Salad of Roasted Beets and Arugula with Blue Cheese Dressing

Name: Salad of Roasted Beets and Arugula with Blue Cheese Dressing
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 5 bunches arugula, washed, dried, and hand-torn; 3 bunches baby beets, washed, trimmed, and halved; 227 grams blue cheese, crumbled; 118 milliliters Celery leaves from 1 bunch celery, about; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh chives; 1 lemon, juiced; 12 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 79 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 237 milliliters sour cream; 1 handful fresh thyme sprigs; 237 milliliters walnut halves and pieces, toasted

Need a gluten free, primal, and vegetarian side dish? Salad of Roasted Beets and Arugula with Blue Cheese Dressing could be an awesome recipe to try. This recipe makes 12 servings with 251 calories, 8g of protein, and 22g of fat each. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up juice of lemon, baby beets, cheese, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Lay the beets on a large sheet of aluminum foil, drizzle with the oil, toss the thyme on top, and season with salt and pepper. Fold up the foil tightly to make a sealed pouch and put it on a sheet pan.

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Salt And Pepper

Beet

Thyme

Cooking Oil

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Aluminum Foil

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Bake until the beets are tender when pierced, about 45 minutes to 1 hour. (Drop a knife in the center of 1 beet; if it slides out without resistance, they're done.)

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Beet

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Oven

Knife

Let the beets cool to room temperature and remove skins. Put beets in a large mixing bowl.

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Beet

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Mixing Bowl

Add the arugula, celery leaves, and walnuts; toss to combine.

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Celery Leaves

Arugula

Walnuts

Put the blue cheese and sour cream in a bowl, mashing with a fork to combine.

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Blue Cheese

Sour Cream

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Bowl

Add the chives, lemon juice, and a few turns of freshly ground black pepper; mix to incorporate, leaving a few chunks of cheese in the dressing. Thin out the dressing with a tablespoon of water, if you wish, to smooth out the consistency.

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Ground Black Pepper