The Beet Goes On
Craving a sweet, cool, refreshing, healthy vegetarian recipe or snack on these hot summer afternoons? Want a flavor-packed side dish that can curb that late afternoon snack monster? Check out this healthy vegetarian recipe that packs nutrients, is calorie-conscious, and contains healthy fats!
Why is this dish so healthy? Because it contains plenty of phytonutrients! These are non-nutritive chemical compounds in plants that have many benefits to the body.
Beets get theirs from their deep red-violet color, which have high antioxidant, anti inflammatory characteristics [1]. They have been also linked to controlling diabetes and improving blood pressure, with anti-cancer and wound-healing properties [2].
Tomatoes get theirs from their deep red color, which have been linked to improving vision/respiratory disorders and combating cardiovascular disease, some cancers, and DNA mutation [3].
So what does this mean? Not only is this dish a delicious, healthy vegetarian recipe that’s quick-to-make & packed with plenty of healthy fats, but you can fight disease?!?! GET YOUR SNACK ON!
Nutrient Dense Beet & Tomato Summer Salad
Total Prep Time
5-10 min.
Servings
1 side dish (best when fresh)
Ingredients
2 cupped palms of diced, cooked beets*
2 cupped palms of whole cherry/grape tomatoes
¼ cup Balsamic vinegar
2-3 tbsp Feta cheese (to taste)
2-3 tbsp crushed walnuts or 6-8 walnut halves (optional, remove for nut free version)
Instructions
Dice beets (see photo below for easiest way to do so!)
Half medium-sized or quarter large tomatoes
If walnuts are whole, crush them
Combine beets, tomatoes, walnuts, feta & add Balsamic
Mix & enjoy!
Rules of a Healthy, Lazy Chef
When it comes to eating healthy, we all love the idea of nourishing our bodies and fueling our lifestyles, but it takes effort! Eating healthy is expensive… it takes too much time… it’s just too darn hard!
Well, fret no longer. This is the first recipe in our cookbook for people who want to be healthy, but are just. darn. lazy. (like myself!)
Each recipe, like this healthy vegetarian recipe, will not only be 5 ingredients or less, BUT it will also take 10-minutes or less. Also, as the offspring of Chinese mother raised by immigrant parents, it will also be economical ;) #makingmammaproud
Other Lazy Chef Recipes…
Kids Pancakes
Healthy Ranch Dip