Baked Beet Salad

• 2 lbs raw beets
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon, zest of
• 14 cup chopped fresh cilantro (, substitute fresh parsley if you don't like cilantro)
• 1 teaspoon liquid honey
• 12 teaspoon ground cumin
• 14 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• salt

1. Preheat oven to 400F degrees.
2. Wash beets and trim, but do NOT peel.
3. Wrap beets in foil"packages", keeping similar-sized beets together and keeping all packages a single layer.
4. Place packages directly on oven rack and bake for 1 hour; beets should be tender when poked with a knife.
5. Remove from oven, open packages, and let beets cool until you can touch them.
6. Once cool, peel and dice; place diced beets in large serving bowl.
7. In a small bowl, combine remaining ingredients to make dressing; taste and add salt if you wish.
8. Toss diced beets with dressing and serve; may be refrigerated but bring back to room temperature before serving.

beets, freshly squeezed lemon juice, freshly grated lemon, fresh cilantro, liquid honey, ground cumin, black pepper, salt

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/baked-beet-salad-18425 (may not work)