Roasted Beet Salad with Fresh Mango, Blueberries & Blue Cheese ♥ A Recipe in 140 Characters or Less

Today's vegetable recipe: A simple roasted beet salad with fruit and a few herbs. No dressing required! Weight Watchers 2 PointsPlus. Vegetarian. Primal. Gluten-Free.

Your veggie evangelist is a Twitter dropout – back in 2010, I gave up Twitter for Lent and never went back. But I l-o-v-e the concept of recipes in 140 or characters or less, that’s the limit of the message length of a “tweet”. So here’s your recipe, which one would grab your attention?!

Reci-tweet #1: Roasted Beet Salad with Fresh Mango, Blueberries & Blue Cheese with a few fronds of fresh herbs. Serve chilled or at room temp. [127 characters]

Reci-tweet #2: My favorite salad of the summer. Cubes of earthy beets and wet mango with blueberries that go “pop” and creamy blue cheese. [123 characters]

Reci-tweet #3: Summer in a bowl, a contrast in color, texture, taste. Just beets, mango, blueberries and blue cheese. [102 characters]

Got it? Now go make it.

COMPLIMENTS!
"Took it to a neighborhood party ... big success!" ~ Myrna

RECIPE for ROASTED BEET SALAD with FRESH MANGO, BLUEBERRIES & BLUE CHEESE

Hands-on time: 10 minutes
Time to table: 10 minutes
Serves 4

1/2 pound roasted beets, My Favorite Way to Roast Beets
1 mango, cubed
1/2 cup fresh blueberries
2 tablespoons blue cheese crumbles
Fresh herbs - tarragon, basil, cilantro

Combine in a beautiful bowl and serve immediately.

ALANNA's TIPS & KITCHEN NOTES
All amounts are variable, depending on preference and number of people to serve.
The beets will stain the mango so if you make this even an hour or so ahead, add the beets just before serving.

NUTRITION INFORMATION Per Serving: 86 Calories; 1g Tot Fat; 1g Sat Fat; 3mg Cholesterol; 103mg Sodium; 18g Carb; 3g Fiber; 15g Sugar; 2g Protein. WEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS: WW Old Points 1 & WW PointsPlus 2 CALORIE COUNTERS 100-calorie serving, make 3-1/2 servings; 50-calorie serving, make 7 servings.

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