This was another "cleaning out the fridge" recipe, or "mixed grill" if you're the Real Martha.  Sick of the usual arugula salad with beets, nuts and goat cheese, I decided to look up pasta recipes incorporating those ingredients.
Thank you, Google Machine.  You have delivered.  Yet again. 
Hearty, sweet, salty, garlicky. Mmm.
Hearty, sweet, salty, garlicky. Mmm.