Red and Gold Beet Salad with Mache & Goat Cheese

Here's the thing about serving a beet salad as your first course at Thanksgiving: it's nutritious enough (beets are healthy!) to justify all of the hedonism that's to come AND you can serve it with good cheese which, when you think about it, rarely makes an appearance at Thanksgiving. Where else would you serve cheese? With the turkey? With the pecan pie? So starting with a beet salad makes good sense, especially if you buy a cheese like Humboldt Fog (like I did for this salad) or something even bolder like Roquefort.

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