Beet Green Salad is packed with sweet roasted beets, creamy goat cheese, oranges and pepitas, and it’s tossed in a flavorful white balsamic dressing! It’s nutritious, delicious and great for meal prep!

Roasted Beet Salad with Goat Cheese and Orange is sweet roasted beets with beet greens, goat cheese, and orange tossed in a white balsamic vinaigrette. It's sweet, savory, and perfect for beet lovers! @FlavortheMoment

I’m into colorful food…there’s no way around it.  I’m that person that will spend an extra dollar or more just to purchase red and yellow bell peppers to make a dish more colorful.  The phrase “eat a rainbow” pretty much sums it up for me. 

That’s why I bought (3) bunches of beets for this Beet Green Salad when only one bunch would’ve been just fine. 🙂

If purple beets weren’t so pretty, I’d steer clear of them completely.  If you work with them at all you know what I mean — they leave a trail of purple stains everywhere they touch.  

They may be messy, but they’re worth it in the end.

Maybe you’re not too fond of beets?  I actually find that most people that aren’t generally haven’t tried any other color but purple.  

The other varieties are more mild to me, and I have to admit that golden beets are my all time favorite, but I don’t discriminate as you can tell by this salad. 🙂

overhead close up shot of roasted beet salad on white plate

This beet green salad recipe utilizes the beets and the greens.   Beet greens are a bit bitter, but that’s what makes this salad perfect.  Slightly bitter beet greens with sweet roasted beets, juicy oranges, and savory goat cheese is one delicious combination.  

It’s all tossed in a white balsamic dressing and it’s topped with crunchy pepitas for a salad that’s anything but run of the mill.

If you’re not into beet greens you can certainly substitute it with spinach, spring greens, or your favorite lettuce — it’s all good!  And if you do use beet greens, they need to go through a good cleaning before you toss them in your salad as they’re pretty gritty.

I like making oven roasted beets ahead of time and storing them in the fridge until I’m ready to use them so that salad making is a breeze. 🙂

This beet green salad is a beet lover’s paradise.  It’s sweet, savory, and completely delicious.  And all that color is guaranteed to brighten your day!

overhead shot of roasted beet salad with goat cheese

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Roasted Beet Salad

Servings: 4 servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Inactive Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Roasted Beet Salad is sweet roasted beets, beet greens, creamy goat cheese, oranges and pepitas tossed in a flavorful white balsamic dressing!
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Ingredients

For the salad:

  • 1 bunch 1 bunch beets about 3 medium beets)
  • 2 ounces goat cheese crumbled
  • 1/2 medium orange peel removed, sliced width-wise, and cut into triangles
  • 1/4 cup pepitas

For the dressing:

  • 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
  • 2 teaspoons honey
  • 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions 

Prepare the beets:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Remove the beet greens from the beets and set aside. Scrub the beets and wrap well in aluminum foil. Place on a rimmed baking sheet and roast in the oven for one hour or until the tip of a knife is inserted easily into the beets. Remove from the oven and cool slightly.
  • When the beets are cool enough to handle, rub each one with a paper towel to remove the skins and slice on a cutting board.

Prepare the salad:

  • Wash the beet greens thoroughly to remove all of the grit. Blot dry with a towel and tear into pieces in a large bowl. Add the sliced beets (you will more than likely only need 1), the goat cheese, and orange.

Prepare the dressing:

  • Place the vinegar, orange juice, honey, dijon, salt and pepper, to taste in a small bowl. While whisking, drizzle in the olive oil.
  • Add enough dressing to coat the salad and toss to combine. Sprinkle with pepitas, serve, and enjoy!

Notes

  • Reserve the remaining beets for future salads!
  • If you like mutli-colored beets, you can buy one bunch with beet greens, buy a couple of bunches and scale this recipe to feed a crowd. I also find beets at my grocery store sold individually with no greens attached to make buying more colors even easier.

Nutrition

Calories: 226kcal, Carbohydrates: 7g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 20g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 15g, Cholesterol: 7mg, Sodium: 186mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 6g

Nutrition is estimated using a food database and is only intended to be used as a guideline for informational purposes.

Course: Salads
Cuisine: American
Author: Marcie
Keyword: roasted beet salad, roasted beet salad recipe, roasted beet salad with goat cheese
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