Beetroot Salad Vegan

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A tasty vibrant beetroot salad with chickpeas and spinach – naturally vegan our beetroot salad is simple to make and great served with any dinner.

Beetroot Salad Recipe

Throw together our fresh and tasty beetroot salad in just minutes.  Bursting with lovely earthy flavours, simply dressed and totally moreish.

It tastes so good alongside our simple cheese and potato tart.

I love to make this salad in the summer months, it just goes well with so many dishes and because of the added chickpeas it really filling too.

Beetroot Salad Vegan

Our beetroot salad is naturally vegan and as it’s served with chickpeas it’s got the benefit of being protein rich, as well as being substantial and filling.

So it’s a delicious as an easy lunch idea. You can also pack this into lunchboxes.

Beetroot Salad Dressing

Our beetroot salad is dressed really simply with a Balsamic and French mustard dressing – the dressing is homemade, quick and totally delicious.

Beetroot Salad with feta

You could easily make our beetroot salad with feta or halloumi cheese if you prefer.

Just add grilled halloumi or crumbled feta cheese and serve with crusty bread as a complete main course salad.

You could also serve our beetroot salad with a yogurt dressing or side serving of cucumber mint raita and maybe add a pitta bread or small warmed naan alongside.

Leftovers are great the next day too – add a few chunky croutons or maybe an extra scattering of cheese.

Beetroot Salad Ingredients

• 100g baby spinach leaves – you could use baby herb leaf salad if you prefer or a mix of both.

• 400g tinned chickpeas – it’s always good to keep canned chickpeas in at home – they’re fab for making quick curries or adding to pasta, casseroles or stew to bulk them up.

• 250g cooked beetroot – it’s nice to use baby beetroot for this recipe – just simply sliced

• 1 tbs olive oil – I use extra virgin olive oil for this recipe, but you can use rapeseed oil if you prefer.

• 1 tbs Balsamic vinegar – I keep a bottle of Belazu Balsamic Vinegar in at home, it’s lush and I use it in so many things, but most of all my favourite way to use it is simply drizzled on tomatoes with olive oil and basil. Simple and perfect.

• 1 tsp Wholegrain mustard – Maille wholegrain mustard is my favourite and the one I use to make the dressing for this salad.

• salt and black pepper

How to make beetroot and chickpea salad

• Firstly mix up the simple salad dressing. Just add the olive oil, Balsamic vinegar, mustard and a pinch of salt and pepper to a small cup or bowl.

• Then whisk the salad dressing ingredients together with a spoon or fork to combine the ingredients together well.

• Slice or dice the cooked beetroot whichever you prefer.

• Scatter the baby spinach leaves over a large serving plate or platter.

• Next scatter the sliced beetroot over the baby spinach leaves on the serving plate.

• Scatter the drained tinned chickpeas over the beetroot and spinach salad. I tend to rinse the chickpeas under running water then drain well before adding them to the salad.

• Drizzle the salad dressing over the salad and serve straight away. When I pack the salad in lunchboxes I add the dressing in a little pot so it can be drizzled over the salad just before eating. Otherwise the salad will go soggy.

What to eat with beetroot salad

Our delicious beetroot salad is great a a main course vegan dish, or as a side dish to roast chicken or grilled fish.

You could also serve our tasty beetroot and chickpea salad as part of a tapas spread alongside a delicious aubergine and tomato stew, a basket of warmed ciabatta slices, some sizzled padron peppers and spicy pan fried prawns with chilli and herbs.

More vegan salad recipes to make

If you love vegan salad recipes then we’ve got three of our favourites below, they’re all super filling and super tasty. Perfect for summer.

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• Falafel Pitta Bowl – a delicious, healthy lunch recipe you can make quickly – great for a healthy packed lunch – you can make this lunchbowl even faster by using a pack of ready to eat falafel.

• Couscous Salad with Roast Vegetables – delicious roast vegetable couscous salad, easy to make and delicious to eat. You can add a sprinkling of toasted nuts to keep it vegan. I like to serve this alongside roast chicken or grilled fish.

• Easy Bean Salad – super quick and easy bean and sweetcorn salad with zingy dressing. This one is great as a BBQ side dish it goes so well with hot dogs and burgers.

More beetroot recipes to make

I love to include beetroot in recipes, I love the earthy flavours and vibrant pink colours.

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• Beetroot Hummus with Sweet Chilli Twist – delicious, vibrant beetroot hummus, perfect with breadsticks or crackers.

• Spelt Salad with Halloumi and Baby Beets – quick and easy lunch recipe using cheat ingredients.

• Raw Beet Salad with Creamy Lemon Dressing (ad feature recipe) – healthy raw beetroot salad with delicious dressing.

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