Golden Beet and Sunflower Salad

Name: Golden Beet and Sunflower Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons black pepper; 3 Tbsps cider vinegar; 1 kilograms golden beets (with greens); 1 liters oz sunflower sprouts or baby mesclun; 3 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 1 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps finely chopped shallot; 0 teaspoons sugar

Golden Beet and Sunflower Salad is a gluten free and vegan side dish. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains approximately 4g of protein, 7g of fat, and a total of 154 calories. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of baby mesclun, cider vinegar, olive oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Put oven racks in lower third and middle of oven and preheat oven to 425°F.

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Oven

Trim beet greens, leaving 1 inch of stems attached. Tightly wrap beets together in double layers of foil to make packages (2 or 3 per package) and roast in middle of oven until tender, 40 to 45 minutes. Unwrap beets and cool slightly.

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Beet Greens

Beet

Wrap

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

While beets roast, toast sunflower seeds in a pie plate or a small baking pan in lower third of oven, shaking occasionally, until seeds are golden, about 10 minutes.

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Seeds

Beet

Toast

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Baking Pan

Oven

Whisk together shallot, vinegar, salt, pepper, and sugar in a small bowl, then add oil in a stream, whisking.

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Shallot

Vinegar

Pepper

Sugar

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

Bowl

When beets are cool enough to handle, slip off and discard skins.

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Beet

Cut beets lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices and gently toss with 3 tablespoons vinaigrette in a bowl.

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Vinaigrette

Beet

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Bowl

Toss sunflower sprouts and half of sunflower seeds with remaining vinaigrette in another bowl. Arrange beets on 6 salad plates and top with dressed sprouts.

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Sunflower Shoots