Pickled Beets, Marinated Red Onion, Baby Cucumbers, Cherry Tomatoes and Mixed Greens Salad with Feta Cheese and Balsamic Dressing
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Recipe By: Alice Morrow
Pickled Beets, Marinated Red Onion, Baby Cucumbers, Cherry Tomatoes and Mixed Greens Salad with Feta Cheese and Balsamic Dressing
Ingredients
- 2-3 (16-oz.) jars sliced pickled beets, drained
- 1 (16-oz.) jar whole pickled beets, drained
- 1 large red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 bottle Italian dressing
- 6-8 baby cucumbers, skin on, thinly sliced
- ½ pt. red cherry tomatoes, halved
- ½ pt. yellow cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1-2 lb. bags of mixed greens (I like the ones that have spring mix, kale, baby spinach and arugula)
- 8 oz. crumbled feta cheese
- Good quality olive oil
- Good quality balsamic vinegar
- Salt, black pepper
Instructions
- Take the sliced red onion and place in zip lock bag and drizzle with Italian dressing and place in refrigerator for at least 24 hours.
- In preparation of the salad, get a large flat platter with a little lip on it and spread the mixed greens all over. Drizzle with olive oil and vinegar. Add a little salt and pepper.
- In the center of the platter mound the whole pickled beets.
- Surround the whole beets with the sliced beets.
- Then around the sliced beets, drape the marinated red onions (you can strain them and save the marinade for other things.)
- Place the sliced cucumbers on top of the red onions.
- Then place the halved tomatoes on top of the cucumbers.
- Drizzle olive oil and balsamic vinegar all over the salad. You can add salt and pepper or let guests add their own.
- Place the feta cheese in a bowl on the side so that people can add as much as they like.
- Serve.
Notes
*****You can put this whole salad together a day ahead of time and cover with saran wrap and refrigerate. I usually do not put the olive oil and vinegar on the greens when I do it ahead of time. You can do it in the last step and it works fine.
You can change up the dressings and cheeses. Bleu cheese works great with this dish.
You can change up the dressings and cheeses. Bleu cheese works great with this dish.
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