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Butternut Squash & Kale Salad with Tahini Dressing

 I made this recipe for my family pot luck Thanksgiving this year. It was a huge hit! It takes all of the colors and flavors of fall and puts them in one salad. While it has a lot of ingredients and directions, this recipe is easy to make and doesn’t require you to be standing in the kitchen dicing and chopping for very long. Enjoy!

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Butternut Squash & Kale Salad with Tahini Dressing
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Serves: 4-6
 
Ingredients
  • Salad
  • 1 medium butternut squash (about 1½ pounds), peeled, halved, seeded, and cut into ¾-inch cubes OR purchase 1 large package of pre-cut squash
  • 1 red onion, halved and thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (evoo)
  • Himalayan pink salt
  • black pepper
  • 2 bunches flat kale
  • ¼ cup pine nuts, toasted
  • ¼ cup pomegranate seeds
  • Dressing
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons tahini
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 small garlic clove, minced
  • Himalayan pink salt
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
  1. Add all dressing ingredients to a mason jar and mix well. Add a splash of water to thin. Keep adding until desired consistency.
  2. Pre heat oven to 425F
  3. Add squash to a large baking sheet and spread evenly
  4. Add red onion, evoo, salt & pepper and mix ingredients around to evenly coat
  5. Roast for about 45 minutes, mixing occasionally to ensure onions don't burn (remove onions if they start to)
  6. Once roasted, cool squash for at least 1 hour
  7. Strip the kale leaves and cut into strips or small pieces
  8. Add kale to a large bowl
  9. Massage kale with a sprinkle of salt and evoo to loosen leaves
  10. Toast pine nuts in a dry pan for just a few minutes, moving around to avoid burning
  11. Once cooled, add squash & onions to the bowl.
  12. Add pine nuts and pomegranate seeds
  13. Drizzle dressing on salad and voila!

 

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I used to be the worst salad maker ever! I would make a salad and bring it to the office and be so bored when lunch-time came around. Am I the only person who waits for an acceptable hour to eat lunch because I’m just so excited? Well I quickly stopped bringing homemade salads because it was always such a disappointment.

If you can relate, then I have your quick fix and you’re going to be wishing lunch-time to come even faster! My Massaged Kale & Avocado Salad is so good but almost more importantly, so easy that you won’t believe it. Feel free to add in additional protein (salmon, grilled chicken, walnuts, pumpkin seeds etc.) to keep you full longer but don’t be fooled by the short ingredient list, this salad has it goin’ on.

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Massaged Kale & Avocado Salad
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Serves: 4-6
 
Ingredients
  • 1 bunch kale, ribs removed
  • 2 avocados, cut into pieces
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon red onion, diced
  • 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • ¼ teaspoon pink himalayan sea salt (or more to taste)
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, add garlic, olive oil, apple cider vinegar and salt
  2. Add cut up kale and massage well with your hands for about 1 minute (or until kale starts to soften)
  3. Add in onions and avocado and continue to massage ingredients together

 

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This salad screams summer! If you have access to a grill, throw the peaches on and enjoy the sweet tastes of summertime. I love the combo of peppers and peaches – so fresh!

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Summer Kale and Peach Salad
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 4 ripe peaches
  • 1 red pepper cut into pieces
  • 1 yellow pepper cut into pieces
  • 1 head of kale, chopped
  • ½ red onion diced
  • 2 cloves of garlic minced
  • Juice of a lemon (1/2 – 1 depending on your preference)
  • 1-2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
  • Salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Cut peaches in half and put them on the grill so they get slightly charred (if you don’t have a grill, heat them in the oven)
  2. In a bowl, combine red pepper, yellow pepper, onion, garlic and kale and massage in the juice of the lemon
  3. Add in olive oil and salt & pepper
  4. Once peaches are done, they will be super soft and easy to cut into pieces – add them to the bowl and enjoy!

 

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]]> Israeli-Salad_I have always loved the traditional Israeli Salad. It’s so refreshing and so easy to make. Because of my love of avocado, I wanted to add it into this recipe for some extra flavor and of course, healthy fat! It keeps me full longer a much more satisfying meal.

Ingredients:
~ ¾ cup red kale
~ ¼ cup diced tomatoes
~ ½ avocado
~ 1/3 cucumber
~ Handful of pumpkin seeds
~ Extra virgin olive oil
~ Fresh lemon juice
~ Salt & pepper to taste
Directions:
~ Wash kale and break or chop it’s pieces
~ Cut up avocado into small pieces and squeeze lemon on top
~ Chop cucumber and tomatoes into small pieces
~ Line your bowl with the kale and put all other ingredients atop it
~ Add olive oil, more lemon if preferred and salt & pepper

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]]> Tomato Avocado saladThis salad reminds me of summer. It has so many flavors and yet, it’s super easy to make. I love to make this salad as a side dish and usually to compliment a fish (Chilean Sea Bass is my favorite combo with this). I will often make too much so I can have it for lunch the next day.
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Tomato Avocado Salad
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Serves: 2
 
Ingredients
  • ½ cup of cherry tomatoes cut in halves
  • ½ cucumber cut into quarters
  • ½ cup of basil cut into small pieces (remove the stem)
  • ⅛ cup of parsley, chopped
  • 1 clove of garlic, minced
  • ⅓ red onion diced
  • 1 avocado
  • 1 tablespoon of white wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
  • pink himalayan salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients into a bowl

 

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