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Beets and Farro With Honey-Garlic Goat Cheese

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Beet Farro Salad With Goat Cheese on a clay plate
Photograph by Isa Zapata, food styling by Thu Buser

Beets and goat cheese are a classic combination, but this salad is anything but retro. Shaved fennel (use a mandoline if you have one and reserve the springy green fronds for garnish) and hearty farro make it feel like a full meal. The creamy dressing swoosh on the bottom—here’s where the goat cheese comes in—adds richness and a little tang.

Precooked beets, which you can find in the produce department, make this recipe a flash to put together. If you have the time, feel free to steam or roast beets from raw yourself. Either way, be sure to add them to the salad last and fold everything together gently, to keep from dyeing the whole thing pink.

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