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Warm Butternut, Red Cabbage, Quinoa, and Almond Salad

February 7, 2016 By Rachel 12 Comments

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Warm Butternut, Cabbage, Quinoa, and Almond Salad – This warm winter salad combines filling and colorful vegetables to create a meal that will satisfy and restore your natural glow!

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It’s Super Bowl Sunday and I’m daring to post a salad recipe. Trust me though, come tomorrow morning many of us will all be wanting to awaken from our hot-wing-junkie stupor. So why not plan on Monday night being a meatless Monday, salad kind of night? This recipe for Warm Butternut, Red Cabbage, Quinoa, and Almond Salad is just the ticket. It’s filling and savory enough for dinner, but it’s packed with colorful veggies to help your glow return after a fun-filled weekend of finger food, beer, and Super Bowl commercials. Oh, and football too, I guess…

If you want some healthy-ish and de-lish football recipes in the meantime, check out some of my game day favorites. They’re fun and lightened-up indulgences!

1 . Sticky Chipotle Cauliflower Wings 

2. Avocado Lime Yogurt Dipping Dressing (perfect for dipping said cauliflower wings)

3. Game Day Vegan Chipotle Sliders

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For this recipe I was lucky enough to get an intensely sweet butternut squash and this crunchy red cabbage from my CSA (crop share). Aren’t my veggies pretty?

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I know my kitty has been appearing in a lot of my posts lately. He’s decided to make this chair by my chopping block his spot while I cook and photograph recipes for Simple Seasonal. I was beginning to think that he might be my little sous chef, but here he is, sleeping on the job. I can’t fire him, though. His fluffiness and purrs redeem him every time.

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Now back to the recipe… It’s savory with a touch of sweet, but mostly nuttiness. It will restore your healthful constitution after a weekend of game day revelry. So have some fun this weekend!

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Warm Butternut, Red Cabbage, Quinoa and Almond Salad
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Cook time
30 mins
Total time
45 mins
 
This warm winter salad combines filling and colorful vegetables to create a meal that will satisfy and restore your natural glow!
Author: Rachel Hanawalt
Recipe type: Salad
Cuisine: American
Serves: 4
Ingredients
Salad
  • 3 C small cubed butternut squash
  • 2 C small chopped red onion
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 C bi-color quinoa
  • 2 C vegetable broth
  • 2 C red cabbage cut into thin strips
  • ⅔ C coarsely chopped parsley
  • ¼ C toasted slivered almonds
Maple Almond Dressing
  • 4 Tbsp almond butter
  • 3 Tbsp maple syrup
  • 1½ Tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • ⅛ C water
  • ½ tsp lemon juice
  • ⅛ tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 425ΒΊF.
  2. Peel and seed your butternut squash and then cut it into small cubes. Cut the red onion to a small chop. Place both vegetables into a cast iron pan or on a cookie sheet with 1 Tbsp of olive oil and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until the butternut squash is tender. While the vegetables are roasting cook your quinoa, make your dressing, and prep the rest of your ingredients.
  3. Before cooking your quinoa, be sure to rinse it well first. This removes the bitter flavor quinoa sometimes has and makes it easier to digest. To cook, place the quinoa and vegetable broth in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat and then reduce to a simmer and cover. Cook covered for about 20 minutes, or until all of the vegetable broth is absorbed.
  4. Cut your cabbage into thin slices and coarsely chop the parsley. If your almonds aren't pre-toasted, you can do so in in a skillet over medium heat.
  5. To make the dressing, combine all the ingredients and purΓ©e together using a hand mixer or a food processor. Set aside.
  6. Once the butternut and onions and the quinoa are done cooking, mix them with the red cabbage, parsley and almond. Serve warm with maple almond dressing drizzled on top.
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Filed Under: Butternut Squash, Cabbage, Dairy-Free, Fall, Gluten-Free, Healthy, Onions, Recipes, Salads, Vegan / Vegan Options, Vegetarian, Whole Grains, Winter, Winter Squash Tagged With: Almond, Butternut, maple syrup, Parsley, Quinoa, Red Cabbage, red onion, Salad, Vegan, Vegetarian

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Comments

  1. Kristen @ A Mind Full Mom says

    February 8, 2016 at 8:04 am

    Rachel, this is a fabulous flavor combination and these pictures are stunning! I really want to try this!

    Reply
    • Rachel says

      February 8, 2016 at 11:03 pm

      Thanks Kristen!

      Reply
  2. adina says

    February 11, 2016 at 2:30 am

    Wonderful looking salad! And I congratulate you on your well-behaved cat, mine would have been not on the chair but in the pan. I cannot leave her alone for one second in the kitchen, you’d think she never gets anything to eat …

    Reply
    • Rachel says

      March 1, 2016 at 11:45 am

      lol! It sounds like you have a cat who knows what he wants. Mine normally is more bold, but for some reason the lobster freaked him out!

      Reply
  3. Zorana says

    May 11, 2016 at 4:22 pm

    We stumbled across this recipe just recently in search for a tasty yet simple meal. Boy, were we not disappointed! This was fantastic! Honestly, by far one of the most delicious meals I’ve had in a while. We were getting bored of the same style of meals that became the norm in the last couple of months, so this was refreshing. Both of us loved the taste combo. And, luckily, we had all the ingredients already. Bookmarking your page and will be perusing the site πŸ™‚ Thanks for sharing the recipe!

    Reply
    • Rachel says

      May 13, 2016 at 10:04 am

      I’m so happy you enjoyed this recipe Zorana! It’s one that I developed and personally loved, but thought others might be a little weirded out by the combination of ingredients, but it totally works. Thanks for bookmarking my page! Feel free to let me know what you hope to see from Simple Seasonal. πŸ™‚

      Reply
  4. Chris says

    March 2, 2018 at 7:11 am

    We just enjoyed this delicious salad. Made a few changes but basically it was the same. It is a delicious combination. Thank you .

    Reply
    • Rachel says

      April 4, 2018 at 1:54 pm

      Thanks for letting me know that you enjoyed the salad. My husband and I love this one too!

      Reply
  5. Ginette says

    February 15, 2020 at 8:19 pm

    Simply delicious. My husband made me promise to put this on our regular rotation. I used my little air fryer to roast the squash and onions in 10 minutes. Being sensitive to nuts, I used Tahini instead of the almond butter and skipped the chopped almonds. Can’t wait to try more of your recipes.

    Reply

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