Ingredients:

8 medium beets (2 pounds);

4.5 ounces of goat cheese;

1 tablespoon of minced chives;

2 tablespoons of turbinado sugar (or brown sugar);

2 tablespoons of soy sauce, and;

2 tablespoons of rice vinegar (preferably seasoned)

Directions:

Boil or roast beets and slip the skins. Slice 1/4-inch-thick slices of beets. Mix goat cheese and chives. Combine sugar, soy sauce and vinegar. Spread goat cheese between two beets slices until used. (like an Oreo cookie!). Place a leaf of bibb lettuce on small plates or in small bowls. Place beet – cheese stacks on lettuce leaf (two to a plate/bowl). Spoon dressing over beet stacks. Drizzle with olive oil and garnish with a couple of chive sticks.