don’t contain artificial colors, flavors, seasonings, or preservatives. Cooked beets are sweet and versatile and perfect for this moist cake and delicious hummus.

Arugula (aka rocket): the peppery flavor of fresh baby arugula is perfect to balance the sweetness of the beetroots. If you love arugula as much as I do, you might like also these arugula recipes including frittata and side dishes!

Feta cheese: it adds a tart and tangy flavor to this salad, and you can either buy it in a block – which is my fav option – or pre-crumbled.

Walnuts: for their nutty flavor and crunchy texture, and it’s worth toasting them in the stove or in the oven, it brings out their delicious earthiness. Pecans are great too, but more expensive than walnuts.

Dressing: for this beet salad recipe I use a vinaigrette made with extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, Dijon mustard and honey to emulsify the dressing and to add both a touch of tangy and sweet flavour. Plus salt and pepper, of course.

More festive salads…

This beetroot salad looks stunning and it’s perfect for a holiday gathering. But I also love these salad recipes that taste delicious and look lovely:

• Arugula pear salad
• Celery salad with parmesan
• Cabbage salad with apples
• Salad with grapes
• Winter salad
• Artichoke salad
• Spinach arugula salad

For more inspirations, I’m sure that in this collection of festive salads you’ll find the salad you’re looking for!

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