roasted beet and goat cheese salad

Ingredients

For the dressing:
1/4 cup minced shallot
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 cup olive oil

mixed baby greens
4 cooked red beets
1 carrot, peeled and very thinly diced 
1/2 of small red onion, very thinly sliced
3 tablespoons salted shelled pistachios (not dyed red)
4 oz soft goat cheese

Instructions

1. Make the dressing: Whisk together the first 5 ingredients. I like to use my Cuisinart SmartStick chopper attachment to make this dressing.
2. Mix all of the salad ingredients together (except the cheese). Slowly incorporate the dressing- you will likely not need it all. Top with crumbed goat cheese.

beet hummus

Ingredients

4 cooked beets, rough dice
1 1/5 cups cooked chickpeas
Juice of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon tahini
2 cloves garlic, pressed
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
1/4 teaspoon chile flakes

1/4 cup shelled pistachios, coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons chopped dill
crumbled feta cheese


Instructions

1. In a food processor fitted with a steel blade, puree beets, chickpeas, lemon juice, tahini, pressed garlic, salt, paprika, and chile flakes.
2. You may need to add a tablespoon or two of olive oil to thin.
3. Serve in a wide, shallow bowl, garnished with the pistachios, dill, and feta. Serve with pita chips.

*Adapted from The Year in Food