High in dietary nitrates (a very good thing!), recent research has found beetroot improves performance in athletes by 16%. Here’s why.

This is a recipe my Mum has been making for as long as I can remember. I don’t know why it’s called Winter Salad, as we’d usually have it in the summer with quiche (how 80s!)

Ingredients:

• one apple chopped
• about 5 slices of beetroot from a jar
• 2 sticks of celery

Chop each ingredient in to small cubes and mix together in a bowl. No dressing needed!