ROOT VEGETABLE SALAD

Posted on: May 12, 2020. Updated on: July 12, 2023.

by Carolina Gelen

A refreshing, easy to make, raw root vegetable salad to brighten your dinner. If you know how to grate a vegetable, you are qualified to absolutely master this recipe.

INGREDIENTS (8-10 servings)

  • 3 carrots
  • 2 apples (Granny Smith, Pink Lady, whatever kind of apple you like)
  • 2 beetroots
  • 2 small lemons (or 1 large one)
  • 1 orange
  • 1/2 of celeriac (celery root)
  • a copious pinch of salt

OPTIONAL TOPPINGS: herbs, flakey salt, chive flowers

INSTRUCTIONS

For a video tutorial, click HERE!

Step 1

Wash all the vegetables and fruits.

Step 2

Peel the carrots, beetroot and celery root.

Step 3

Grate the carrots, celeriac, beets and apples and add them into a bowl, using a regular grater, a mandolin, or the grater attachment on a food processor.

Squeeze half of the lemon juice (1 small lemon or 1/2 of a large lemon) onto the apples, while grating them, to prevent them from fully oxidizing.

Step 4

Salt the salad to taste and mix all of the vegetables and apples together. Zest the orange on top of the grated apples and vegetables and juice the orange and the rest of the lemon (1 small lemon or 1/2 large lemon) on top of it all. Toss to coat all the ingredients with the citrus juice.

Serve this salad at dinner, as a side, top off your sandwich with it, pop it on some toast, add an egg on top and have it for breakfast, the options are endless.

You could definitely make this salad ahead and serve the next day. All the fresh vegetables and apples will marinate in the citrusy juices and become more flavorful with time.

Store this salad in the fridge up to 5-7 days, in a covered container.

ROOT VEGETABLE SALAD

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Ingredients

  • 3 carrots
  • 2 apples (Granny Smith, Pink Lady, whatever kind of apple you like)
  • 2 beetroots
  • 2 small lemons (or 1 large one)
  • 1 orange
  • 1/2 of celeriac (celery root)
  • a copious pinch of salt

OPTIONAL TOPPINGS: herbs, flakey salt, chive flowers

Instructions

  1. Wash all the vegetables and fruits.
  2. Peel the carrots, beetroot and celery root.

  3. Grate the carrots, celeriac, beets and apples and add them into a bowl, using a regular grater, a mandolin, or the grater attachment on a food processor.

    Squeeze half of the lemon juice (1 small lemon or 1/2 of a large lemon) onto the apples, while grating them, to prevent them from fully oxidizing.

  4. Salt the salad to taste and mix all of the vegetables and apples together. Zest the orange on top of the grated apples and vegetables and juice the orange and the rest of the lemon (1 small lemon or 1/2 large lemon) on top of it all. Toss to coat all the ingredients with the citrus juice.

    Serve this salad at dinner, as a side, top off your sandwich with it, pop it on some toast, add an egg on top and have it for breakfast, the options are endless.

    You could definitely make this salad ahead and serve the next day. All the fresh vegetables and apples will marinate in the citrusy juices and become more flavorful with time.

    Store this salad in the fridge up to 5-7 days, in a covered container.

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Carolina Gelen

You may have seen my work on TV, Food Network, NYT Cooking, Food52 and more. I make recipes more fun and accessible for home cooks. I immigrated to the US from Transylvania, Romania—where I lived most of my life—in 2021 to pursue my passion for cooking full-time. Here you’ll find a collection of approachable recipes, from weeknight dinners to desserts, you’ll come back to over and over again. Some of my most popular recipes include my chicken paprikash, orange chicken roast with fennel and shallots or butter beans all vodka. Some recipes are inspired by my Romanian-Hungarian upbringing, and most definitely all come with that Transylvanian resourcefulness! I love a good thrift, so make sure to catch my thrift hauls every Sunday on my Instagram!

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