Name: Arugula Salad with Beets and Goat Cheese Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: For Salad:; 2 medium beets; 2½ oz fresh baby arugula; 4 tbsp goat cheese; ¼ cup toasted walnuts; For Dressing:; 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 1½ tbsp lemon juice; ¼ tsp dry powdered mustard; ½ tsp sugar; ½ tsp salt; ¼ tsp pepper

arugula salad with beets and goat cheese recipe

How To Make Arugula Salad with Beets and Goat Cheese

This arugula salad is an easy-to-assemble and healthy salad dish tossed together with beets, goat cheese, toasted walnuts in a zesty-sweet vinaigrette!

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 1 hour

Total: 1 hour 10 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Salad:

2medium beets,cooked, roasted, or boiled, peeled, diced into bite-sized pieces
2½ozfresh baby arugula,(about 2 handfuls)
4tbspgoat cheese,(about 1½ oz)
¼cuptoasted walnuts,roughly chopped

For Dressing:

3tbspextra-virgin olive oil
1½tbsplemon juice
¼tspdry powdered mustard
½tspsugar
½tspsalt
¼tsppepper

Instructions

Dressing:

Place the olive oil, lemon juice, powdered mustard, sugar, salt, and pepper in a jar, and shake to emulsify.
Adjust the ingredients to taste.

To Assemble:

Assemble the salad according to how much is desired.
Compose each dish with a handful of arugula leaves, a few cooked chopped beets, some crumbled goat cheese, and some chopped toasted walnuts.
Drizzle the salad with vinaigrette. There may be a little extra vinaigrette.

Recipe Notes

To roast the beets, scrub the raw beets clean, coat with a little olive oil, wrap in aluminum foil, and roast in 400 degrees F oven for 1 to 2 hours, until fork tender
To boil the beets, scrub the raw beets clean, put in a small pot, cover with water, bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until fork tender.

Nutrition

Calories: 293.66kcal
Fat: 25.75g
Saturated Fat: 6.17g
Trans Fat: 0.00g
Monounsaturated Fat: 15.96g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.65g
Carbohydrates: 11.31g
Fiber: 3.05g
Sugar: 7.63g
Protein: 6.58g
Cholesterol: 10.35mg
Sodium: 405.01mg
Calcium: 104.84mg
Potassium: 423.13mg
Iron: 1.79mg
Vitamin A: 108.74µg
Vitamin C: 13.77mg

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