Recipe for cooking vinaigrette salad

Recipes from Russia and the Ukraine :: Russian and Ukrainian Salads and Dressings

6 beets (about 2 in. in diameter)
8 med. potatoes
4 carrots
3 dill pickles (or one 8 in. cucumber)
1 med. onion or 6 scallions

Dressing
1/3 c. canola (or other vegetable) oil
1/3 c. lemon juice (fresh is better)
2 Tbsp. salt
1 tsp. dill weed
1/2 tsp. ground black pepper

Scrub beets, potatoes and carrots and boil together. Check after 15 mins. and remove potatoes and carrots as they finished, letting beets continue cooking until done. Cool and peel. Cut beets, carrots and potatoes into serving size and combine in mixing bowl. Chop onion and pickles and add.

Combine lemon juice and oil with dill, add salt and pepper (adjust amounts to your taste. Pour over salad vegetables and stir (everything will turn various tones of magenta). Chill at least two hours before serving.

Serves 10 to 12.