Baked Beet Salad

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs raw beets
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon, zest of
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro (, substitute fresh parsley if you don't like cilantro)
• 1 teaspoon liquid honey
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400f degrees.
• 2 wash beets and trim, but do not peel.
• 3 wrap beets in foil"packages", keeping similar-sized beets together and keeping all packages a single layer.
• 4 place packages directly on oven rack and bake for 1 hour; beets should be tender when poked with a knife.
• 5 remove from oven, open packages, and let beets cool until you can touch them.
• 6 once cool, peel and dice; place diced beets in large serving bowl.
• 7 in a small bowl, combine remaining ingredients to make dressing; taste and add salt if you wish.
• 8 toss diced beets with dressing and serve; may be refrigerated but bring back to room temperature before serving.