Roasted Baby Beets and Blood Orange Salad with Blue Cheese

Vegetarian
Gluten Free
Health score
13%
Roasted Baby Beets and Blood Orange Salad with Blue Cheese
75 min.
8
135kcal

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Ingredients

  • 12  multicolored baby beets 
  • 1.5 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 
  • 0.1 teaspoon pepper black freshly ground
  • medium blood oranges 
  • 0.5 cup cheese blue crumbled
  • teaspoon dijon mustard 
  • ounce baby greens mixed
  • teaspoons olive oil extra-virgin
  • 0.3 teaspoon salt 
  • 0.3 cup walnuts toasted chopped

Equipment

  • bowl
  • baking sheet
  • oven
  • whisk
  • aluminum foil

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 40
  2. Leave root and 1 inch stem on beets; scrub with a brush.
  3. Cut an 18 x 12-inch sheet of foil.
  4. Place beets in center of foil. Gather edges of foil to form a pouch; tightly seal edges.
  5. Place pouch on a baking sheet.
  6. Bake at 400 for 45 minutes or until tender. Cool 20 minutes. Trim off beet roots; rub off skins.
  7. Cut beets into quarters.
  8. Grate 1 teaspoon orange rind. Peel and section oranges over a large bowl; squeeze membranes to extract juice. Set sections aside; reserve 3 tablespoons juice. Discard membranes.
  9. Combine rind, juice, vinegar, and next 4 ingredients (through pepper) in a small bowl; stir with a whisk.
  10. Divide greens evenly among 8 plates. Arrange beets and orange sections on top of greens.
  11. Sprinkle each serving with 1 tablespoon cheese and 1 1/2 teaspoons nuts.
  12. Drizzle each serving with about 2 teaspoons dressing.

Nutrition Facts

Calories135kcal
Protein11.93%
Fat44.54%
Carbs43.53%

Properties

Glycemic Index
33.44
Glycemic Load
5.64
Inflammation Score
-6
Nutrition Score
9.0156521240006%

Flavonoids

Cyanidin
0.1mg
Hesperetin
17.85mg
Naringenin
10.03mg
Luteolin
0.35mg
Kaempferol
0.09mg
Myricetin
0.1mg
Quercetin
0.37mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:134.54kcal
6.73%
Fat:7.02g
10.8%
Saturated Fat:2.11g
13.18%
Carbohydrates:15.44g
5.15%
Net Carbohydrates:11.87g
4.32%
Sugar:10.88g
12.09%
Cholesterol:6.33mg
2.11%
Sodium:229.96mg
10%
Alcohol:0g
100%
Alcohol %:0%
100%
Protein:4.23g
8.47%
Vitamin C:42.02mg
50.93%
Folate:99.91µg
24.98%
Manganese:0.38mg
19.05%
Fiber:3.57g
14.29%
Potassium:391.38mg
11.18%
Calcium:87.88mg
8.79%
Phosphorus:87.28mg
8.73%
Vitamin A:434.68IU
8.69%
Magnesium:31.08mg
7.77%
Copper:0.15mg
7.38%
Vitamin B1:0.1mg
6.5%
Vitamin B6:0.13mg
6.44%
Vitamin B2:0.1mg
5.76%
Iron:0.85mg
4.71%
Vitamin B5:0.45mg
4.49%
Zinc:0.64mg
4.28%
Selenium:2.45µg
3.49%
Vitamin E:0.48mg
3.2%
Vitamin B3:0.62mg
3.09%
Vitamin B12:0.1µg
1.72%
Vitamin K:1.69µg
1.61%
Source:My Recipes