Roasted Beetroot Buckwheat Salad

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This Roasted Beetroot Buckwheat Salad is a delicious and healthy way to kick this Monday off!

I originally published this post in September 2016. I have taken and updated photos while the recipe and blog post remain unchanged. 

Monday Blues

Before I start describing how great this Roasted Beetroot Buckwheat Salad, let me demonstrate my good manners, my friends, and ask you about your weekend. 1.  Did you enjoy it? 2. Was it enough? 3. Are you excited to handle this new week? 4. Is there such a thing as Happy Monday?

In case you wish to see my answers too, here we go. I will keep it short. 1. Yes, but not enough. 2. See the previous answer. 3. Do I have any other choice? 4. Well, no comments.

There’s another thing, my friends. I’d like to introduce a new lovely tradition – have short posts on Mondays! I mean, who needs to read 2603 words on Monday? We don’t need our Mondays to get even more miserable, do we? Besides, my brain and creativity don’t work well enough at the beginning of the week (As well as at the end of the week)

Roasted Beetroot Buckwheat Salad

So, I think I’ve come up with a great idea (Almost genius considering it was born on Monday!)

Roasted Beetroot Buckwheat Salad might sound a little unusual yet delicious salad! I bet a lot of you haven’t tried buckwheat yet (We won’t count those buckwheat pancakes or waffles you might enjoy). For the record, there are some recipes featuring buckwheat flour like these Mushroom Ham Cheddar Buckwheat Crepes or Buckwheat Tuna Pancakes. Using buckwheat isn’t a really common thing in North America which is sad because buckwheat is the healthy food with a delightful earthy nutty flavor. It could be used in many ways, and my favorite is mixing it with sauteed veggies, mushrooms, herbs, and occasionally meat. Like this Beef Eggplant Buckwheat. Or you can make a healthy yummy salad. Like this one.

Roasted Beetroot Buckwheat Salad with arugula, walnuts, feta, and a simple dressing is a delicious way to beat your Monday blues.

5 thoughts on “Roasted Beetroot Buckwheat Salad

  1. Shashi at RunninSrilankan says:

    Ben – I adore beetroot so much and this Roasted Beetroot Buckwheat Salad is GORGEOUS! So pretty and tasty, it would definitely chase away the Monday or bad traffic blues away for me too! You are right, buckwheat in it’s non-flour form doesn’t seem to be that popular here as I don’t recall coming across it – but I do have some buckwheat flour with me – so, how about I make you some buckwheat pancakes and you send me this Roasted Beetroot Buckwheat Salad – deal? :)
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  2. David @ Spiced says:

    Interesting! I don’t think I’ve ever had buckwheat. I have had buckwheat pancakes, but I suspect that doesn’t entirely count. (Those pancakes are delicious, though!) I do enjoy bulking up salads with some cooked grains, though, so I clearly need to look into this buckwheat thing. I wonder if I can even find it here in my area? Maybe you can send me some? And while you’re at it, you can just send me the whole darned salad. And maybe some of that dulce de leche ice cream for dessert? :-)
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