Spinach Salad with Roasted Butternut Pumpkin
 
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This is an easy salad and most of it can be prepared ahead and combined just before serving.
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Recipe type: Salad
Cuisine: Australian
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 1 large bag fresh baby spinach leaves
  • ½ butternut pumpkin, peeled and chopped
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ pomegranate (optional)
  • 1 small block Danish feta cheese (could use goats cheese)
  • 2 tablespoons toasted pine nuts
White Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
  • ½ (scant) teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Instructions
White Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing
  1. Add all ingredients to a bottle and shake to combine.
Spinach Salad
  1. Drizzle the olive oil over the butternut and place on a baking sheet and roast in the oven at 180C/350F for 20 minutes or until lightly caramelized. Leave to cool
  2. In a dry skillet, toast pine nuts until golden brown and set aside to cool.
  3. Wash the baby spinach leaves and place in a large bowl.
  4. Add cooled pumpkin, pine nuts and cubed feta cheese and toss with enough dressing to lightly coat the leaves. Place in serving bowl.
  5. If using, bash a few pomegranate seeds (arils) over the salad.
Recipe by Orgasmic Chef at https://orgasmicchef.com/spinach-salad-with-butternut-pumpkin-and-feta-cheese/