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a white bowl filled with butternut squash, kale, apple, candied nuts and pasta for winter pasta salad recipe.

Winter Pasta Salad

This fall inspired pasta salad recipe is loaded with autumnal veggies like butternut squash, kale and apples. This easy sweet and tangy sidedish is topped with candied nuts, unexpected cheddar and a beautiful maple dijon dressing.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
Course Main Course, Salad
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups Pasta cooked - I’m using rigatoni
  • 1 cup Kale very finely chopped
  • 2 cups Roasted Butternut Squash
  • 1 large Apple roughly chopped
  • ⅔ cup Candied Nuts
  • 1.5 cups Unexpected Cheddar or another high quality cheddar
  • 1 serving Maple Dijon Dressing
  • ½ Lemon juiced
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Mix all ingredients together in a bowl and toss.
  • Finish with a drizzle of fresh lemon juice and more salt and pepper if needed.

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Keyword butternut squash, pasta salad
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