This soup has a wonderful flavor and is creamy and thick, with tangy goat cheese to balance out your palate. Although I really prefer the heavy cream, you can substitute chicken or veggie broth if you’d like.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 2 |
| Yield: | 2 servings |
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 2 beets, peeled
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoons quince vinegar, or more to taste
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 (12 ounce) bag spring salad mix
- 2 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
- 2 ounces chopped walnuts
- 2 tablespoons fresh snipped chives
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and grease with nonstick cooking spray.
- Cut beets into spirals using a spiralizer.
- Place beet spirals in a bowl; add 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper and toss to combine. Spread out on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven, stirring halfway, until softened, about 10 minutes. Let cool completely, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Whisk olive oil, quince vinegar, salt, and pepper together in a small bowl to make dressing.
- Divide spring salad mix between 2 plates. Top with cooled beet spirals. Scatter blue cheese, chopped walnuts, and chives over the beets. Drizzle dressing on top.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 635 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 28 g |
| Cholesterol | 21 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 8 g |
| Protein | 15 g |
| Saturated Fat | 11 g |
| Sodium | 895 mg |
| Sugars | 18 g |
| Fat | 54 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
My husband’s not a fan of walnuts, so we used sliced almonds instead and added left over roast chicken to make a one-dish dinner. It was quite good, and the blue cheese really gives the something extra – don’t leave it out.
Used arugula and goat cheese crumbles and no oil- dressed with a bit of balsamic and also added a chopped hard boiled egg. Is it the same recipe at all? No- but the beets were already spiraled at the grocery & $3.00 off the usual $3.99 so thought I’d try something new
I have made this twice for my family, and we love it. I used a high quality, syrupy balsamic vinegar, and included some minced garlic in the dressing. A good strong blue cheese works best.