SaladsA Healthy Winter Salad - Walnut and Beetroot Salad
This is a great seasonal salad, which is full of flavour as well being supremely healthy.  The leafy greens, walnuts and beetroot are all superfoods supplying vitamins C, A and E as well as protein, iron and omega 3. It"s handy to keep a few of the soy roast walnuts in a jar ready to add to salads and pasta.
Vegetarian and can be vegan
For the beetroot:
2 medium raw beetroot, peeled
1 tblsp olive oil
1 tblsp balsamic vinegar
For the Walnuts:
2a cupful of walnut halves
1 tblsp dark soy sauce (or tamari wheat-free soy sauce)
For the Salad:
A mix of dark green salad leaves, such as watercress, spinach, rocket and parsley, washed and dried
4oz crumbly goats cheese (optional)
1 tblsp olive oil
1 tblsp balsamic vinegar
A little salt and black pepper
Set the oven at 175°C. Cut the beetroot into 4 - 6 wedges and coat in the oil. Roast in the oven for approximately half an hour. Sprinkle the balsamic vinegar over the beetroot pieces and toss. Cook for a further 10 minutes or until the beetroot are fully cooked.
Meanwhile toss the walnut halves in the soy sauce and place in a roasting tin. Roast in the oven for approximately 10 minutes or until the walnuts just start to brown. Be careful not to burn the walnuts.
Cool the beetroot and walnuts and place them over the salad. Crumble the goast cheese if used, and add that to the salad. Sprinkle on the oil and balsamic to dress, along with a small amount of salt and black pepper.