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avocado, feta, kale butternut squash salad in a blue bowl.

Kale Butternut Squash Salad

This kale butternut squash salad is loaded with tangy feta, creamy avocado, and a simple hot honey vinaigrette. To make it more filling, I also add brown rice which is totally optional. Recipe:
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Course Salad
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

-for the butternut squash-

  • 4 cups Butternut Squash chopped into small pieces
  • 2 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon Salt

-for the salad-

  • 4 cups Kale finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • ½ Lemon juiced
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 2 cups Brown Rice
  • 1 serving Butternut Squash (above)
  • 3 tablespoon Crumbled Feta
  • 1 whole Avocado thinly sliced
  • 1 tablespoon Fresh Basil julienned
  • 1 serving Hot Honey Vinaigrette
  • more Feta and Hot Honey for serving

Instructions
 

-for the butternut squash-

  • Preheat oven to 400F degrees.
  • Add butternut squash to a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil, cinnamon and salt. Toss together and spread out evenly on the baking sheet.
  • Bake for 25 minutes until tender and starting to brown.
  • Remove from the oven and set aside.

-for the salad-

  • Add kale to a large bowl drizzle with olive oil, lemon juice and salt. Massage for 30 seconds to break down and soften the greens.
  • Add the hot brown rice, the hot butternut squash, the feta, and the hot honey vinaigrette. 
  • Toss everything together and top with avocado, pinch of salt, more feta, basil and a drizzle of hot honey. 

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Keyword butternut squash, kale, salad
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