Beet and Orange Salad

Beet and Orange Salad

I want to get my kids to eat more vegetables but every time I cook a vegetable I want to put about a 1/2 pound of butter on it. My problem not theirs.  This was good and easy to make.

Ingredients

• Two 14.5 oz cans of beets.  I used sliced beets but now that I am looking at the picture, maybe cute round beets would have looked better.
• Red Onion - 1/4 large
• Clementine Oranges - 4  I used these because I had them around for neighbor Christmas gifts but I bet you could use the canned Mandarin oranges if they were drained. 
• Rice Wine Vinegar  - 1 tablespoon ( or Sherry Vinegar)
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil - 1 tablespoon
• Sugar - 2 teaspoons

Prepare
Onions - Slice very thinly.  I cut them into quarters as you can see in the picture.
Peel clemenine oranges, separate the wedges and cut each in half crosswise to expose the inner lusciousness
Beets - drain


Mix
Stir all together, let sit for about 1/2 hour then serve.   Do not let this sit overnight.  It tasted somewhat bitter the next day.  I think maybe the pith from the orange was the culprit.