Eating seasonally is the best way to get all the nutritional benefits out of the foods you are carefully selecting for your meal plan. Here is one of our favorite healthy winter salad recipes. Enjoy!
Healthy Winter Salad
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Ingredients
- 2 heads organic romaine lettuce
- 1 organic pomegranate
- 1 butternut squash peeled and chopped in 1 inch squares
- 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil
- 1 cup pumpkin seeds
- ½ head organic red cabbage
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- Dressing:
- ½ cup grapeseed oil
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- ¼ clove garlic
- Sea salt
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350
- Mix butternut squash with grapeseed oil and assemble on baking pan
- Roast squash until soft, about 30-45 minutes
- While squash is cooking:
- Cut pomegranate in quarters and remove the seeds
- Wash and coarsely chop lettuce and red cabbage, and put in large salad bowl
- To make dressing, finely chop garlic and mix and press with ¼ teaspoon salt, then add the oil. Mix well, then add the vinegar.
- When the squash is cooked, remove from oven and let cool about 30 minutes. Once cooled:
- Add pomegranate and squash to lettuce/cabbage mixture and toss well with the dressing. Sprinkle with the pumpkin seeds and more salt if desired.
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