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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 15, 2013

On a whim I bought packaged beets from Trader Joes and was looking for something fun to use them. Hubby sprang a last minute business dinner on me so what better time to try a new recipe?! This salad is delicious. There were only 7 of us so I halved the recipe, left out the endive and added shredded carrots for color. Thanks to other posters, I used the full recipe of dressing and it was perfect. Hubby's client asked me to send him a bottle of my 'special dressing'. Gotta love that!

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Lisa L

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Dove Canyon, California, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 25, 2012

loved the beets! great salad dressing too. i forgot to add the feta cheese, but it was very light and flavorful. i thought the endives would be nice for the presentation, but it would totally have been fine without it. nobody really ate the leaves either.

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apmmmm

Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2012

This recipe was wonderful....I axed the Belgian endive and added candied pecans and it has become one of my favourite salads! I have also done it with toasted slivered almonds and it was equally delicious! The dressing is really nice to use on any salad.

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rcengel

Reviewed: Jul. 8, 2012

I added walnuts and used a bag of "spring mix" salad.

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Beth

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: May 14, 2012

Love this! I wanted something quick and easy after work today so I cheated by using canned (not pickled) beets, and I was done in 5 mins. The dressing is perfect.

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Chimes5678

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2012

I subbed in romaine lettuce cause I had some and added balsamic vinegar and lemon zest. I also used bottled red shredded beets. It was absolutely delicious.

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A Candy Bar

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Ravenna, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2011

Beautiful and delicious salad with a regrettably DULL name. If I wouldn't have had the list of ingredients to look at I would have passed "Beet Salad" right up. And besides, there's so much more going on with this salad than just beets! We loved the dressing with the 3:1 oil to vinegar ratio we prefer. I also liked that it called for the less harsh white wine vinegar and lemon juice. I did, however, skip the thyme, preferring the clean and simple flavors of the dressing without it. I also loved the presentation and the beautiful, less common components of the salad itself. No feta on hand, and Hubs doesn't like it anyway; so he enjoyed his with fresh shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano and I happily had the blue cheese he detests on mine. A simply lovely, sophisticated salad.

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