Potluck Dinner Club: Garlicy Potluck (with bonus Garlicy Goat Cheese Beets)

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September’s potluck ingredient of choice was garlic, one of my favorite ingredients! Garlic or garlic salt goes on basically everything I make, but I had my eyes set on one particularly missed food as my contribution to the potluck: Garlic Knots. Having not had a garlic knot since 2010 I didn’t have high hopes for these, but I definitely underestimated things. 

Using Gluten Free Mama’s Pizza Crust Mix I took two recipes, the first from the Heavy Weight Runner and the second from Silvana’s Kitchen, and combined them to make my knots. I mainly used ingredients from both and the recipe from the second, and the outcome was fantastic. They went faster than I was able to get seconds! 

But the goodness didn’t stop there. Other dishes included: garlic hummus with chips, chicken thighs with garlic and lemon, kale with garlic and tomatoes, garlicy goat cheese beets, Brussels sprouts with garlic aioli dipping sauce, spinach artichoke dip with chips and bread, two types of garlic bread, garlic ice cream, chocolate dipped garlic pasta with garlic cauliflower Alfredo, sautéed mushrooms and garlic. Just look at these full plates (yes plates, I started with having second on stand by):

So freaking good, and worth the bad breath! My friends and I decided that the garlicy goat cheese beets were the perfect recipe to share due to their “flavor versus effort ratio”. Check out the recipe below!

Garlicy Goat Cheese Beets
 
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Garlicy Goat Cheese Beets (Personal recipe shared by my friend Vicki!)
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Recipe type: Side Dish
Ingredients
  • 1 bunch beets
  • 6 cloves garlic
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 6 oz goat cheese (plain)
  • 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Cut the beets from their greens and wrap each beet individually in tin foil. Place beets on a baking sheet and roast for 1 to 1.5 hours.
  2. Once beets are roasted set aside to cool. Meanwhile, mince the garlic cloves.
  3. When beets are cool rub them in their tinfoil to remove the skins. This prevents the usual stain to your hands (for the most part).
  4. Next, chop the beets and place in a bowl.
  5. Add garlic, goat cheese, olive oil, and balsamic. Mix thoroughly until well combined.
  6. Salt and pepper to taste.
  7. Enjoy!