Kale Salad with Maple Butternut Squash and Pomegranate Vinaigrette
Spice up your salads this fall with a kale salad bursting with sweet roasted maple butternut squash, goat cheese, and a crunchy pomegranate vinaigrette!
Happy Monday!! I am very excited about a Monday (so rare) because today is a special day! We are having a virtual bridal shower for a dear and special friend. You are invited to the surprise shower for Joanne of Eats Well with Others hosted by her blogging friends!! (Surprise Joanne!!).
I’ve had the pleasure of calling Joanne a dear friend for the past year and a half. She is a Ph.D. (and MD) student like myself and we bonded over that right away but despite our misery over failed experiments, we both love food! How she juggles blogging every day and being a scientist beats me. She is seriously a powerhouse of a chick and just so down to earth.
I was so lucky to meet her twice this summer! Once in NYC over coffee and almond croissant and a few weeks later in Philly when we attended The Big Traveling Potluck. She is just as sweet and hilarious in person and I’m so excited for her upcoming nuptials to the boy. He is one lucky man!!
Joanne’s favorite season is fall and that’s the theme of her shower!! Check out all the amazing recipes at the end of the shower attendees. Naturally, I wanted to make a super decadent fall dessert but when I think of Joanne, I think of kale, squash (all varieties, she doesn’t discriminate), and chocolate. Things like massaging kale, the uselessness of romaine, or just how you need a chocolate slab pie on those terrible weeks are a few of the things I’ve learned from her. She is all about balance while staying healthy. How can you not love that?
She doesn’t know this but she has inspired me over the past year to try new-to-me superfoods like kale. I’ve been enjoying cooking my way through her extensive salad archive and spicing up my lunches. I decided to whip up this kale salad with maple roasted butternut squash and pomegranate vinaigrette. Massaged kale is tossed with a crunchy (slightly spicy) pomegranate vinaigrette and butternut squash roasted in maple syrup. The salad is finished with fresh pomegranate seeds, goat cheese, and walnuts! It’s a powerhouse salad!!
Joanne – I wish you and the boy a happy and blessed marriage!! Have fun at the wedding and I can’t wait to see your gorgeous pictures. You are one stunning bride 🙂 Love you!
Spice up your salads this fall with a kale salad bursting with sweet roasted maple butternut squash, goat cheese and a crunchy pomegranate vinaigrette!
Kale Salad with Maple Butternut Squash and Pomegranate Vinaigrette
Ingredients
For Salad:
For Dressing:
Instructions
Cocktails:
Pumpkin Spice White Russian – Nutmeg Nanny
Warm Apple Pie Cocktail – Miss In The Kitchen
Bourbon Apple Cider Cocktail– Cook Like Champion
Snacks/Savory:
Baked Brie with Honey and Sliced Almonds – The Lemon Bowl
Butternut Squash and Apple Galette – Warm Vanilla Sugar
Roasted Pumpkin Crostini – Annie’s Eats
Kale Salad with Maple Butternut Squash and Pomegranate Dressing – Blahnik Baker
Lemony-Pasta Stuffed Zucchini – Very Culinary
Pumpkin Dip with Apple Chips– Meadows Cooks
Sweet:
Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Cake – The Baker Chick
Peanut Butter Fudge Pie with Salted Peanut Butter Caramel– Taste and Tell
Caramel Apple Upside Down Cake – The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen
Snickerdoodle Bundt Cake – Chocolate and Carrots
Roasted Butternut Squash Pie with Brown Sugar Marshmallow Topping – Keep It Sweet
Caramel Corn Chocolate Chip Cookies – The Cooking Actress
Caramel Cranberry Apple Galette – Bakeaholic Mama
Coconut Pecan Tarts – Bake or Break
Cranberry Margarita Cupcakes – Baker by Nature
Gingerbread Truffles – Dinners Dishes and Desserts
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You are SOOOOOO sweet!!!! And I am just floored. I am so glad we got to meet this summer and I hope it is the first of a gazillion more hang-out sessions!! These flavors are some of my favorite for fall…and best of all this is wedding diet approved! Making it this week. I need some health back in my life. 😛
Yay!! So glad to celebrate you today! And I know you don’t need that wedding diet :p You are just gorgeous!!
Such a healthy looking salad!! LOVE!
Thanks!!
I am DYING for this salad!!!!
Yeah! Love this salad. And love Joanne!! This is a great celebration!
Thanks Liz!
How sweet! I’ll have to go congratulate Joanne! That’s awesome! This salad looks AMAZING. The maple butternut squash… dying! Beautiful pics!
Looks like you had a great time at Mixed! I so badly wanted to go but had a conflict. I hope you’ll post about your experience!
Thank you Sarah!! I will try to do a recap this week.
Such a gorgeous salad! And next time you are in NYC can I crash your coffee date??
Yes totally!!! With Liam of course 😉
What a gorgeous fall salad!
Happy shower to Joanne! It’s so sweet that you all put this on for her! And kale is and will forever be a great love of mine. So whilst celebrating her nuptials, I will be simultaneously celebrating my love affair with kale. Woohoo!
Kale is a love of mine too!!
This is one seriously gorgeous salad. Pinned!
Thanks for sharing girl!
Z, I LOVE this salad so much. . and this is SO Joanne!!! love that you guys threw a surprise shower for her!! so sweet!! and dude, I am so making this salad!!! love love love!!!
Thanks Alice!!
This is one good looking salad! 😉
yay yay yayyy Joanne!! and this beeeeautiful salad!
Yep. This salad+Joanne=harmony. I want it too – gorgeous!
If the roasted butternut squash in my fridge hadn’t started molding I would so put it in this salad, lol. But really, this looks FAB!!
Hahha!! Tragedy!!
Oh man, what a gorgeous salad for a lovely lady! I’ve been eating kale salads like mad this fall and love all the goodness you have in here–especially that pomegranate vinaigrette 🙂
yay!! This will add to your routine!
I love this salad! I can’t get enough butternut squash this time of year, and of course I’m obsessed with kale salads – what a great idea to combine the two! Also, congrats to Joanne, what a fun shower!!
Thanks Cate!!
Color plays into my food enjoyment. This salad sure puts me in the right head space. I also like the variety of textures.
This salad is just full of fall love, and that vinaigrette sounds perfect! 🙂
It is!! 🙂
I love this salad and it is SO Joanne. I always love kale salads when I eat them out but forget to make them at home. Must change that!!
Yeah you need to try it at home!! Thank you so much for throwing this party for Joanne!
Yay, so happy for Joanne and love that you made this salad for her shower 🙂 I could have this salad every day, love the butternut squash, kale and pomegranate seeds!
Thanks Kelly!!
Congratulations to Joanne! Her posts are so funny and you’re right, she always makes such healthy, inspiring food. Love this salad, Zainab. I have to admit I wondered if I was on the right blog when I first saw it 😉 but it looks beautiful and so so tasty!
I know Helen! It is not usual here but this is so good 🙂
What a sweet sweet gesture and thank you for introducing me to a great new blog! LOVE the idea of pomegranate in dressing! yum!!!
You will love her blog!!
This looks so beautiful. I love salads!
Thanks Teresa!!
I am a big fan of kale and butternut together 😀
My friends mum makes a salad very similar, but next time I am going to bring the maple, that is brilliant!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
This salad is EVERYTHING. And so very Joanne. 🙂 I love it!
I’m always on the lookout for creative salads and this one looks delish! Butternut squash is my favorite!
Mmm this looks delicious. Also salads are one of my favorite things to eat. I eat one a day for lunch, so always welcome a new salad recipe to try!
Also you met Joanne! When I saw your blog the first time I immediately thought of of her, because both of you are PhD’s AND bloggers (read: totally awesome and kicking but at time managing).
Yes Sarah I met her not so long ago!
That is a beautiful salad!
what a great kale salad…for a great shower:)
I am seeing more and more kale salads lately. This looks really good!
What sweet words about Joanne and it’s so good to learn more about the two of you! This is such a beautiful salad – it does make me think of Joanne and it is certainly a dish I’d love to see at my Thanksgiving table!
First off, congratulations to Joanne! 🙂
And this salad looks amazing! I have been making kale salad all fall…my daughter is addicted to it, and we go through a batch every few days. I might need to try something new just because I feel like I make the one I am making ALL THE TIME! I love all the flavors here. Pinning!
kale is just the best!!
This sounds like the absolute best combo in a salad! 🙂
i had this in a cafe, but now I’m so keen to try it at home, thanks for the recipe!
and great post as always 🙂
Bec {Daisy and the Fox}
You are welcome!! Hope you try it!!
Seriously just what I needed for Thanksgiving!
I’m definitely in charge of the whole meal this go around, and I was rather lost on the salad part, so thank you bunches! Looks so delicious!
Ooo I can only imagine a stellar dinner!!
Now that’s a salad!
Looks delicious! I’ve been craving butternut squash lately!
Thanks Tonia!!
Squash is perfect for a fall themed wedding! And that vinaigrette … can I just drink it?? I love pomegranates and the flavor they add. This salad belongs in a restaurant Zainab, it is stunning. Pinned!
Thanks!!’
The salad looks tasty! Always looking for new ways to get my kale. I’ll put it up on my soup.io!