Author Topic: Fantastic summer dinner salad...  (Read 2736 times)

K Frame

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Fantastic summer dinner salad...
« on: July 11, 2019, 08:07:11 AM »
I had a bunch of roasted beets left over, so I thought I'd make a beet salad. Made some improvisations on the fly, but what I came up with was REALLY good, and I'll be doing it again...

6 medium roasted beets, medium dice
8 ounces of salad greens. I used a spring mix
2 ounces of soft to semi-firm cheese of your choice (I used feta, next time I'll try stilton)
8 ounces seared seasoned shrimp.

Mix all in a bowl. You can also add things like dried cranberries, pecans, walnuts, etc.

Dressing:

1/4 C orange juice (add a bit of sugar if not too sweet or if you like a sweeter dressing)
1/4 C extra virgin olive oil
1/4 C balsamic vinegar
2 t finely minced garlic
1 T Dijon mustard (acts as an emulsifier to keep the dressing together)

Combine the dressing ingredients in a bowl and whisk until combined well.

Dress the salad and add salt & fresh ground pepper to taste.


It was a perfect salad for a warm summer evening.
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Re: Fantastic summer dinner salad...
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2019, 09:48:10 AM »
This looks really good, and I have found that goat cheese works really well with roasted beets.
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Re: Fantastic summer dinner salad...
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2019, 10:12:16 AM »
I was going to use goat cheese, but holy crap the prices at my local store!

A 3 ounce log of goat cheese for $9? No freaking way!

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