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Maple Glazed Delicata Squash, Cashews, Baby Spinach Salad With Creamy Wasabi Dressing. Vegan And Gluten Free Recipe. Jump to Recipe
It is a soup and a salad kind of week. This is what we did with the rest of the delicata squash. Some of it was roasted with olive oil, salt pepper and rosemary and served on Thanksgiving!
This salad is on the go, randomly add whatever comes to mind, kind of salad. Hubbs wanted a lighter, fresh meal the other day, while I had cooked up some spicy chana masala. Told you, we eat a lot of chickpea in this house.. I should just grow some of my own!
We shared the salad, with the bigger portion for hubbs, and yes, the chana masala did manage to sneak onto the plate.. coz hubbs now knows that he needs to balance his meal with added protein to last a few hours.. all that nutrition discussion helped! We used to eat a very vegetarian meal at home in our pre-vegan days too, but at work, the default for hubbs was some meaty stuff. So when he started opting for vegetarian and then vegan options, some days he was stuck only with the salad bar and eat loads of greens and beets and fruits and then get hungry. After a balance in the meal discussion, he started adding beans, chickpeas, tofu, tempeh and asking the office cafe for other protein and vegan options., and found that the cafe already has a growing vegan menu! and they add requested items quite frequently.
There is always a bit of a learning curve with changes in diet, but there is nothing a bit of reading, knowing and asking cant solve.
Another yumm salad posted earlier Gingery maple glazed Tempeh, baby greens and cherry tomatoes.
Maple Glazed Delicata Squash, Cashews, Baby Spinach Salad With Creamy Wasabi Dressing.
Maple Glazed Delicata Squash, Cashews, Baby Spinach Salad With Creamy Wasabi Dressing.
Ingredients
- squash
- teaspoon oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- pinch pepper
- 2 teaspoons maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon low sodium soy sauce or tamari
- 1/4 cup soaked cashews or almonds
- wasabi, to taste
- salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
- vinegar, to taste
Instructions
- In a pan, add a teaspoon of oil and heat at low-medium. Arrange the delicata squash to fit in the pan. Sprinkle salt and pinch of pepper.
- Cover and cook for 12-15 minutes. flip them around and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Add 2 teaspoons of maple syrup and low sodium soy sauce or tamari or to taste Mix well to coat and let cook for another minute.
- You can also roast the squash. Toss it in salt pepper, oil, maple and soy to coat, and roast on parchment for 30-40 minutes until tender and browned on the edges.
- Meanwhile ready your salad with spinach or other baby greens.
- For the dressing, blend the soaked cashews or almonds with wasabi to taste, salt, pepper and vinegar.
- Pour the dressing on the salad. Drop some sizzling squash on top and a good helping of cashews, walnuts or other nuts of choice, raw or roasted.
Notes
- To make the salad into a better meal, add cooked chickpeas or black eyed peas, or some Tofu.
- Nutritional value is based on 1 serving
Nutrition
Calories: 128kcal, Carbohydrates: 10g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 335mg, Potassium: 106mg, Sugar: 5g, Calcium: 14mg, Iron: 1.2mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Winter Squashes are a great source of Vitamins A, C, B6 and fiber! these squashes also make great substitutes for ribbon or angel hair pasta!
This Salad is headed to Ricki’s wellness weekend, and Allergy free lunchbox and Cybel pascals holiday Allergy friendly friday
Thanks Junia, yes.. i am getting inspired by your simple recipes..otherwise i just put these together and dont take pictures or post them!:)
you can just save each of those images and upload them on a post, and use the links in a html widget. dont know if i am making any sense. Right click and view source on the widget and copy the html, paste is on a dd new html widget, replace my links with your links:)
Thanks nashira!
Thanks EA! yup.. he is a sweetie!
Thanks Loveforfood, Kalyan. yes it is quite a simple salad.
Thanks Anu!
Thanks Hannah.. yes i love cashews too!
It’s lovely to see you deliciously healthy platter each time I visit. And yea, chickpeas often makes its way into our dinning table too 🙂
Sounds healthy and delicious..
I don’t think you could have made a dish more perfect for me if you had tried- Delicata is my favorite squash, and cashews are among my top 3 favorite nuts! Sounds like a match made in salad heaven!
wow very nice salad…luv the combination and whole plate luks very inviting…
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i LOVE wintersquash and cashews. you prolly already knew that. my kind of food here! simple, healthy, delicious. 😉
ps – how did you get that widget and the html (for the FB, Twitter, RSS) for blogger?? i’ve been trying to figure that out.
Just mouthwatering…looks so easy to prepare & delicious!
healthy meal.
This sounds so yummy and healthy! SO glad you got your hubby on board with healthy eating 🙂