Roasted Pumpkin & Kale Warm Salad

A fiber-rich and nutrient-packed salad featuring kale, quinoa, butternut squash, butter beans, and a variety of delicious toppings. This salad is bursting with flavors and textures, making it a new favorite.

Author Sarah Cobacho (plantbaes.com)

PREP TIME20

COOK TIME45

TOTAL TIME1 5

Servings 2

Course Salad

Cuisine Global

Keyword avocado, cucumber, fiber-rich meal, kale, lemon, maple syrup, nourishing salad, quinoa, tahini, warm salad recipe

Ingredients

½ tbsp sweet paprika
½ tbsp garlic powder
½ tbsp ground cumin
2 tbsp olive oil
1 cup cooked quinoa cooked - from 1/3 cup dry
2 cups butternut squash peeled and diced
1 leek diced in 1 cm thick round white and light green part only
1.5 cups butter beans cooked
3 cups kale chopped
1 cucumbers diced
½ avocado sliced
2 tbsp raisins
1 shallots finely diced
2 tbsp toasted pine nuts
Sea Salt Flakes to taste

Dressing

2 tbsp maple syrup
¼ cup lemon juice
2 tbsp tahini
3 tbsp water

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Combine the paprika, cumin, garlic powder, and olive oil.
Line a medium baking tray with baking paper. Transfer the cooked quinoa, and 1/3 of the seasoned olive oil. Using your hands, make sure all the quinoa is coated with the oil. Spread over the tray and bake for 25 minutes, in the middle rack of the oven, stirring half way through to prevent burning. This is your crispy quinoa.
Line a large baking tray with baking paper. Transfer the butternut squash, leek and butter beans, along with the remaining seasoned oil. Using your hands, make sure everything is thoroughly coated. Bake on the top rack of the oven for 20 minutes.
Wash and remove the hard stem from the kale. Add to a mixing bowl with a pinch of salt. Massage for a couple of minutes to “break” the kale. You’ll notice a change of texture and a darker colour when it’s ready.
Blend or whisk the maple syrup, lemon juice, water and tahini until perfectly smooth.
In a large serving bowl, combine the kale, roasted butternut squash, leek, and butter beans, cucumber, raisin, shallots, pinenuts, crispy quinoa, and avocado. Drizzle the dressing. Adjust salt to taste and enjoy!

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