Copycat Of Cheesecake Factory's Roasted Beet And Apple Salad

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons coarse grain mustard
• 2 tablespoons white vinegar
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 4 cups baby greens
• 3 roasted beets, diced
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans, glazed
• 1 granny smith apples, peeled and diced
• 2 ounces goat cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 scrub beets and cut the greens off.
• 3 rub with a little oil (canola or olive), wrap in foil, and bake for about an hour (until a knife slides in easily).
• 4 allow to cool and the cut off tops and bottoms, slide off the skins, and dice.
• 5 while cooling, prepare the dressing by whisking all of the ingredients until well blended.
• 6 place salad greens on a salad platter.
• 7 top with beets, walnuts and diced apple.
• 8 sprinkle with crumbled goat cheese and drizzle the dressing over all.