WOOD

Roasted Beet, Artichoke, and Arugula Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette

http://www.acouplecooks.com/2010/12/roasted-beet-sunchoke-and-arugula-salad-
with-orange-vinaigrette/

Serves about 4

Ingredients

4 to 6 small beets

12-15 artichoke hearts

Around 8 cups arugula and/or mixed greens

Small red onion

Goat cheese crumbles (optional)

1 orange

White wine vinegar

Olive oil

Honey

Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper

Instructions:

1 Preheat the oven to 400°F.

2 Roast the beets: Cut off the tops of the beets and wrap tightly in aluminum foil. Place in the

oven and roast until tender when pierced with a fork, about 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on

the size of the beets.

3 Roast the artichoke hearts and red onions: Slice onions, but leave artichoke hearts in halves.

Place on a baking sheet covered in parchment paper, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt

and pepper. Roast 15 to 20 minutes, until tender.

4 Make the vinaigrette: Whisk together the juice from one orange, zest from half of the orange,

2 tablespoons white wine vinegar, 2 tablespoons olive oil, and honey, salt and pepper to

taste.

5 Beets: When the beets have finished roasting and are cool enough to handle, remove the skin

and cut into wedges.

6 Greens: heat a large frying pan with a ½ teaspoon of olive oil, and just warm the arugula in

the pan, until it is barely wilted, but still has some body to it. (you are just taking the chill off

the greens). Then arrange the greens on a plate, and top with beets, artichokes, red onion,

crumbled goat cheese, vinaigrette, remaining orange zest, and salt and pepper.

Pattern: LV blood xu with LV qi stagnation

Recipe Analysis:

Beets: nourish LV blood

Artichoke hearts: Cools LV heat,

Arugula: bitter, stimulates appetite (to build LV blood)

Small red onion: warming, moves qi, counterbalances cloying nature of beets, breaks qi

stagnation

Goat cheese crumbles (optional): warming, moderates cooling nature of beets, artichoke and

arugula

1 orange: generates fluids—base for blood, moves qi

This warm salad is a good way to move qi while nourishing blood—ideal for those with some

deficiency stagnation due to lack of blood. For patients with full heat LV yang, lightly steaming

instead of roasting might be a better approach for the vegetables, with raw arugula. To further

the blood nourishing aspect of this salad, adding some grass fed beef flank steak might make it a

complete meal.