With a sprinkling of briny olives, tangy Feta cheese, and sweet beets this is a rather eclectic salad.  This wonderful beet salad with lemon herb dressing was made by my friend Swati when we went over to our friends Swati and Tarak’s home for a holiday dinner with the family.  For the dressing Swati got inspired to use a few lemons from one of many fruit trees in her hillside garden and made a Lemon Herb Dressing  for her outstanding Super Greens, Beets and Olives Salad.

Beets & Olives Salad with Feta, Super Greens & Lemon Herb Dressing
makes 8 servings
recipe courtesy of Swati

Ingredients:

• 1 large bag Super Greens (baby kale, arugula and baby spinach blend) salad mix -about 8 cups
• 1 large beet peeled and steamed until tender
• 1 ripe avocado cut into small pieces
• 1/2 cup green olives
• 1 small cucumber cut into cubes
• 1/2 cup Feta cheese
• Ingredients for Lemon Herb Dressing:  Lemon Herb Dressing. 
  • Juice of 2 lemons
  • 1 tsp herbs of your choice like chopped fresh mint, basil, thyme or chives.
  • 2 tsp sugar or honey
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1/4 cup Olive oil

Directions:

• Make Lemon Herb Dressing and Set aside. Here is the link to my recipe for Lemon Herb Dressing
• Cut cooked beets into small bite size pieces.
• In a large salad bowl place the super greens. Add cooked beets, cucumbers, avocado and olives and toss with Lemon Herb Dressing until well incorporated.
• Top with crumbled Feta cheese and serve immediately.