Chopped Salad with Beets, Beans, Goat Cheese and Hazelnuts
- 1 large beet (6 ounces), quartered
- Water
- 1/4 cup skinned hazelnuts
- 1/4 pound green beans
- 2 tablespoons plain low-fat yogurt
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 carrot, finely diced
- 1 celery rib, finely diced
- 1 plum tomato, seeded and chopped
- 1/2 pound mixed salad greens, such as baby romaine, butter lettuce, radicchio and endives, coarsely chopped
- 1 tablespoon chopped mint leaves
- 2 1/2 ounces soft, fresh goat cheese, crumbled
- Preheat the oven to 375.
- Place the beet in a small baking dish with 1/4 cup of water.
- Cover with foil and roast the beet for 45 minutes, until tender.
- Let cool slightly, then peel and finely dice.
- Meanwhile, spread the hazelnuts in a pie plate and toast them for about 10 minutes, until they are golden.
- Let cool, then coarsely chop the nuts.
- In a small saucepan of boiling salted water, blanch the green beans until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes.
- Drain and cool under running water.
- Pat the beans dry and cut them into 1/4-inch pieces.
- In a large bowl, whisk the yogurt with the lemon juice, honey and olive oil and season the dressing with salt and pepper.
- Add the diced beet, hazelnuts, green beans, salad greens, carrot, celery, tomato, mint and goat cheese and toss gently.
- Serve the salad right away.
water, hazelnuts, green beans, yogurt, lemon juice, honey, extravirgin olive oil, salt, carrot, celery, tomato, salad greens, mint leaves, fresh goat cheese
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chopped-salad-beets-beans-goat-cheese-and-hazelnuts (may not work)