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Edward Scissorhands: Chopped Salad

Feast of Starlight
Edward Scissorhands: Chopped Salad - roasted beets, cucumber, and blue cheese with romaine
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Salad
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 2 - heads of romaine lettuce chopped to bite size pieces
  • 1 - medium cucumber seeded and 1/2" diced
  • 2 - hard boiled eggs diced
  • 1 - large beets roasted, peeled, and diced
  • 1/3 cup sliced almonds
  • 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
  • DRESSING
  • 1/2 cup - greek yogurt
  • 1 - garlic cloves minced
  • 2 tbsp - olive oil
  • 2 - anchovy filets minced
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 tbsp - lemon juice

Instructions
 

  • Whisk together all the ingredients in a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Toss it together with the chopped romaine and finish with all of the other ingredients. Taste again for salt and pepper

Notes

Notes:
Roast the beets in the oven at 375F for 40-50 minutes or until tender. Let cool, peel, and dice.
To cook the eggs, place the eggs in a pot of cold water and bring to a boil over high heat. Boil for one minutes and turn off the heat. Let it sit in the hot water for 6 minutes and then immediately place the eggs in an ice bath.