Beet and Goat Cheese Arugula Salad

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This is a great salad - very healthy. It would be nice for a dinner party as well. I cut the beets and avocado in similar sizes to make it look more attractive. I also sprinkled the goat cheese and walnuts on top to make it look more attractive. I tried a mix of golden and red beets but next time I will only use the red beets - the stronger flavor stands up better in the salad and looks nicer too.

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This is a delicious, upscale and attractive salad. The roasted beets are excellent, and the flavor combinations are amazing. I found that the salad was more attractively presented when I tossed the arugula and dressing separately, rather than with the dried cranberries and toasted walnuts. Then I added the beets, cranberries, walnuts and goat cheese to the top of the arugula, so the elements were all clearly visible on the plate.

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Very good salad. I served it at a dinner party and everyone loved it! For the dressing though i cut the shallots into cubes and put it in the garlic crusher and it tastes better than thinly sliced. the juice from the shallots gives the dressing more flavor.

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yum!

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A yummy salad! I roasted the beets plain (I hadn't read the directions 1st, only made sure I had all of the ingredients and tossed everything together except for the avocado...we like avocado but I wasn't sure how it'd taste in this preparation...we didn't miss it, though, and there are plenty of other ingredients and textures to make a nice, balanced salad. I tasted a leaf of arugula and found it to be quite strong so I chopped it up into fine strips. That seemed to help it incorporate with the rest so we weren't eating big pieces of it. Also, the other change I made was that I used green leaf lettuce instead of mesclun. I will definitely eat this again and serve it to guests as well!! Thanks, Giada :

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I roasted the beets instead of boiling them as one other reviewer suggested. Then I also carmelized them and they turned out awesome. I used 3 different colored beets. The roasting method seems to remove the "earthy" taste that some people dislike about the purple beets. The combination of all these ingredients along with the dressing was perfection!

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As beautiful as it is delicious! You can get the beets pre-cooked which cuts down on the prep time.

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Concerned as I put it together that the arugula would be to pungent. But once we mixed and chilled the dressing and added the ingredients, it was wonderful! Great recipe. We threw in a raw chopped yellow squash too for andded crunch

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Loved the taste combinations in this recipe! It was so easy and I was able to put it all together in just a few minutes. I already had some fresh roasted beets in my frig so I did not roast them in the marinade as directed. Not to worry, it was all good. I will definitely make this one again.

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This dish is truly amazing and a keeper!! I dont even normally like beets that much. My guests were so pleased and honestly delighted. So delicious and each component really adds to the overall taste, dont skip out on any of it. I recommend roasting the beets the night before (1hr wrapped in foil until tender at 410. To sweeten it I caramelized the pecans with sugar sprinkled on pan on low heat, add pecans. To add a different color I used half golden beets and half red.