grated beetroot and pear salad

This salad is easy and delicious. It's amazing how these simple ingredients make such a tasty dish. Packed full of anti inflammatory ingredients.

Beetroots are really good for our gut. They have something called glutamine, which is essential to the health and maintenance of our gut They also have a lot of fibre, which keeps our digestion working well and helps the good bacteria that live there.

grated beetroot and pear salad

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Ingredients

serves 2 as a side salad

• 1 beetroot, grated (no need to peel)

• 1 firm pear, grated (no need to peel)

• 1 thumbnail sized piece of ginger, grated

• 1/4 of red cabbage (finely sliced)

• 1-2 tbsp pumpkin seeds

• handful of watercress

Dressing

• 1/2 lime, juice only

• 1 tbsp white miso paste

• 1 tbsp mirin

• 2-3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

• 1/2 tsp honey (optional if you need to sweeten the dressing)

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Mix together the grated beetroot, pear and ginger with the sliced red cabbage in your serving dish.

Scatter over the pumpkin seeds.

Mix together the ingredients for the dressing and pour over the salad.

Mix thoroughly together and then scatter the watercress around one side of the serving dish.

This salad goes well with most meat dishes and mackerel.