Kale Salad with Roasted Delicata Squash, Chevre, Dried Cranberries and Spiced Pecans

A luscious and daring fall dish with roast delicata squash, recent goat cheese, dried cranberries and sweet and spicy pecans.

Kale Salad with Roasted Delicata Squash, Chevre, Dried Cranberries and Spiced Pecans

I think it's time for a brand new dish here on Healthy seasonal Recipes isn’t it? It's been several months since my last one, and then a lot of has modified with the seasons and what’s going into my dish bowl.

When the weather is chilly I don’t stop intake my daily dish. Instead I alter the elements. Within the fall and winter, you’ll notice Maine adding dried fruits, seeds, apples, pears, roast squash and Belgian capital sprouts and spiced balmy to my huge vessel of dish daily. This can be seasonal dish intake.

Kale Salad with Roasted Delicata Squash, Chevre, Dried Cranberries and Spiced Pecans

INGREDIENTS :
  • 1 medium delicata squash
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon coarse kosher salt
  • 12 cups clean, torn lacinato kale leaves (no ribs or stems)
  • ½ cup maple sherry, cranberry or walnut balsamic vinaigrette
  • ½ cup crumbled fresh chevre
  • ¼ cup dried sweetened cranberries
  • 2/3 cup sweet and spicy pecans or purchased spiced nuts
  • Freshly ground pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS :
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
  2. Cut delicata in half lengthwise and scoop out seeds and stringy pulp from the center of the squash cavity. Trim ends and stem and then cut squash into half moons, each about ½-inch thick.
  3. Toss delicata squash, oil, salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Spread the squash out on the baking sheet and roast until the squash is tender, stirring once or twice with a spatula, 15 to 20 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, toss kale with dressing in a large bowl.
  5. Add the hot roasted squash to the kale and toss to coat. Divide the kale and squash mixture among four large plates. Top with fresh chevre, cranberries and pecans.




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