Roasted Beet Salad with Goat Cheese

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Filled with great flavor, this delicious Roasted Beet Salad combines crunch, creaminess and sweet flavor from fresh oranges!

Next time try this Garden Salad Recipe!

Roasted beet goat cheese salads on plates. — Beet Goat Cheese Salad

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Beet Salad Recipe

Why you'll love this recipe

✔️ Loaded with fruits and vegetables.

✔️ Filled with amazing flavor!

✔️ Purchase pre-roasted beets and this is a simple salad! It's easier to make than you think!

Ingredients

fresh beets - you can use red beets, golden beets, roast them yourself or even buy pre-roasted beets!
olive oil
oranges
shelled pistachios - pine nuts would be delicious too.
creamy goat cheese if you'd like, substitute feta cheese or blue cheese.
salad greens
salt and pepper
champagne vinegar
honey
shallot

Instructions

Segmented oranges on plate. — Peel the oranges and remove the segments.

Shell the pistachios.
Segment the oranges. Begin by cutting off the top and bottom off so they stood upright easily.
Then working around the orange, cut off the peel and white pith of the orange.
Next carefully cut out each segment of the orange. Save the pulp for juice for the dressing.
Place beets, greens, oranges, pistachios and crumbled goat cheese on a serving platter.
Place the salad dressing ingredients in a small mason jar, shake well. Dress the salad, serve and enjoy!

Instructions to roast beets

Beets being roasted in cast iron skillet. — Don't want you your hands stained when you're working on the beets? Use gloves or do what I do, rub your hands with oil, when you're done working with the beets the stain washes right off!

If you haven't roasted beets before, it's super easy. Just clean them and snip off the greens.
Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt & pepper. Then place them in a heavy cast iron skillet or baking sheet tightly covered with aluminum foil.
Bake in 400 degree preheated oven for about 40 minutes. (The timing depends on the size of the beets). They are done when a thin knife can easily pierce the beet.

FAQ's

What pairs well with beets?

Beets pair well with just about any vegetables. Creamy avocado, crunchy radishes and cucumbers. Great with bitter greens like endive or kale, equally delicious with spinach!

Can you eat beets raw in a salad?

Yes, finely grated beet are delicious in a salad.

What is the healthiest way to eat beets?

Steamed or roasted is the healthiest way to eat beets.

Can you buy roasted beets?

Yes, most grocery stores stock preroasted beets. Look in the vegetable section of your store.

Roasted Beet Orange Salad with Pistachios.

Look how lovely this Beet Goat Cheese Salad is! Don't you feel like you're eating the rainbow?

Full of delicious flavors and crunch, Roasted Beet Orange and Pistachio Salad is gorgeous and amazingly healthy too! This one is easy - I hope you enjoy!

Heirloom Tomato Salad - so fresh and bright!
Greek Coleslaw Recipe - filled with crunch and loaded with goodness.
Southwest Salad - a light green salad, such a nice side dish.

What I love about living in the Central Valley in California is the abundance of produce available year round, it's amazing what a visit to the farmer's market offers! Now that I've been here in Fresno a couple of years, I can tell you there is such an abundance of varied fruits and vegetables available all year long! Spring offers up fruit like apricots, peaches and cherries.

Summer time is filled with berries like strawberries, blueberries, artichokes and melons - fall brings all kinds of nuts, pistachios & squash (just to mention a few), winter - oranges, lemons, pomegranates, the list goes on and on.

Here's a picture of pistachios that I took last year at sunset, right before harvest. On a side note, did you know that the pistachio crop is so valuable that it's guarded when harvest time comes around? Amazing! Here's a great video showing pistachios being harvested.

I've prepared for you a beautiful, crunchy salad that I know you will enjoy!

p.s. Roasting beets is easy but....if roasting beets is too much (and there are days that it is!) or you don't have the time, you can purchase pre-roasted beets at your local grocery store. Look in the fresh produce section (not canned). Don't worry - no judgement! 😀 Give this one a try you're going to love this tasty salad - Roasted Beet Orange and Pistachio Salad

Roasted Beet Orange and Pistachio Salad - Bowl Me Over

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