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Sliced Chioggia Beet Salad with Parsley Pesto and Goat Cheese

Glorious day, Chioggia beets! Have you ever seen one?  Finding a Chioggia beet is the equivalent of spotting a two-headed komodo dragon window shopping on the streets of San Francisco.

Sliced Chioggia Beet Salad with Parsley Pesto and Goat Cheese

You know you can always find realistic and accurate similes here at hometown The Roasted Root.

Chioggia beets have pink skin, and when you slice into them, you’re pleasantly greeted by vibrant stripes that look like a candy cane. This is exactly why the vibrant root is nicknamed the candy stripe beet.

Sliced Chioggia Beet Salad with Parsley Pesto and Goat Cheese

While I’m proud of the wide selection of produce our local grocery store carries, it’s very rare for us to be graced with the presence of the Chioggia beet.  Since I frequent the root vegetable section, I always take stock of what’s available and am thrilled when something new pops up.  A few weeks ago, I noticed a handful of chioggias being overshadowed by a pile of goldens and enthusiastically scooped up all the beets. I immediately knew some hot and heavy slicing was in my future.

Sliced Chioggia Beet Salad with Parsley Pesto and Goat Cheese

Both Chioggia beets and golden beets are sweeter than red beets. For this reason, slicing them thinly and leaving them raw makes for a snappy and incredibly nutritious snack.  Lately I’ve been enjoying super raw superfood salads. Because beets are full of B vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, I always feel like a tricked-out grown up when I eat me some raw beets.

Sliced Chioggia Beet Salad with Parsley Pesto and Goat Cheese

I used my trusty mandolin slicer to do all the dirty work because let’s face it: my motor skills are not fine-tuned enough to thinly slice anything using a knife.

Sliced Chioggia Beet Salad with Parsley Pesto and Goat Cheese

Did you see my 4 Ways to Make Pesto Without Basil post on Oh My Veggies? I drizzled some of the parsley pesto over the sliced beets and added goat cheese and chopped cashews. Parsley is also a very cleansing food, particularly for the liver. So what I’m getting at is this salad makes for an excellent detox to your weeknight weekend bottle-of-wine-bar-of-chocolate debauchery.

If you’re looking for a pretty and healthy appetizer, you’ve got one right here! In the event you spot a Chioggia beet at the grocery store or a two-headed komodo dragon window shopping on the streets of San Francisco, trust yourself to make good decisions.

Sliced Chioggia Beet Salad with Parsley Pesto and Goat Cheese

Sliced Chioggia Beet Salad with Parsley Pesto and Goat Cheese

A fresh, unique winter salad plate featuring beets!
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 medium chioggia beet, sliced
  • 1 medium golden beet, sliced
  • 2 ounces goat cheese
  • 2 tablespoons raw cashews
  • Parsely pesto to taste

Instructions

  • Prepare the parsley pesto according to instructions.
  • Wash the beets and peel them.
  • Using a mandolin slicer, thinly slice the beets and arrange them on a plate.
  • Sprinkle on the goat cheese and cashew pieces. Drizzle desired amount of parsley pesto over everything.
  • Serve alongside your favorite entre.

Nutrition

Serving: 1grams
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: beet salad, sliced beet salad, unique beet salad recipes
Servings: 4 Servings
Author: Julia

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Joanne

Sunday 18th of May 2014

Note to self: if I ever spot a chioggia beet, I should hug it. And then abscond with it into the night.

Francesca

Sunday 18th of May 2014

Something changed in me this year and I cannot stop eating beets... these look awesome! And I *especially* loved your cilantro spin (we are whole-hearted cilantropists in our house).

Cheers!

tahnycooks

Saturday 17th of May 2014

I get veggies coming out of my ears this time of year because my family owns a CSA farm! (just picked over 50 lb of asparagus!) so at times i will have bags of mixed variety of beets! I love them! Pinning this recipe cuz I will need it!

Jennie @themessybakerblog

Friday 16th of May 2014

This is the purdiest plate of beets I've ever seen. I kind of want to frame the picture and hang it in the kitchen. Better yet, I wan to eat all the beets.

Kate @Almond Butter Binge

Friday 16th of May 2014

I have seen these at my grocery store, but they definitely don't look like what they are from the outside....and they were not labelled, so I thought they were normal beets! Now that I know better, I'm definitely going to have to pick some up! I love beets and goat cheese...that parsley pesto would take this to a whole other level. Yum!

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