Recipe monday

Todays recipe monday is for one of my all time favorite salads.

Pasta salad with roasted beets, squash and chevre. With a honey dressing.

I made this salad years ago, and everytime I see beets in the store I get this urge to make it.

Easy to make, you need to roast the beets first in the oven, once that is done its no stopping you with what to use the beets for.

Soups, salads, pasta, pizza etc.

Well, happy monday and enjoy.

Roasted beets

Roasting beets is very easy.

Just remember to roast red and golden beats separate.

Otherwise the juice from the red beats will turn the golden beats all red.

Serves 4

 

8 golden or red beets, washed and trimmed

4 tablespoons olive oil

 

Preheat oven to 450F, 220C.

Place the beets in a baking dish and drizzle with olive oil.

Cover the dish with foil and bake for about 40-45 minutes.

Use a small knife to pierce them and check if they are tender.

Remove from oven and cool.

Rub the beets gently with your fingers to remove the skin.

Ready to use.

 Pasta salad with beets, chevre and honey vinaigrette

Such a great salad. The sweet beets and the somewhat sour cheese goes so well together.

Serves 4

 

1 squash, thinly sliced

2 tablespoons olive oil

400 g cooked pasta

6 beets, roasted and peeled

1 bunch baby spinach, washed

100 g chevre

4 tablespoons olive oil

1 tablespoon honey

salt

pepper

 

Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the squash until golden.

Drain it on some kitchen paper.

Slice the beets.

In a large serving bowl mix together squash, pasta, beets and spinach.

Crumble the cheese on top.

In a bowl mix oil and honey and taste with salt and pepper.

Ready to serve.   

Photos by Colin Cooke

Comments

[Silke]

I know so many people who don't like beets and I love them! I could eat them every day! Great recipe - thanks!! :) Silke

[Michele]

What a gorgeous set of photos! PS> I love roasted beets! I'm lucky that my boyfriend makes them for me upon request!

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oh, wow, thank you for the recipe, love the beets, another great salad with them added to my collection))

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[Kristell]

This looks delicious! We will try it next week!

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[Julia]

Mmm this looks delicious. When I first saw the picture, I thought it was feta, but chevre sounds even better! Beautiful pictures, as always. I can't wait to try this.

[Peko P]

Oh, I absolutely love beets. This recipe looks wonderful! Unfortunately, where I live (Kyoto, Japan) we can't get fresh beets. After I saw your post, I ordered some beet seeds from home for my new garden. Maybe I can do this recipe here in the autumn?

Thanks for the inspiration!

P

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this was VERY good. highly recommend it to anyone. though mine didn't look as pretty =(. better luck next time!

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