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Small plate heaped with quinoa & butternut squash salad.

Quinoa, Butternut Squash & Goats Cheese Salad

Jack Slobodian
This quinoa salad is healthy and rich with flavour. It uses sweet, roasted butternut squash and creamy, rich goats cheese. Its served warm using butternut squash straight from the oven and warmed quinoa.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Salad
Cuisine Salads
Servings 2 people
Calories 576 kcal

Equipment

  • Baking Tray
  • Mixing Bowl

Ingredients
 
 

  • 200 g Quinoa cooked
  • 100 g Goats Cheese
  • 125 g Butternut Squash
  • 300 g Mixed Leaf
  • Sunflower Seeds

Balsamic Glaze Dressing

  • Olive Oil
  • Balsamic Reduction or Glaze
  • 1/2 Lime
  • Sea Salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 200c.
  • Season the butternut squash with olive oil, sea salt and pepper. Add to a baking tray and roast for 10-15 minutes, until the butternut squash has softened.
  • Meanwhile cut the goats cheese into pieces and microwave the quinoa for 60-90 seconds, until hot.
  • Add mixed leafs, squash, quinoa, sunflower seeds, olive oil, lime juice and a generous amount of balsamic reduction to a large mixing bowl and combine. Add the goats cheese and serve.

Notes

  • 125g of butternut squash is approximately 1/4 of a small butternut squash (1kg).

Nutrition

Calories: 576kcalCarbohydrates: 82gProtein: 26gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 192mgPotassium: 813mgFiber: 11gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 9183IUVitamin C: 48mgCalcium: 175mgIron: 6mg
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