Superfood Salad

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"A wicked superfood salad with quinoa roasted butternut & sweet potato, broccoli, avo & feta."
-- @delicious.n.nutritious
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Prep time: 15mins
Cook time: 25mins
Serves or Makes: 4

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ingredients

For the Dressing

  • 1/4 cup sesame oil
  • 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce

ingredients

For the Salad

  • 2 tablespoons sunflower oil,
  • 1 sweet potato, diced
  • 1 cup butternut squash, peeled and diced
  • 1/3 cup tricolour quinoa
  • 1/2 avocado, sliced
  • 4 handfuls spinach, torn
  • 1/4 cup flaked almonds
  • 1/4 cup cashews, roughly chopped
  • 1/4 pack feta
  • 2/3 cup water
  • Kosher salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1/2 broccoli, cut into florets
  • cilantro leaves, for garnish

Method

For the Dressing

  • Step 1

    In a small bowl, mix all dressing ingredients together and whisk until well combined.

For the Salad

  • Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 400°F. Add the sweet potato and butternut squash to a baking sheet. Drizzle with sunflower oil, salt and pepper. Roast until soft, about 25 minutes.

  • Step 2

    In the meantime, put the quinoa and water into a saucepan, add salt and bring to the boil. Cook for 20 minutes or until the quinoa is tender.

  • Step 3

    While the sweet potato and butternut roast and the quinoa are cooking, cook the broccoli. Bring a medium pot of water to a boil and assertively salt. Blanch broccoli for 8 minutes, remove from water with a spider and let cool.

  • Step 4

    On another baking tray, spread the nuts. Roast them in the oven until they begin to brown around the edges, 3-5 minutes.

  • Step 5

    Once the quinoa is done, strain into a sieve and rinse in cold water.

  • Step 6

    In a large bowl, toss the roasted vegetables, quinoa, broccoli, spinach, and avocado in a large bowl. Add the dressing to the salad bowl, toss well to combine.

  • Step 7

    Serve salad onto plates and top with crumbled feta, roasted nuts and cilantro leaves.