Vinegret (Russian Vegetable Salad)

This week I am going to share one of my favorite healthy Russian vegetable salads called Vinegret. It consists of beets, carrots, potatoes, pickled cucumbers and peas. It is pretty basic but tasty and nutritious. 

I am a fan of beet and I really enjoy it with other vegetables.

So let's have a look at health benefits.

Inspirational Note on Health Benefits:

I have discussed health benefits of beets while speaking about the popular Russian soup - borsht (read health benefits of beets).

So let's speak about carrots in this section. So according to The Condensed Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (by Michael T. Murray, Joseph PIZZORNO, Lara Pizzorno) "Carrots are

Borsh (also Borsht)

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Let me start with the traditional soup of Eastern and Central Europe named BORSH.

Here is the recipe that I learned from my friend Ira and I would like to share it with you.

The method of preparation described below preserves the rich purple crimson color and warming flavors. 

There are many variations of the soup. As to my native country Moldova, the main ingredients are beets and cabbage.

Inspirational Note :)  
In this section of the recipe I am going to mention health benefits of the main ingredient(s) of the dish to make you want to try it ;). So let us talk about beetroot.

"Beetroot is rich in fibre and potassium...