Roasted beets, raw beets, and juiced are a great way to lower your blood pressure. Beets contain nitric-oxide. Nitric-oxide helps relax the blood vessels in the body. With as much power behind them as any blood pressure medication, beets are a great way to lower your blood pressure naturally.
Ingredients:
- 4 lbs beets
- 6 cups baby or wild arugula
- 1/2 cup pignoli nuts
- 6 ounces goat cheese
- 7 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 4 tbsp kosher salt
- 6 tbsp reduced balsamic vinegar
Instructions:
- Drizzle 1 tsp of balsamic dressing and 1 tsp of olive oil over each serving of salad.
- Enjoy a cool healthy nutrient packed salad !!
- To make Balsamic Glaze
- Pour one bottle of balsamic vinegar into a small saucepan and bring to boil over high heat. Lower heat to medium-high and continue to boil until the vinegar starts to thicken and forms a syrup like consistency. about 15-20 minutes. Don’t thicken too much or it may become like goop. Test it by inserting a wooden spoon into the syrup. If mixture coats the spoon, it is ready to remove from heat. It’s quite concentrated so a little is all you need. Will keep in the fridge for 2 months.
1. Roast nuts in a frying pan till they turn golden brown
2. Rub 2 tsp olive oil on beets and roast at 350 degrees for an hour till tender
3. Remove from oven, peel under running water, cool and slice into thin slices
4. Toss the arugula in kosher salt with 3-4 tbsp of dressing
5. Arrange 4-6 beets on a salad plate and toss some wild arugula over them.
6. Make grape size balls with the goat cheese
7. Place one ball of goat cheese on each beet
8. Toss some nuts over the salad
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