Warm Lentil Salad with Roasted Beets and Goat Cheese

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love this recipe, make it often! I've never done the greens part, for some reason, just the lentils with the roasted beets and chevre, you will love!!!!

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This was DELICIOUS and so healthy too. I only used half of the dressing and double the amount of sauteed carrot. We were wanting to try beets, and this was a delicious way to do it. The goat cheese is a must. It is the perfect balance to the other flavors. The instructions can be a bit confusing at times though.

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This salad was just the most delicious and the presentation was beautiful too. I did not make the lentils because I didn't have time, but it was delicious without them. I will make the lentils when I have more time. My husband and I were not sure about roasted beets, but we had been wanting to try them. We bought the golden variety at the local farmer's market and roasted them on the grill. They were really good, especially with the dressing and the goat cheese. I don't know why anyone would substitute the goat cheese for something else; it is just too perfect with it. If you don't like goat cheese (is that even possible?, don't make this dish. I will definitely try this with the lentils next.

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The best non-lettuce salad I've ever tasted! A great combination of flavors; each stands out yet each blends with the others. Other than the lentils, I was able to pull all the other veggies out of my garden immediately before cooking. I've already printed it and put it in my recipe folder! Gotta try it!

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We love frisee. We love roasted beets. We love sherry vinegar. We love bacon. We love goat cheese. My hubby also loves French green lentils and while I'm not so much a fan of them, is recipe makes me have fond thoughts about the little legumes too! Playing on the Brasserie theme of the episode in which this recipe appeared we say tres delicieux, very delicious, just as it is written! Beautiful plating too. The vinaigrette is also great as a marinade for another day on roasted beets all by themselves. (In that case, try it with less oil in the vinaigrette and even use a little fresh squeezed OJ with the sherry vinegar. To H in San Rafael, re your question about the lentils, yes the French green lentils are different than brown lentils. (Which is the most common to find and likely the one with which most people are familiar but there are several variety of lentils. The green lentils hold their shape better in cooking and lentil fans (like my hubby tend to say they have a better flavor than the brown ones. I'm not a lentil fan usually, but this recipe makes me like the green ones used this way!

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What are French green lentils? Are the French ones different? I actually haven't made this recipe yet, but I intend to. I went to a local farmer's market and bought some gold beets, which I've never had, so looked up a beet recipe and Bobby's recipe came up. Based on everyone's review, I'm looking forward to eating it and based on the reviews I'll put five stars as I have to put a star. I don't want to change the average star rating by putting one star. I'll change it later if I think otherwise.

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We loved this recipe - I made it without the bacon, and used arugula & cilantro for the greens. Very flavorful and unique vegetarian recipe!

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I made this for my very skeptical husband and friends and they all loved it. I substituted Morningstar Farms Fakin (5 slices for the bacon and used a little extra olive oil to substitute for the bacon drippings. I used romaine lettuce for the greens and feta instead of goat cheese. It was tasty and filling.

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Mary is right about the beets -- they typically take a longer time and higher temperature in the oven. That said, the dish is wonderful. I've served it to very impressed guests as both a meal and an appetizer.

I've tried the frisee, but this dish worked better with baby arugula (a.k.a. rocket. Also, Manchego works well as an alternative to goat cheese.

This dish is best fresh -- it reheats reasonably well, but loses some of the complexity and accents.

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I made this dish (without the goat cheese and thought it was really flavorful and good. Easy recipie and a new way to eat beets!!