How Do You Make A Red Beet Salad (That Even Beet Haters Will Love)?
Are you tired of the traditional pre-meal salads? Try this versatile red beet salad that can serve as a stand alone snack or the perfect prelude to a fancy holiday meal. Don’t worry about the anti-beeters, even they will come up out of the ground to savor this delight. Dice the red beets, celery, and onion and place in a bowl. The preference is to use a wooden bowl because it seems to help absorb some of the flavor of the beets and enhance the flavor of the other items. Saturate with red wine vinegar and oil, but don’t over drown the beets. They should not be laying in a small puddle, but they should be wet with a little excess in the bottom of the bowl. Add salt and pepper (not much), the salt helps bring the juices out of the beats. Mix the contents of the bowl so that there is a fine coating of juice over everything. Let the bowl with mixture sit, open air so it can breathe all day, stirring (always from the bottom up being careful not to smash the beets) and monitoring the moisture
