Beets are a useful and tasty vegetable that can cure many diseases. For example, beets help cope with cancer cells and kidney stones.
In ancient times, beets were not eaten on a regular basis. This vegetable was eaten only when sick. Beet was considered a medicine, and quite expensive. Treatment with beets could afford only people with wealth. The vegetable was also often offered as a gift to the deities.
Now beets can be found in the vegetable garden of any person. It is worth learning how to prepare simple useful salads from beets.
Ingredients for salad “Beets in the vegetable garden”:
- beet – pcs;
- cucumber – 2 pcs;
- lettuce leaves;
- dill – a bunch;
- parsley – a bunch;
- red onion – ½ pc;
- vegetable oil – 4 tbsp;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- balsamic vinegar – tbsp;
- salt – ½ tsp.
Preparation of salad “Beets in the vegetable garden”:
Boil beets and peel, cut beets into thin semicircles. Cut cucumbers into thin rings, put them in a salad bowl together with beets.
Cut red onion
into
quarter rings. Chop parsley and dill finely, tear lettuce leaves with hands. Put onions, greens and lettuce leaves to beets and cucumbers.
For the dressing, mix vegetable oil and balsamic vinegar, press garlic cloves into the mixture. Sprinkle the dressing with salt and ground black pepper.
Dress the salad and stir.
You get a quick and useful salad from beets. It is dietary, as it does not contain mayonnaise harmful to the figure.
