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Home » Recipes » Salads and Salad Dressings

Unbeatable Beet Salad With Hickory Bacon Vinaigrette

Published: Aug 12, 2016 · Modified: Dec 29, 2024 by Marisa Franca

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White plate with mixed salad of beet, eggs, tomatoes, and onion.

Unbeatable Beet Salad with Hickory Bacon Vinaigrette is a new, exciting twist from our nightly insalata mista {mixed salad}, especially when we dress it with our two-ingredient vinaigrette discovery, Hickory Balsamic Vinegar, and Bacon Infused Olive Oil. I know it's hard to believe that barbabietole{beets} in a salad topped with a vinaigrette can cause enthusiasm. Trust me, once you taste the beet salad and learn of beets' health benefits, it'll excite you too.

Unbeatable Beet Salad with Hickory Balsamic Vinaigrette @allourway.com
A delicious beet salad the family will want to enjoy often.

Why eat beets?

  1. Do you want to lower your blood pressure? Eat beets!
  2. Do you want to boost your stamina? Eat beets!
  3. Do you want to fight inflammation and protect your body? Eat beets!
  4. Do you want to ward off cancer? Eat beets!
  5. Do you want to include food that is rich in valuable nutrients and fiber? Eat beets
  6. Do you want to support detoxification process to purify the blood and liver? You know the answer -- eat beets? ( read more about the health benefits here)
Unbeatable Beet Salad with Hickory Balsamic Vinaigrettefeatures colorful sliced beets surrounding a mound of corn and hard-cooked egg slices.
UNBEATABLE BEET SALAD WITH HICKORY BACON VINAIGRETTE

What if I don't like beet salad?

When our kids were small, we wanted to introduce them to a variety of dishes and tastes. If they didn't like what we served, we didn't insist they eat all of it, but we did insist they try.

It's a hot, dry summer, too hot to cook indoors when you don't have central A/C. Many evenings I make Shelley and Jason a cold plate for dinner. This dinner menu includes tuna salad, deviled eggs, sliced tomatoes, and pickled beet salad. Sliced watermelon and a Snickerdoodle cookie are for dessert.

Shelley finishes her meal and is waiting for her dessert. "Jason, hurry up n' eat!"

Jason spears a beet slice and takes a minute bite, chews, and swallows. "There! I'm eating!"

With his fork, Jason pushes the two beet slices first to the right side of his plate and then to the left.

"Okay, kids, I'm going to run upstairs for a second. When I get back, I'll get your dessert, if you finish eating."

Unbeatable Beet Salad with Hickory Bacon Vinaigrette - four beet varieties @allourway.com

 Today's beets are sweeter and milder

As I enter the kitchen, the first thing I notice is a little bottom poking out from the open refrigerator.

"Jason! What are you doing?"

A little head pops out of the refrigerator. In his hand is an open Tupperware container, the dark red beet juice sloshing precariously close to the edge. On the shelf behind him is a plate . . . with two slices of beets, one slice has a little bite out of it. His face is as red as the beet juice that is threatening to spill over.

"Uuhhhhh . . . I was getting more?"

I take the container from him. "Really! You like the beet salad that much?"

"Uh huh." He's not making eye contact. He looks so cute standing there, trying to figure a way out of being caught red-handed. I take pity on him.

"Well, if you eat more beets, you won't have room for your watermelon and cookie. Why don't we just save the beets for next time?"

A big smile splits his face at the reprieve.

Unbeatable Beet Salad with Hickory Balsamic Dressing @ allourway.com
This Beet Salad with Corn and hard cooked eggs is the perfect light lunch or dinner when it's too hot to cook.

Discover a beet variety you like.

Today beets come in a large range of colors, patterns, and sizes. There are reds, golden, di Chioggia, blankoma. Barbabietole are delicious in juice, salads, mashes, and soups. Just look for fresh, bright leaves and smooth unbruised skins.

We're excited about including more beets in our diet. Won't you try them at your home? Why don't you begin by trying our Unbeatable Beet Salad? We're sure you'll enjoy the flavor, especially with our hickory and bacon vinaigrette.

Are you looking to add more color and flavor to your meals? Our Roasted Beet Goat Cheese Salad with Mesclun Greens is a colorful dish. It tastes great and gives your body essential nutrients.

If you want to elevate your salad game, try a homemade butter lettuce salad. It’s a delicious blend of juicy fruit, tender chicken, and crunchy pecans. This salad will turn your meal into a real treat!

Tutti a tavola è pronto.

Un caro saluto e alla prossima.

Unbeatable Beet Salad with Hickory Bacon Vinaigrette includes grilled corn, radishes, purple onions served on a lettuce bed and dressed with a hickory bacon vinaigrette @allourway.com

Unbeatable Beet Salad With Vinaigrette Recipe

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Unbeatable Beet Salad with Hickory Balsamic Vinaigrette.

Unbeatable Beet Salad With Hickory Bacon Vinaigrette

A salad that not only tastes good but is packed with nutrition. Beets are almost a magical vegetable that brings so much goodness to our bodies. The vinaigrette we selected compliments the earthy taste of the salad. It's a family favorite. 
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Course: light lunch, primo, Salad
Cuisine: Italian American
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 2 salads
Calories: 304kcal
Author: Marisa Franca @ All Our Way
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Ingredients

  • 8 oz package baby roasted beets sliced
  • 8 red radishes sliced
  • 2 ears grilled corn kernels removed
  • 1 cup grape tomatoes
  • ½ purple onion sliced
  • 3 oz. gorgonzola
  • 2 hard cooked eggs peeled and sliced
  • red leaf butter crunch salad to make salad cups washed and patted dry
  • Hickory balsamic vinegar
  • Bacon infused olive oil
  • salt and freshly ground pepper
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Instructions

  • Line a salad plate or bowl with the lettuce. Put the corn kernels in the middle of the lettuce.
  • Surround and layer on the plate the beets, radishes, tomatoes, egg slices, purple onion.
  • Sprinkle the gorgonzola over the salad.
  • Drizzle the olive oil over each salad. Pour the hickory balsamic vinegar over each salad. The amount will be 1:1 depending on how strong you want the taste.

Notes

You can make as many salads as you wish. Add more ingredients or less. This salad is a perfect lunch.
We used Melissa's beets which you can find in the produce dept. which are already cooked.

Nutrition

Calories: 304kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 218mg | Sodium: 754mg | Potassium: 794mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 1240IU | Vitamin C: 20.1mg | Calcium: 281mg | Iron: 1.8mg

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