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Make this zesty colorful and super healthy salad and banish drab lunches. Carrots sweeten the beets, mustard and dill add zest. If you have a food processor, you can whip this up in less than ten minutes. This post may contain affiliate links, meaning that I get a commission if you take advantage of the offer (thank you!).

Banish sad workday lunches with Beet and Carrot Salad

Our Spring of Deception has ended, and snow once again covers the ground—I need some color, fast, so enter Beet and Carrot Salad. Super easy and super healthy (not to mention dirt cheap), I’ve been making this tasty back-pocket salad for years to banish sad workday lunches. It’s the color of a valentine, so perfect for this week. Bonus: it only takes about ten minutes to make.

A “no-recipe” recipe

Think of Beet and Carrot Salad less as a recipe and more of a canvas. There’s a million different directions you can take this—I happen to like Dijon and dill, but you might like cumin and cinnamon. Nut oils can change things up, too. Taste it as you go and adjust as needed. A little honey is a nice touch, too, if you like things a little sweeter.

Beet and Carrot Salad
Simple, healthy ingredients

Lots of lunch options with Beet and Carrot Salad

Keep lunch interesting with this versatile salad. Eat Beet and Carrot Salad plain the first day, with mild salad greens the next, some lentils the following, and maybe even some goat cheese after that.

And it’s fast

A food processor with a grating attachment makes short work of this (the blade chops everything up too much for me, but it still tastes good). If you don’t have one, a mandoline or box grater makes for a good substitute, just be careful!

Banish sad workday lunch with this easy, healthy, and colorful Beet and Carrot Salad. Recipe and video below. Let me know if you make it!

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Beet and Carrot Salad

Beet and Carrot Salad

Make this colorful and super healthy salad at the beginning of the week to add zest to your workday lunches. Carrots mellow out the intensity of the raw beets, and mustard and herbs add zest.
Start with an average sized beet and then get an equal amount of carrots, and then adjust everything else to taste. Add a little honey if you want, too.
If you have a food processor, this takes less than ten minutes. Feel free to experiment with different oils and herbs to take it in a different direction.
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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 5 mins
Total Time 10 mins
Course Salad
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Equipment

  • Food Processor

Ingredients
  

  • 1 average beet, trimmed and peeled, and cut into chunks in the demo, my beet weighed 269g/9.48 ounces
  • 3 average carrots, trimmed and peeled and cut into chunks the carrots should be about equal in weight to the beet
  • 2 tbs olive oil
  • 2 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 sprig flat-leafed parsley, minced
  • 1 sprig dill, minced
  • kosher salt
  • ¼ tsp honey, optional

Instructions
 

  • In a food processor with the grater blade attached, grate the carrots. Follow with the beets. If you don't have a food processor, you can use a box grater, mandoline, or a sharp knife. Transfer to a bowl.
  • Add the remaining ingredients, mix to combine, and taste. Adjust as needed, but remember that flavors will develop in the fridge. The salad is ready to eat, but it will benefit from a few hours covered in the fridge.

Video

Keyword Beet, Beet salad, carrot salad, carrots, lunch, meal prep
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