Roasted beet salad with eggs, leafy greens and a delicious honey balsamic dressing. Healthy, nutritious and easy to make.
Another break, another comeback and a wonderful sense of belonging. Again! Like coming back home. Wish I could show you how much I love my time with the blog. Though sometimes it requires a mammoth effort to stay connected than other times. The long and short of it is that life is finally a bit settled and I am finding my rhythm again. My boys have found a wonderful second home at the day care and I am looking forward to spending more time with my happy little space on the internet.
The last few weeks involved a myriad of discoveries…around the neighbourhood, within the house..zones in my balcony that offer good lighting, new friendships and some reflective exercises on the changes that have come about with time. The funny thing is that it takes some ‘getting used to’ not having the children around and savoring activities that I craved for not so long ago. I am fascinated by the way motherhood has changed everything I do, even the way I look at alone time.
Most people I know out there associate salads with health and nutrition. I do too. But along with that, I also associate salads with colours, textures and an important aspect of a meal. If it is an accompaniment to a main meal, it needs to compliment the flavours of the dish. If eaten on their own, there needs to be a protein element to it that compensates for the nutritonal value of a main meal.
Eggs are a critical part of my pantry. That is pretty obvious to all my blog readers by now for its inevitable appearance in desserts. But, what is lesser known is my affinity to use it in salads. They can easily transform a leafy salad into a filling dish. And the colour..oh so brilliant! Maybe that’s why I choose it over any other protein. The dressing is a simple honey balsamic dressing which goes very well with beetroot. You can use baby spinach, rocket, swiss chard, lettuce, mint..basically any leafy green that is available. Serve it with some crusty bread and you have a wholesome meal ready for you.
Roasted Beetroot and Egg Salad with Honey Balsamic Dressing
Serves 2
2 large beetroot
2 hardboiled eggs, peeled, quartered
A handful of mixed salad leaves (spinach, rocket, swiss chard, lettuce)
Cracked pepper to sprinkle
Honey Balsamic Dressing
2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon honey
Preheat oven to 200 degree C. Trim beetroot stems. Wash beetroot and pat dry. Wrap in a foil and place in a roasting dish. Roast for 45 mins or until tender (skin peels away when rubbed). Set aside until cooled.
Make the dressing: Combine all the ingredients together in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Keep aside.
Wearing rubber gloves, peel each beetroot and cut into quarters. Arrange the beetroot and egg quarters in a bowl along with the salad leaves. Drizzle with dressing. Sprinkle with cracked pepper. Serve with crusty bread.
Wowwww! What a gorgeous and healthy salad! I have yet to make a salad with beets and your recipe looks awesome. Love the honey balsamic dressing! Glad to have ya back!!
We eat loads of eggs, whatever and into almost anything. This is an attractive colorful salad and will be good when I make some roast or why not with rice and another side dish.
This salad looks like it’s definitely has all the different textures…and not to mention it’s absolutely gorgeous!! (I love pretty salads.) The lighting in your pics are perfect, too. Must be pretty quiet with the boys gone for a little bit for you to get some stuff done. Now that summer is here and school is out, I’m having to find another schedule to blog. Have fun with the “you” time, Sonali! xo
Such a luscious and chunky salad, it looks amazing. Enjoy the new ‘freedom’.
Wow! Welcome back Sonali.. Salad looks really great.. Gorgeous photos dear.. Thanks for sharing this recipe 🙂
What a lovely combination of ingredients. I really must try this. It really sounds delicious. Have a great day. Blessings…Mary
Welcome back after break!
Look at the color, very attractive, even the ones who hate salad will fall in love with this rainbow of a bowl full of healthy stuff!
I agree to your view that it is not just healthy but salad should also look colorful, match the rest of the palette and if eaten as a single dish, yes – loads of protein is required!
I love the divinely combo of balsamic and honey, goes very well!
Also the yellow yolk of the hard boiled eggs are not completely solid, but cooked to perfection. Love it.
Welcome back my friend! This recipe sure does look incredibly delicious 😀
Very refreshing and healthy too!
Cheers
CCU
Yep those colours definitely make me want to dive right in. Very delicious
Very colorful and inviting beet-root egg salad.
Yes dear I too agree with you… These days I too miss my blogging friends a lot. I need to take care of my little one and she has started her preschool. 🙂
you made me rethink my stance about salads…I think i’ll enjoy this one..
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