Beetroot and Feta Salad

Beetroot and Feta Salad is packed with colour, texture, and nutrition. It’s an easy, super fast, and delicious salad recipe. 

Salad with beetroot is refreshing, tasty and satisfying. 

I like a salad, but I need it to have different flavours and textures to keep me interested. 

This simple salad is lovely as a starter, main, or side dish. 

It’s colourful, tasty and just absolutely delicious. There’s also a simple honey and mustard dressing recipe that goes well with plenty of other salads.  

Why I Love Beetroot and Feta Salad

Beetroot Feta Salad is fantastic because:

• You don’t have to cook anything, so it’s really quick. 
• There’s lots of flavour and nutrition. 
• It’s full of different textures and colours; I love colourful food. 
• I don’t like olives, so it’s an excellent alternative to Greek Salad when I want my feta fix!
• Beetroot & feta salad is perfect for a summer lunch.

Ingredients For Beetroot and Feta Salad

For my honey and mustard Beetroot and feta salad dressing, I use:

Lemon Juice – Fresh is better, but bottled will do.

Olive Oil – Extra Virgin Olive Oil is ideal, but use what you’ve got.

Dijon Mustard

Honey

Salt and Pepper

And for the rest of the salad, I use:

Fresh Beetroot

Feta Cheese

Mixed Salad Leaves – I buy a bag of mixed leaves for some colour, but any kind is fine, really. 

Cucumber 

Spring Onions – You could also use red onions. 

There are plenty of other things that you could add to your beetroot and feta salad. There are some options below. 

How to Make Beetroot and Feta Salad– Step-by-Step Instructions

Full, easy-to-follow instructions and quantities are available in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

Step One

Mix the ingredients for the dressing in a small bowl or jug, stirring until it’s smooth and there are no lumps of mustard. 

Step Two

Place the leaves, cucumber and spring onions in a bowl. I just add them straight to the serving bowl.

Step Three

Drizzle over the salad dressing. This is quite a lot of dressing, so don’t worry if you don’t want to use it all. 

Step Four

Sprinkle over the diced beetroot. 

Step Five

Crumble on the feta and serve straight away.

That’s it! It’s a super simple salad recipe. 

Variations

A simple beetroot and feta salad is fine as is, but there are plenty of variations or things that you can add for a more filling dinner. 

Roast the Beetroot

Roast beetroot and feta salad is delicious. Place sliced beetroot on a baking tray, drizzle with oil and roast in the oven for around 10 minutes before adding to your salad. 

Just remember that this means one of the elements of your salad will be warm, and so your leaves will wilt a little. Try to serve quickly to avoid mushy lettuce.

Add Pine Nuts

I love toasted pine nuts on a salad. Place on a tray and toast in the oven for 5 minutes before adding to the top of your salad. 

Alternatively, you can toss them in a non-stick pan over medium heat on the hob for a few minutes.

Make a Balsamic Dressing

Beetroot and feta salad with balsamic vinegar is an option if you don’t like honey and mustard or just fancy something different. 

Try this simple balsamic Dressing for beetroot salad.

Or use a store-bought balsamic dressing.

Use Store-Bought Dressing

Of course, you don’t have to use a homemade dressing. If you’ve got a favourite store-bought dressing, use that. 

It doesn’t have to be honey mustard, but I recommend something with a bit of tang.

Add Walnuts

Make a beetroot feta walnut salad by adding chopped walnuts with your feta. 

Add Spinach

Beetroot feta spinach salad is another excellent option. Just add some spinach leaves to your salad, or buy a bag of salad that includes spinach or baby spinach. 

Toss the Salad in Dressing

In this recipe, I drizzle my leaves with salad dressing. If you prefer, place all the ingredients in a bowl and toss them together so that everything is well coated in the dressing.