Beet salad so so good
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Ingredients for beet salad
You only need 5 ingredients for this delicious beet salad and here they are:
• beets , cooked, sliced
• baby spinach
• cashews , roasted
• dried cranberries
• goat cheese
Honey-Lemon Salad Dressing ingredients
And the beet salad dressing requires only 3 ingredients:
• olive oil
• honey
• lemon juice freshly squeezed
How to make beet salad with spinach and cashews
• Add baby spinach, sliced cooked beets, roasted cashews, and dried cranberries to a large salad bowl.
• Combine salad dressing ingredients in a different bowl: olive oil, honey, lemon juice. Whisk until combined.
• Pour the salad dressing over the beet salad, and toss to combine. Top with crumbled goat cheese.
This beet salad is so delicious and has so many ingredients that are good for you - I really recommend you make it! It's so simple but has so much flavor! This salad is healthy, gluten free, full of fiber.
This spinach and beet salad is a perfect lunch or snack. It also looks really pretty, and will make a beautiful side dish to any dinner.
How to cook beets
The easiest and the best way to cook beets is by boiling them. Here is how you do it:
• Place raw beets in a large sauce pan and cover with water.
• Bring to boil - it usually takes 10 minutes for the water with beets in my pan to start boiling. Once the water starts to boil, boil the beets for 20-30 minutes, depending on the thickness and the size of your beets.
• Next, carefully pour the hot water out and let the beets cool off (without lid on) for another 20 minutes. It's important to pour the water out and remove the lid when cooling off the beets, otherwise they will get too soft.
• After beets have cooled off, use butter knife to easily peel the skin off them just like shown in the photo below:
After that, beets are ready to be placed in an air tight container (or zip-lock) and be kept in the refrigerator.
Note: While I usually boil all the beets for 20 minutes, you might have to boil them 10 minutes longer, especially if your beets are large, because the centers of large beets might not cook through in 20 minutes. But for small or medium size beets - 20 min is perfect!
Other beet recipes:
• Goat cheese is not the only cheese that goes great with beets in a salad. Gorgonzola cheese tastes amazing with beets too: Arugula Salad with Beets and Gorgonzola cheese.
• Yes, I made the soup with beets, and it was delicious! I used Kefir to make this soup creamy: Beet Soup.
• And, yes, I made pasta with the goat cheese and beet sauce, too. It's of a beautiful bright maroon color (all natural color, of course, from beets): Beet and Goat Cheese Fettuccine.
Are you convinced yet that I love beets?!
Beet Salad with Spinach, Cashews, and Goat Cheese
Beet Salad with Spinach, Cashews, Cranberries, and Goat Cheese with honey, lemon and olive oil dressing. Healthy, gluten free, Mediterranean-style salad, packed with fiber and nutrients.
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PREP TIME20minutes mins
COOK TIME10minutes mins
CUISINEMediterranean
SERVINGS4 people
CALORIES PER SERVING327 kcal
Author: Julia
Ingredients
Beet Salad:
• 2 beets , cooked, sliced
• 4 oz baby spinach
• ½ cup cashews , roasted
• ¼ cup dried cranberries
• 2 oz goat cheese
Honey-Lemon salad dressing:
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice freshly squeezed
US Customary - Metric
Instructions
• In a salad bowl, combine baby spinach, sliced cooked beets, roasted cashews, and dried cranberries. (You can cook the beets by boiling them in water for about 20-30 minutes, letting them cool, peeling them, and then slicing them). Do not add goat cheese yet.
• In a separate small bowl, combine salad dressing ingredients: olive oil, honey, lemon juice. Whisk until combined.
• Pour the salad dressing over the beet salad, and mix. Do not add all of the salad dressing at once. Add just enough to coat the salad to your taste. You might use all of the dressing - you might not. Top your beet salad with crumbled goat cheese.
You only need 5 ingredients for this delicious beet salad and here they are:
• beets , cooked, sliced
• baby spinach
• cashews , roasted
• dried cranberries
• goat cheese
Honey-Lemon Salad Dressing ingredients
And the beet salad dressing requires only 3 ingredients:
• olive oil
• honey
• lemon juice freshly squeezed
How to make beet salad with spinach and cashews
• Add baby spinach, sliced cooked beets, roasted cashews, and dried cranberries to a large salad bowl.
• Combine salad dressing ingredients in a different bowl: olive oil, honey, lemon juice. Whisk until combined.
• Pour the salad dressing over the beet salad, and toss to combine. Top with crumbled goat cheese.
This beet salad is so delicious and has so many ingredients that are good for you - I really recommend you make it! It's so simple but has so much flavor! This salad is healthy, gluten free, full of fiber.
This spinach and beet salad is a perfect lunch or snack. It also looks really pretty, and will make a beautiful side dish to any dinner.
How to cook beets
The easiest and the best way to cook beets is by boiling them. Here is how you do it:
• Place raw beets in a large sauce pan and cover with water.
• Bring to boil - it usually takes 10 minutes for the water with beets in my pan to start boiling. Once the water starts to boil, boil the beets for 20-30 minutes, depending on the thickness and the size of your beets.
• Next, carefully pour the hot water out and let the beets cool off (without lid on) for another 20 minutes. It's important to pour the water out and remove the lid when cooling off the beets, otherwise they will get too soft.
• After beets have cooled off, use butter knife to easily peel the skin off them just like shown in the photo below:
After that, beets are ready to be placed in an air tight container (or zip-lock) and be kept in the refrigerator.
Note: While I usually boil all the beets for 20 minutes, you might have to boil them 10 minutes longer, especially if your beets are large, because the centers of large beets might not cook through in 20 minutes. But for small or medium size beets - 20 min is perfect!
Other beet recipes:
• Goat cheese is not the only cheese that goes great with beets in a salad. Gorgonzola cheese tastes amazing with beets too: Arugula Salad with Beets and Gorgonzola cheese.
• Yes, I made the soup with beets, and it was delicious! I used Kefir to make this soup creamy: Beet Soup.
• And, yes, I made pasta with the goat cheese and beet sauce, too. It's of a beautiful bright maroon color (all natural color, of course, from beets): Beet and Goat Cheese Fettuccine.
Are you convinced yet that I love beets?!
Beet Salad with Spinach, Cashews, and Goat Cheese
Beet Salad with Spinach, Cashews, Cranberries, and Goat Cheese with honey, lemon and olive oil dressing. Healthy, gluten free, Mediterranean-style salad, packed with fiber and nutrients.
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
PREP TIME20minutes mins
COOK TIME10minutes mins
CUISINEMediterranean
SERVINGS4 people
CALORIES PER SERVING327 kcal
Author: Julia
Ingredients
Beet Salad:
• 2 beets , cooked, sliced
• 4 oz baby spinach
• ½ cup cashews , roasted
• ¼ cup dried cranberries
• 2 oz goat cheese
Honey-Lemon salad dressing:
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice freshly squeezed
US Customary - Metric
Instructions
• In a salad bowl, combine baby spinach, sliced cooked beets, roasted cashews, and dried cranberries. (You can cook the beets by boiling them in water for about 20-30 minutes, letting them cool, peeling them, and then slicing them). Do not add goat cheese yet.
• In a separate small bowl, combine salad dressing ingredients: olive oil, honey, lemon juice. Whisk until combined.
• Pour the salad dressing over the beet salad, and mix. Do not add all of the salad dressing at once. Add just enough to coat the salad to your taste. You might use all of the dressing - you might not. Top your beet salad with crumbled goat cheese.
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