Roasted butternut squash and wild rice salad
2011 August 29
Hi!
Just wanted to say, I haven’t decided to quit blogging, but as you know, summer is (or should be) a time for holiday and relaxation and I have been intensively preparing for mine.
I ain’t gonna say now where I will going yet, but promise to bring back a couple of tasty food stories. For now, I’m leaving you with my new summer favorite: it’s a fairly simple but very fulfilling salad, that combines the sweetness of the roasted butternut squash, the freshness of the salad and tomatoes and the a little spicy kick from the dressing!
Roasted butternut squash and wild rice salad
Author: Gourmantine
Recipe type: Salad, main course, entree
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Serves: 2-4
Ingredients
- 300g butternut squash
- 80g wild rice
- 2 avocados
- 1 tomato
- 50g mixed green salad
Dressing
- 1 garlic clove
- 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- basil leaves
- coriander
- chilli, chopped
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 180C
- Boil the wild rice for 45 minutes, then drain and set aside.
- Peel the butternut squash and dice it up. Then place one tray, drizzle with olive oil (you can use a brush to be sure that all the squash is coated), sprinkle with salt and pepper and roast in the oven about 30 minutes.
- To make the dressing, in a pestle mortar grind together garlic, some salt and half of basil leaves until you have a paste, then add the balsamic vinegar and soy sauce and continue to stir around till well combined, then stir in the olive oil to have a homogenous dressing. Finish by adding finely chopped, chilli, coriander and the rest of basil.
- Peel the avocados and dice them up, then dice the tomatoes, then mix with salad leaves, wild rice and roasted butternut squash. Serve with a generous spoon of dressing.
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Scrumptious! That combination is definitely a winner.
Cheers,
Rosa
Your salad looks amazing – perfect timing, Butternut Squashes are just now appearing at our local Farmers Markets- keeping my fingers crossed one will be in my CSA this week so I can make this salad!
This look so delicious and your presentation is absolutely beautiful! Always so inspiring reading your posts!!
This sounds like a great salad! Roasted butternut squash is so delicious, flavorful, and filling!
What a great combination of ingredients. Delicious!
Beautiful pictures! Looks delicious!
That is pretty and so different.
Love butternut squash! A beautiful salad and photo! Safe travels! : )
I love butternut squash! Is it that time of year already?! I cant wait to try this!!
I’m glad to hear you’re taking time to enjoy what’s left of the summer! This salad is so beautiful and inviting! So totally summer. I can’t wait to see what you bring back!
I love this salad! Some of my favourite ingredients combined. Colourful, healthy and it looks so delicious! You make awesome salads G!!
i wondered why you were so quiet…glad to hear it’s because of holiday plans. Have a wonderful time and can’t wait to hear what you return with!
Wow – amazing picture. Well done. Salad looks delicious!
This dish makes me crave fall. Enjoy your holiday!
This recipe is just as yummy as the other ones! And don’t worry, we’re all busy during summer, we want to enjoy a few vacations and take a break! Can’t wait to hear your tasty food stories!
Enjoy your holiday time while its still summer
Awesome roasted squash! Looks super yummy! Buzzed
Yum! Interesting flavor combination!
That looks absolutely wonderful! Wishing you a delightful vacation
What a lovely salad, looking forward to giving this one a try. Very nice combination.
Suzi
This looks amazing! I love butternut squash. Bookmarking. Great photo, too.
Congrats on being Top 9 today
Your plating is so artistic and well crafted! 
Can’t wait for your fun stories, hope you have so much fun wherever you go!
Now this dish is work of art..very clean, delicious and beautiful! Perfection is in the air:)) Thank you for sharing and enjoy September!!!!
This looks amazing, I am going to make this on the weekend but I will sub the squash with roasted sweet potato.
I am so glad you left us with this before you went. Perfect.. Look forward to your return.
I love this salad! It’s a combination of so many thing I love.
Butternut squash is just now showing up in our markets, they are small but I am ready! Love wild rice and this recipe looks awesome.
What a scrumptious looking salad. I love the roasted butternut squash in it. Great shots too!
Love everything about this! The colors are just mesmerizing.
Love that you used butternut squash in this salad