Salad of the Week

I recently started drizzling smoked sesame oil over cubed beets after trying and loving them at a party. Since then I've been adding them to everything, but am particularly intrigued with combining the beets with crumbled goat cheese and toasted almond slivers or pine nuts. I came up with the following salad for dinner last night and it's already a favorite...

Mixed baby greens or spring mix

Cubed baby beets drizzled with smoked sesame oil

Crumbled goat cheese or feta... yum!

Lightly toasted almond slivers or pine nuts until golden

Halved grape tomatoes

Halved and pitted kalamata olives

Freshly ground black pepper and sea salt to taste

I loved it dry with no dressing, lemon juice, or additional oil, but that may be good too. Enjoy!