Roasted Root Vegetable Salad

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 6 -8 fresh beets (without greens attached)
• 3 -4 peeled carrots
• 3 -4 peeled parsnips
• 1 purple onion, sliced in very thin slices
• 3 teaspoons olive oil
• 2 cups fat-free italian salad dressing

Recipe

• 1 cut beets, carrots, and parsnips into small bite-size pieces.
• 2 wrap beets tightly in foil that has been coated in nonstick spray, and put in baking pan.
• 3 bake 45 minutes in a preheated 425 degree oven.
• 4 place carrots and parsnips in large baking dish. add oil; toss to coat.
• 5 add to oven after the first 15 minute of the beet baking time.
• 6 toss all vegetables together and allow to cool in refrigerator.
• 7 add thinly sliced raw onion.
• 8 add italian dressing and toss. serve cold or room temperature.