Roasted Beet Salad with Feta and Candied Pecans
Beet salad with feta and candied pecans is a delicious blend of sweet beets and pecans, with savory feta cheese and arugula. Topped with a light dressing is all that's needed for a perfect blend of flavors.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lbs beets peeled, cut into 1 ½" cubes
- 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ tsp+ fine sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon course ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoon pecan halves
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 4 oz arugula
- 2 oz crumbled feta cheese
- 3 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
- Balsamic dressing to taste
Instructions
Roast the beets
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread the beet chunks onto the pan and drizzle with the olive oil, ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt, and coarse black ground pepper.
- Bake for 15 minutes, flip the roasted beetroot, and bake for 15 more minutes or until they are cooked through and can be easily pierced with a fork.
- While the beets are roasting, caramelize the pecans.
Make the candied pecans
- Heat a small saucepan on medium-low heat. Melt the butter, and add the brown sugar and a pinch of salt. Stir constantly until the sugar is melted.
- Add the pecans and stir constantly until the nuts are warm and toasted, making sure not to burn the butter.
- The butter/sugar mixture will harden as the glaze cools. Transfer to a tray to harden and cool. Set aside until needed.
Assemble the salad
- Spread the arugula on the bottom of a medium-sized salad bowl.
- Place the warm beets on top of the arugula.
- Sprinkle the salad with the caramelized pecans, chopped cilantro, and crumbled feta cheese.
- Do a light drizzle of balsamic dressing over the top of the salad. Serve immediately and enjoy!
Notes
The caramelized pecans can be swapped with store-bought toasted pecans, other types of nuts such as walnuts, almonds, and pumpkin seeds are good choices too.
Other salad mix-in ideas are avocado, a mix of purple and golden beets, apple slices, cucumber slices, red onion, or other types of fresh herbs.
Since the individual ingredients in the salad have a lot of flavors, we just do a light drizzle to taste with a store-bought balsamic glaze or balsamic dressing; or try our simple homemade honey balsamic dressing.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 218kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 6gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 19mgSodium: 313mgFiber: 5gSugar: 19g
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