Welcome, spring!
A satisfying lunch salad to transition you into this beautiful season, which may finally be here (let’s all keep our fingers crossed).
And you know how I feel about having every – natural – color under the rainbow on a plate. It makes for healthy, balanced, and cheerful eating.
Shaved butternut squash and pumpkin seed salad
You’ll need:
- 1/2 a small butternut squash
- 1 cup baby arugula
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 3 T pumpkin seeds
- 2 T chopped fresh tarragon
- 1/2 t crushed pink peppercorns
- salt, pepper
- green tomatoes (optional)
1. Peel and slice butternut squash as thinly as you can. You know I am anti-mandolin because it’s a pretty dangerous tool to use, so just use your knife or a peeler. Season with salt, pepper.
2. Toast pumpkin seeds in a dry pan until fragrant and lightly browned. Let cool.
3. Whisk together pumpkin seeds, chopped tarragon, lemon juice, and olive oil into a vinaigrette.
4. Mix arugula and butternut squash (I had some green tomatoes lying around so I added those too, but that’s optional), dress with vinaigrette. Season with pink peppercorns.
I agree the only mandolin I like st the musical kind! And I adore this salad, i will try it for sure.. thank you ksenia, hope you are getting some sun! c
I wish I could play the musical mandolin, but I do enjoy listening to it:) Glad you liked it, C! xx
My father had two mandolins and he turned into a crazy fella when he played them! we used to laugh out loud as kids when he brought them out to play.. c.
Beautiful!
Thanks, Darya!
This is really different. I’ve never had uncooked butternut squash! what unusual flavors this must have, and I’m very eager to try it. 🙂 Debra
It’s a very fresh and sweet taste! I think it makes it taste more like pumpkin, in a subtle way:)
Wonderful fresh flavors and colors – something we would love in this house!
Thanks, Yasmeen, and welcome!
I think definitely cheerful and definitely worthy of spring and warm weather eating. Its towards mid autumn here and luckily I have some green tomatoes coming through (still,) I might just need to indulge in a sald not to dissimilar to how youve used them here!
Oh that’s wonderful, Alice! Enjoy your freshly grown green tomatoes 🙂
What a great, fresh salad. Perfect lunch or light dinner.
Thanks! Glad you guys enjoyed it.