Labor day weekend was filled with family time, bbqs, friends and lots of get togethers. However, by Monday night I had enough of grilled anything and wasn’t very hungry. So I looked through my refrigerator, picked some ingredients and just threw them together to create this Beets and Burrata Salad.
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Before blogging, I didn’t write my recipes down. A lot of times I stumbled upon something good but next time I tried to replicate it it wasn’t quite exactly the same. So I promised myself that if I like how a new recipe came out, I’ll write it down and post it on my blog. Which means that even when I don’t come up with an elaborate recipe, I’ll still have it in the blog written down for next time I’ll need it.
Preparation
I chopped beets (had boiled and cooled them the day before for a big salad to go with bbq), tomatoes, onion, red peppers, celery, and green peppers.
Very carefully I put the burrata on top so it wouldn’t get stained red from the beets. I don’t mind it looking red while I eat it, I just wanted a clean picture shot. Then I garnished it with fresh basil, drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with salt to taste.
Added balsamic glaze right before serving. Voila, quick gourmet fresh salad at your fingertips!
This fresh beets and burrata salad is easy to make, it is refreshing and it is healthy so feel free to indulge!
Recipe Notes and Tips
In this case I boiled the beets, but you can also roast them. When cooking beets, I find it’s better to cook (either boil or roast) several at the same time and use the leftovers the next couple of days. They hold well in the refrigerator for several days.
You can use a variety of dressings for this salad, feel free to make your own. I go very simple, just olive oil and balsamic glaze. You can also use regular balsamic vinegar.
I love a fresh bed of greens in this salad. Spinach is perfect, but you can use arugula or spring mix too.
Beets and Burrata Salad
Ingredients
- 1 beet
- 1 tomato
- 1 red pepper
- 1 green pepper
- 1 celery stalk
- 1 burrata
- 2 tbsps olive oil
- 3 fresh basil leaves
- 3 ozs baby spinach
- 1 tbsp balsamic glaze
- 0.5 small red onion (or a shallot)
Instructions
- Boil beets until you can pierce with fork. Turn heat off, cool down then peel.
- Arrange baby spinach on a platter. Cut beets in cubic shapes, add over spinach.
- Chop tomato, celery, peppers and red onion, add over the spinach and beets.
- Put burrata ball on top of the salad. Keep burrata refrigerated until ready to serve.
- Garnish with basil leaves, drizzle olive oil over everything and add salt to taste. Finally right before serving add balsamic glaze.
Notes
- Calories are estimated assuming that 4 people are sharing this salad as a side dish. However, I have had myself half of this as a light dinner myself so be aware you can easy double the calories if you eat this salad as a side dish or light meal on its own.
Nutrition Label
Nutrition
Note – This recipe was first published on September 8, 2018 and updated with new pictures and notes on 7/21/2020.
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Lauren
That looks so tasty!!!! I have found a love for beets!
Jasmin Closson
Salads are the very best! I love recipes and want to incorporate more salads into my diet. Have a great day!
Ntensibe Edgar Michael
Beets!!!! Uuh-uuh….am scared of those. Is there a close substitute for it?
Thanks for sharing.
admin
Scared of beets?
Gina
This looks absolutely delicious!! Can’t wait to try it out.
Alexandra Tran
i get a ton of beets and never know what to do with them. this solves it.
Noemi
Sounds yummy
Vaibhav Mehta
Beets ..I can’t eat it standalone however as a salad with this combo, it looks a workable deal for me!!
Sasha
I absolutely love beets! And I love putting them in salads. This looks like such a great combination! Definitely will have to try this one out
Sonila
Thank you Sasha:).
Stephanie Stebbins
This looks so yummy! I’m going to give it a try!
Sonila
Thank you Stephanie:)
Gillian Kent
tHAT LOOKS DELICIOUS. I LOVE BEETS AND BURRATA. I CAN NEVER FIND A RECIPE FOR BURRATA THAT ISNT TOO RICH. tHE BEETS WOULD LIGHTEN THE BURRATA.
Sonila
Thank you:), they did lighten it up indeed. My husband used some toasted bread too for the same reason and he said it complimented it very well.
Danesa
Although, I am not a fan of beets….I look forward to trying this recipe!
Sonila
Hope it will change your mind on beets, they are very healthy:). Thank you!!!
Krish
Healthy…beet is something one should always have…
Nice recipe.
Thank you
Trish Veltman
That sounds delicious. I’d never heard of burrata so had to google it, but i love beets and mozarella, so i think this will become a favourite in our house!
Sonila
Thank you Trish!! I appreciate the feedback. Maybe I’ll add a paragraph to my blog post about burrata and explain what it is:)
Jess
Oh this sounds lovely! I recently found out I like beets, haha! I’m excited to try this recipe:)
admin
It’s very easy, you can add other salad ingredients you like. Beets are very healthy:))