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Beet, Carrot, and Arugula Salad

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"My volunteer job is with my church’s fresh market food pantry. Weekly, we buy fresh produce from a local farm family so that our shoppers have a wide variety of fresh vegetables to choose from. Through a grant, we have also been able to give cooking classes on how to prepare vegetables. Beets are one of the vegetables that some people avoid because they don't really know what to do with them! Beets are not only nutritious and cardiovascular health friendly, but they are tasty and beautiful! We get several varieties from our farmer including red, golden, and “candy cane” with red and white concentric whorls. This salad recipe also uses another great root vegetable, carrot, and a tasty green, arugula." - Wendy, a cooking instructor at the Dr. Yum Project Kitchen

Ingredients

Food
Amt
Units
Prep
Notes
beets
4
carrots
4
2 cloves garlic
garlic
2
cloves
1 lemon, zested and juiced
lemons
1
zested and juiced
2 tablespoons onion, finely chopped (or shallot if you prefer)
onion
2
tablespoons
finely chopped
or shallot if you prefer
½ cups water
water
½
cups
1 tablespoon olive oil
olive oil
1
tablespoon
1 tablespoon butter
butter
1
tablespoon
salt (to taste)
salt
to taste
black pepper (to taste)
black pepper
to taste
4 cups arugula
arugula
4
cups

Method

Wash and dry produce. Heat a small pot of salted water to boiling on high. While heating, peel beets. Cut in half then slice into half inch pieces. Add to the boiling water and cook for 18 minutes. Peel carrots, halve lengthwise, cut into 2 inch long pieces on an angle, set aside. Peel and mince garlic, set aside. Zest lemon and set aside 2 tsp.

Juice the lemon and put juice in a bowl with the chopped onion. Once beets are cooked and drained, add them to the lemon juice mixture and toss. Season with salt and pepper and allow to marinate for at least 5 minutes.

While beets are cooking, heat oil in a medium pan. Add the carrots and cook, stirring frequently 4-6 minutes until lightly browned. Add ¼ c water, season with salt and pepper, and keep stirring until carrots soften and water cooks out. Add butter and garlic, allow garlic to cook. Add lemon zest, marinated beets including the marinade liquid and cook a few more minutes. Remove from heat, toss with fresh arugula and serve right away.

Prep time
15 min
Cook time
30 min
Yields/Serves:
4
Contains Milk
Nutrition Information

Yum Ratings

😫😟😐😀😍 “Super Yum! I have never liked beets before, but this is delicious!” —Carey, a grown up
😫😟😐😀😍 “Super Yum, I love how the beets have a pickled flavor from the lemon!” —Chrissy, a grown up
😫😟😐😀😍 “I love beets and arugula so this is perfect!” —Caroline, a grown up