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WW Freestyle Recipe of the Day: Southwestern Beet Salad
A few months back while traveling in Morocco, I ran across this wonderful rendition of beets. It's a lighter, dairy-free alternative to the popular combination of beets and goat cheese making it perfect for Vegans.
WW Southwest Beet Salad
In Fez, we had it every day!
Besides all the known health properties, beets are delicious and available all year long, so you can whip this up any time of year.
How Many Points are Beets on Weight Watchers?
Beets have Zero Points on Weight Watchers making this a delicious healthy bargain.
How Many Calories and WW Points in this Southwestern Beet Salad?
According to my calculations each serving of this simple delicious salad has just 104 calories and:
2 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
2 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
2 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
3 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
To see your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, Click here!
If you wanted to reduced the points even further, just go lighter on the olive oil.
What's the Best Way to Cook Beets for this Salad?
Trader Joe's Steamed & Peeled Ready-to-Eat Baby Beets
It’s super easy to buy prepared cooked beets in small packages now, a perfectly acceptable alternative when you are short on time.
Uncooked red beets
The good news is that it's almost as easy to cook your own and much tastier.
Lots of colors are available! Yellow, classic red, and striped—all cooked the same way.
Just wash them (save the tasty leaves for another dish!), wrap them in foil and roast at 350F degrees. Medium beets will take about 40 minutes.
When a knife can be removed easily, remove them from the oven, cool, peel and store for up to 5 days refrigerated in a covered container.
Cooked beets
Make-Ahead Tip: Yes, you can absolutely pre-cook the beets up to 5 days in advance, cover and refrigerate them until ready to use
Serving Suggestions and Variations
Got vegans coming over?
Serve the salad with warm hunks of garlic toast or any good bread and you've got lunch.
Different herbs?
Please feel free to play with the herbs. More cilantro, less? Like the minty addition and want more? Winter vegetables are sturdy enough to handle whatever you throw at them.
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If you like this Southwestern Beet Salad you might also like these easy, healthy WW friendly salads: , WW Cucumber Salad, , Avocado Grapefruit Salad, Skinny Broccoli Salad and Simple Lentil Salad
Southwestern Beet Salad Recipe
A few months back while traveling in Morocco I ran across this wonderful rendition of beets. It's a lighter vegan alternative to the popular combination of beets and goat cheese that seems to pop up everywhere these days.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time26 minutes mins
Total Time36 minutes mins
Servings (adjustable): 6
Calories: 104
Author: Hallie Harron | Simple Nourished Living
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup fresh cilantro leaves (from 1 small bunch)
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 medium beets, cooked and cut into ½-inch piecess
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
Finely chop the cilantro and place in a medium bowl.
Add remaining ingredients, seasoning with the salt and pepper to taste. Toss gently to mix.
Let sit at room temperature for 20 minutes before serving.
This salad can be made up to 3 days in advance and kept tightly covered in the refrigerator.
Taste and season if necessary, with more pepper. Bring to room temperature before serving.
Equipment
Recipe Notes
It's super easy to buy prepared cooked beets in small packages now, a perfectly acceptable alternative when you are short on time.
To cook the beets, just wash them (save the tasty leaves for another dish!), wrap them in foil and roast at 350F degrees.
Medium beets will take about 40 minutes.
When a knife can be removed easily, remove them from the oven, cool, peel and store for up to 5 days refrigerated in a covered container.
Serving size: ½ cup
Click here to see your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site.
2 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
2 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
2 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
3 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
Nutrition Facts
Southwestern Beet Salad Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 /2 cup)
Calories 104Calories from Fat 63
% Daily Value*
Fat 7g11%
Carbohydrates 10g3%
Fiber 2g8%
Protein 2g4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Southwestern beets, vegan beet salad
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*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
More healthy recipes with beets you might also like:
- Marinated Roasted Beet Salad with Goat Cheese
- Roasted Beet and Pear Salad (Slender Kitchen)
- Spinach Lentil Beet Salad (Sugar Free Mom)
Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Hallie is a chef-teacher who eventually found her way to Provence, France, where she gave food and wine tours of the region.
In addition to writing more than a dozen cookbooks, she has also been teaching both professional and recreational cooking classes since 1978.
Hallie looks forward to sharing some of her favorite easy, healthy recipes with you here on Simple Nourished Living.
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