Beet salad with garlic

Contents:

• Ingredients for salad
• Cooking process

Among the many different vegetable salads takes its rightful place easy and healthy beet salad with garlic.

Beetroot and garlic give a very tasty combination, which, with the use of certain other additives, makes this a popular salad party menus.

Beetroot rich in vitamins and minerals, and even has useful medical properties. Its use helps to improve digestion and metabolism, rejuvenate cells, purify the blood, preventing heart disease. But the use of beet in its natural form, many do not cause delight, but in the form of salad you can eat with pleasure and regularly.

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Ingredients for salad

To prepare the beet salad will need the following products:

• beet 0, 5 kg - is 2-3 pieces, depending on size;
• 2-3 cloves of garlic;
• salt to taste;
• mayonnaise - 2-3 tbsp. spoon, the amount can be different and depends on the juiciness of the beet, its fat content choose in its sole discretion;
• vegetable oil (olive, sunflower or more) may be used instead of mayonnaise, if this product is not acceptable for your eating habits.

The following products are optional and are used at will in various combinations to suit your taste:

• cheese - 100 g;
• prunes (7-8 units) or raisins (50 g);
• nuts (walnuts, pine, cashew) - 50 g;
• greens - any that you like;
• lemon juice and your favorite spices and you can try this salad.

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Cooking process

Pick up the necessary products, you can proceed to salads:

1. The main time you will prepare beets. It needs to wash and bake in the oven, wrapped in foil, and boil for 40-60 minutes, and it is good if it is done well in advance. Fans absolutely proper nutrition can use this vegetable in its raw form, to retain maximum useful properties, but not everyone likes the taste of raw beets. Boiled beets should be cool and peel.
2. Beet rubbed on a medium or large grater. In fine rubbing is not necessary, as a salad can turn into a puree, and this is not something that should happen. Beets can also be cut into small strips or cubes, with the taste of the salad is slightly different. You can try to further focus on the version that you enjoy more.
3. Garlic can be crushed garlic press or a special plane of the blade can be finely crumble, then add the grated beets.
4. Salt salad to your taste and stir to evenly distribute the garlic.
5. Add the mayonnaise or vegetable oil and mix again. Mayonnaise is better to add a little, because it spoils the taste of a little excess.
6. Additional products are added or stirred, or sprinkle the finished salad. Choose them to your taste. Hard cheese to be rubbed on a medium grater, prunes cut into strips, chop the nuts, chop the greens - all these ingredients are great in this salad. You can also add the spices that you like, and sprinkle the salad with lemon juice.

When you cook beetroot salad with garlic, feel free to experiment using different methods of cutting, threading and various spices. Make the best prescription for yourself according to your taste and this dish will regularly provide you with vitamins and other valuable nutrients. Good luck and bon appetit!