Name: Spinach, Feta & Butternut Squash Salad | Chefs At Heart
Prep time: 6 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 51 min
Ingredients: 1/2 a cup of roasted butternut squash; 1/2 a cup of roasted butternut squash; 2 handfuls of spinach ~ 100 gr; 30 gr of Greek Feta - used Kolios; 10 gr of dried mango - used 1/2 a package of 20 gr dried mangoes from Spinneys; 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds; a splash of balsamic vinegar - used Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena from Spinneys; a splash of olive oil - used Ladinio from Kibsons; a teaspoon of honey

Autumn is orange and its all about the pumpkins
Cheat Trick or 45 mins in the oven
Recipe Process Overview | In Brief
Recipe Nutrition Facts | For All

Autumn is orange and its all about the pumpkins

This dish is yummy, quick, cheap, low in calories, rich in fibers and can be eaten as a breakfast, as a lunch or as a dinner…

Autumn 🍂 is my favourite time of the year… its the time that I was normally dressed up in my warm scarfs and coats 🧥and having lots of stews and warming soups… my food was normally reflecting the colours of my surroundings: was using butternut squashes and lots of root vegetables in our cooking.

Not anymore… it’s now 34 degrees in Abu Dhabi and is actually lovely. Autumn 🍂 is still in my mind and heart, so my salad had some seasonal inspiration today: butternut squash, leftover baked carrots and sweet potatoes with aniseed and honey🍯…

Cheat Trick or 45 mins in the oven

Today’s cheat trick: have always pre roasted root vegetables in your freezer. It takes about 30-45 minutes to roast the butternut squash in the oven, depending on how is cut. When roasting 1 butternut squash, I store part of it in foodbags in the freezer. That means that when willing to re-use it i only need less than 3 minutes in the microwave instead of another 45 min to bring it back to life and use it in our dishes.

Recipe Process Overview | In Brief

Step 0: Prepare Firstly | 1 min

Gather All Ingredients
Gather All Utensils

Step 1 – Option A: Dice and Roast Butternut Squash | 60 min

Dice and roast a butternut squash for 30 -45 minutes in the oven
Leave it to cool a bit before using

Step 1 – Option B: Recook Frozen Butternut Squash in Microwave| 3 min

Get half a cup of a premade roasted butternut squash from your food bag.
Cook for about 3 minutes in the microwave.

Step 2: Add Remaining Ingredients| 1 min

Add the butternut squash and mix with the remaining ingredients

Step 4: Enjoy

Enjoy it on its own as a main meal with a slice of Ryvita
or as a side dish with some grilled chicken

Total Time Required | 63 or 6 mins

OPT A
Preparation ~ 61 mins
Cleaning ~ 2 mins
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Total Time Required ~ 63 mins

OPT B
Preparation ~ 4 mins
Cleaning ~ 2 mins
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Total Time Required ~ 6 mins