Tender Baby Greens Salad With Yellow Beets Asparagus And Sugar Snap Peas Recipes

Steps:

• Make the salad: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Wrap red beets in parchment, then in foil. Repeat with yellow beets. Bake until tender, 60 to 65 minutes. Let stand until cool enough to handle. Peel, and halve (or quarter larger beets). Place red and yellow beets in separate bowls.
• Add peas to bowl with yellow beets. Sprinkle red and yellow beets with the thyme, salt, and pepper.
• Make the dressing: Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add onion, and cook, stirring frequently, until caramelized, about 30 minutes. Stir in thyme and 1 tablespoon vinegar. Cook for 2 minutes. Transfer to a food processor, and puree. Add water, salt, pepper, and remaining 2 teaspoons oil and 1 tablespoon vinegar. Puree until smooth. (Dressing should be thick.)
• Toss 1/2 of the dressing with the red beets and 1/2 with the yellow beet mixture. Combine beets, and gently toss with shoots. Garnish with pea flowers if desired, and serve immediately.

Steps:

• In 9-inch microwavable pie plate, place beets, overlapping slightly. Add 1/4 cup water; cover with plastic wrap. Microwave on High 4 to 5 minutes or until almost tender when pierced with a fork; drain.
• Meanwhile in small bowl, beat oil and vinegar with wire whisk until blended.. Place baby greens on large serving plate; arrange cooked beets on baby greens. Drizzle dressing over beets and baby greens; top with onion and cheese.

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, bring 8 cups water to a boil. Add asparagus in batches; cook, uncovered, 2-4 minutes or just until crisp-tender. Remove asparagus and immediately drop into ice water. Drain and pat dry., In a small bowl, whisk dressing ingredients until blended. In a large bowl, combine asparagus, tomatoes, snap peas, red pepper and onion. Drizzle dressing over asparagus mixture; toss to coat. Refrigerate until serving., Just before serving, stir in cheese, walnuts and cherries.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Wrap beets in aluminum foil. Bake until tender, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Cool. Peel beets and cut into wedges.
• Cook sugar snap peas in large saucepan of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 1 minute. Drain. Rinse with cold water; drain well. Pat dry.
• Mix mustard and vinegar in small bowl. Gradually mix in oil, then dill and sugar. (Can be prepared 4 hours ahead. Cover sugar snap peas and chill. Cover dressing and beets separately and let stand at room temperature.)
• Line platter with arugula. Mix beets, sugar snap peas and dressing in medium bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon atop arugula.

Steps:

• Drain the beets well, blot with a paper towel.
• Cook the peas in boiling water for 1 minute, and immediately rinse well in cold water and drain.
• Make the dressing with the next five ingredients and mix well.
• It can be done with a whisk or in the food processor.
• In a large bowl place the beets and peas and pour the dressing over the veggies.
• Toss gently until all the veggies are covered well.
• Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours.

Steps:

• Soak onion in cold water in a small bowl 10 minutes, then drain in a sieve.
• Whisk together vinegar, coriander, sugar, and salt in a salad bowl, then add oil in a slow stream, whisking.
• Toss onion and beets with dressing.
• Steam sugar snaps over boiling water, covered, 2 minutes, then transfer to a bowl of ice water to stop cooking. Drain well in sieve and toss with beet mixture.

Steps:

• Toss greens, sliced beets, asparagus, sugar snap peas and onions together in a serving bowl. Drizzle with balsamic vinaigrette. Top with B. Lloyd's Glazed Walnut Pieces. *To roast a beet: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut beet greens to within 1 inch of top of beet. Place on a piece of aluminum foil and place in the oven for 45 minutes or until tender. Remove from oven. When cool, peel off the outer skin and cut into slices for salad. **To blanch asparagus: Fill a sauté pan with 1 inch of water and bring to a boil. Have a bowl of ice water on the side. Cut asparagus into bite size pieces and drop into boiling water. Cook just until the color turns a bright green (approximately 30 seconds). Remove from pan and place immediately into the ice water. Remove after cooled and add to salad.