High Protein-Butternut Squash Salad

 

This is a delicious filling, satisfying Salad that contains:

1. Romaine lettuce

2. 2 cups cooked quinoa

3. 2 small butternut squash peeled  seeded, diced and tossed with olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic powder and roasted in the oven at 400°C 20 min.

4. Carribean crispy split pea-spinach patties cut into croutons (recipe on thespruceats.com) or other vegan meatballs, such as any of these recipes

5. Avocado chunks  cucumber, tomatoes, olives

6. Assemble and use simple dressing of 1 lemon juiced, 1 tsp. Dijon Mustard, 1 tsp. Apple Cider Vinegar and 1 tsp. Maple Syrup, salt and pepper.  

This salad was inspired by 2 vegan salads in Candace Feldman's Lean Into Plants

Here is another similar salad but subbing yummy baked Sesame tofu cubes<~ and baked sweet potato chunks instead of squash-- prepared like the squash above.  Get the Sesame Surprise baked tofu recipe HERE

Toss and enjoy.