Golden Beet and Pomegranate Salad

Now here’s a salad for the season. Our neighbor Pat stopped me yesterday and handed me a recipe for a beet and pomegranate salad that she had pulled from an old issue of Sunset magazine. Perfect timing, as the pomegranates on our tree are bursting with ripeness. The original recipe called for using regular beets, but golden beets are much prettier mixed in with the pom seeds. Here’s my version of the recipe.

Golden Beet and Pomegranate Salad Recipe

You can roast the beets or boil them. Roasting the beets will give them more flavor, but it takes longer and will use more energy than boiling.

Ingredients

• 3 golden beets
• 1 cup diced red onion
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup chicken stock (or vegetable broth for vegetarian option)
• 3 Tbsp Triple Sec or other orange-flavored liqueur
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel
• 1 cup pomegranate seeds
• Salt
• 2 cups arugula and butter lettuce leaves
• 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese

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