Hearty Winter Salad
Hearty Winter Salad with Honey Roasted Roots, Kale & Pomegranate
Servings 4
Calories 788kcal
Ingredients
- 1 kg root vegetables eg. parsnip, sweet potatoes, celeriac or even pumpkin
- 150 g kale washed and chopped
- 1 pomegranate
- 150 g feta cheese
- 2 avocados
- 50 g pumpkin seeds
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1.5 tsp honey
- 1 tsp fennel seeds chopped
- Salt & pepper
Apple vinaigrette
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 12 tsp honey
- A pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200 ºC/400 ºF, with fan. Wash your root vegetables, peel if necessary, and chop into smaller pieces. Place on one or two pieces of parchment paper. Add olive oil, honey, fennel seeds, salt and pepper and toss everything together. Place in the oven and roast for 20-25 min, until golden and tender. Remove and let cool.
- Stir together vinaigrette, season to taste. Add the kale in a large bowl and pour in the vinaigrette and use your hands to massage the vinaigrette into the kale for a couple of minutes.
- Cut open avocado, remove store, scoop out the meat and cut into smaller cubes. Add the avocado to the kale along with crumbled feta and pomegranate seeds.
- Heat a skillet, add the pumpkin seeds and a little sprinkle of salt and toast until golden.
- Gently mix in the roasted roots and top the salad with toasted pumpkin seeds
Notes
Watch this Video to see how easy you can dressed the pomegranate
Nutrition
Calories: 788kcal | Carbohydrates: 91g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 45g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 24g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 484mg | Potassium: 1873mg | Fiber: 24g | Sugar: 42g | Vitamin A: 4054IU | Vitamin C: 95mg | Calcium: 403mg | Iron: 4mg