Beets & Sweets Chopped Salad
Updated Mar 05, 2021, Published May 07, 2014
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Beets & Sweets Chopped Salad
Ingredients
- Gluten-free nonstick cooking spray
- 4 small beets, , trimmed and scrubbed
- 1 large sweet potato, , peeled and diced into ¼-½ inch cubes
- 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, , divided use
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- 5 ounces baby spinach, , roughly chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, , seeded and diced
- 1 cup cooked chickpeas
- ½ cup sliced scallions, (white and light green parts)
- ¼ cup pitted and chopped dates
- 3 tablespoons minced fresh mint
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 garlic clove, , crushed
- Big pinch sea salt
- ½ ripe avocado, , pitted and diced
- 2 hard-boiled eggs, , peeled and chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Spray a large rectangle of foil with cooking spray.
- Place the beets on the foil. Place a second sheet of foil over the beets and crimp the top and bottom sheets together to make a sealed packet.
- Place on a baking sheet and roast for 50 minutes. Allow the beets to cool, but keep the oven set to 400ºF.
- Arrange the sweet potatoes on a rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and sprinkle with cumin and chili powder. Toss to coat.
- Roast for 15 minutes. Turn with a spatula and roast for 10-15 minutes more, until tender. Cool.
- When the beets are cool enough to handle, gently rub them to peel off the skins. Dice into ¼-½ pieces.
- Add the spinach to a large bowl along with beets, sweet potatoes, bell pepper, chickpeas, scallions, and dates.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the remaining 4 tablespoons of olive oil with the mint, lemon juice, garlic and salt. Pour over the salad and toss to coat. Gently fold in the avocado.
- Divide among serving bowls and top each with an equal amount of chopped egg.
Nutrition
Calories: 441kcalCarbohydrates: 46gProtein: 12gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 93mgSodium: 169mgPotassium: 1137mgFiber: 12gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 12842IUVitamin C: 65mgCalcium: 133mgIron: 5mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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