Spicy Kale and Butternut Squash Salad

By Debbie Peterson and Wendy Bright-Fallon of Nourish Coaches

If you are craving comfort food and looking for a healthy twist, this will satisfy both. It’s colorful, warming, and nutrient dense. Kale is both dark and leafy as well as cruciferous, providing extraordinary nutritional benefits and should be a part of everyone’s healthy way of eating. Gomashio is a dry condiment made from unhulled sesame seeds, seaweed and salt. It is often used in Japanese cuisine as a topping to rice dishes.

Spicy Kale and Butternut Squash Salad

Serves 4 (as a side dish)

Gluten Free

Vegan

Ingredients:

1 butternut squash (about 4 cups)
¼ teaspoon sea salt
¼ teaspoon cumin
¼ teaspoon cayenne
1 bunch kale
2 Tbsp organic olive oil (split)
6-8 sundried tomatoes
1 teaspoon gomashio or everything bagel seasoning

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350°.
Peel, de-seed and dice squash into 1 inch cubes and place in a bowl.
In a small bowl, mix together the salt, cumin, and cayenne.
Toss squash with 1 tablespoon olive oil and dust with the above spices until the cubes are all coated.
Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper. Transfer squash and bake at 350° for about 20 minutes (until a fork goes through easily).
While baking, clean and chop or tear kale into bite size pieces.
In a large saucepan, heat 1 Tbsp olive oil on medium heat.
Dice sun dried tomatoes and add them to the oil, stirring for about a minute.
Add kale and 2 teaspoons of water, cover and sauté on low heat for a few minutes so that kale becomes and remains bright green. Do not overcook.
Plate the kale and add the roasted squash on top.
Top with gomashio.

Wendy Bright-Fallon and Debbie Peterson are National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coaches, inspirational speakers, Nourish Noshes podcasters & cookbook authors. They help clients create personal balance through optimized nutrition & key habits to create authentic vitality through their Five Foundations of Health philosophy: using quality nutrition, sleep, movement, mindset, and connection.