This salad combines the sweet flavor of roasted beets, mandarin oranges, lightly peppered orange dressing, and mixed greens. If you've never roasted beets before, you're in for a treat.
15m
PREP TIME
45m
COOK TIME
167
CALORIES
12
INGREDIENTS
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- Salad
- 4 small beets
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon McCormick Gourmet™ Organic Coarse Ground Black Pepper
- 4 cups mixed greens
- 1/2 cup sections of mandarin orange, drained
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted
- Dressing
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon McCormick Gourmet™ All Natural Flat Leaf Parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon McCormick Gourmet™ Organic Garlic Powder
INSTRUCTIONS
- 1 Preheat oven to 375°F. Trim beets, leaving 1 inch of stems and roots; wash. Place beets, 2 teaspoons of the oil and 1/4 teaspoon of the pepper in large resealable plastic bag. Toss to coat beets. Place beets on shallow baking pan
- 2 Roast 40 to 45 minutes or until fork tender. Cool beets. Peel and cut into 1/2-inch wedges
- 3 Mix orange juice, remaining 1 tablespoon oil, vinegar, parsley, remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper, salt and garlic powder in small bowl with wire whisk until well blended
- 4 To serve, place 1 cup mixed greens on each of 4 plates. Top each with mandarin orange sections and beets. Sprinkle with walnuts and drizzle with dressing
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