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10.27.15

Butternut Apple Salad with Maple Vinaigrette & Hemp Hearts

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Butternut Apple Salad with Maple Vinaigrette and Hemp Hearts can be a sweet refreshing side dish or a light meal.  Raisins, apples, maple and butternut squash make it naturally sweet and hemp seeds pack in protein and healthy fats. A nutritious fall inspired dish packed with fresh flavor, this salad is Paleo, vegan, gluten free and dairy free.

Butternut Apple Salad with Maple Vinaigrette and Hemp Hearts is a sweet and flavorful salad. My sweet side has been taking over lately (in food, not personality) and it’s apparent in several of my recipes over the past month!  This one is no exception – as you can see loud and clear in the title!
Butternut Apple Spinach Salad with Raisins, Hemp Hearts & Maple Vinaigrette

But I promise, the spinach and hemp seeds balance the flavors out here, sort of.  It’s still a sweet salad, and bursting with many of the flavors I love in fall food.

Butternut Apple Salad in a bowl with a bag of Hemp Hearts in the backgroundI was excited to try out Manitoba Harvest Hemp Hearts after really liking hemp seed energy bites in the past and wanting to use them in something new.

Hemp Hearts are shelled hemp seeds that have a great nutty flavor and are packed with protein and healthy Omega-3 fatty acids.  They are great added to just about anything and an easy way to pack a nutritional punch into any typical meal or snack!

You can all be excited to try them too, since after the recipe is an opportunity for you to win a package of your own!

Bag of Hemp HeartsA bit more about the recipe first.  Roasted butternut squash is quite possibly my favorite fall/winter ingredient, EVEN more than pumpkin.  Is that possible?  I love how roasting it with coconut oil and sea salt gives it the most perfect sweet/savory combination of flavors that seems to go well with everything I combine it with.

Since I was on a sweet kick, the chopped apples and raisins naturally followed.  As for the dressing, there’s just something about maple this time of year, isn’t there?  Maple, raisins, squash, and apples – this just screams FALL to me and makes me want to get cozy with hot apple cider, sweatpants, and a good book.

Okay fine, I already have the sweatpants covered, but reading a book with a hot drink in hand would take the sweatpants up a few notches, I recon.  Sweatpant heaven – this is my dream every winter and I do not kid you!   I have been known to “treat” myself to a fresh new pair every November 😉 Anyone with me?!

Butternut Apple Spinach Salad with Maple Vinaigrette, Raisins, and Hemp SeedsAh yes, recipe! Then, get ready to win a package of Manitoba Harvest Hemp Hearts!

Butternut Apple Salad with Maple Vinaigrette & Hemp Hearts

This Butternut Apple Salad with Maple Vinaigrette & Hemp Seeds is a sweet and healthy treat for a side dish or light meal. It's gluten free, dairy free, paleo, and vegan.
Author: Michele Rosen
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Paleo, Vegan
Servings: 2 servings
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Ingredients

  • The Salad:
  • 2 cups butternut squash cubes 1/2 inch
  • 1 tbsp melted coconut oil or olive oil (for roasting)
  • 1/4 tsp fine grain sea salt for roasting
  • 2 tbsp raisins
  • 1 med-large fuji or honeycrisp apple cored and chopped
  • 2 large handfuls fresh baby spinach
  • 2-3 tbsp Manitoba Harvest Hemp Hearts
  • Maple Vinaigrette:
  • 2 tbsp light flavored olive oil
  • 2 tsp fresh lemon juice or apple cider vinegar whichever you prefer
  • 1/2 - 1 tsp pure grade A maple syrup depending on how sweet you want the dressing

Instructions

  1. Roast the Butternut Squash:
  2. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  3. Coat the butternut squash cubes in the olive oil and sea salt and spread out in a single layer on the parchment lined baking sheet. Roast in the oven 15 minutes, shake, stir, or turn, and continue to roast another 15 minutes or until soft and golden brown. Remove from oven and set aside.
  4. While the squash is roasting, whisk together the dressing ingredients and set aside.
  5. To assemble the salad - start with the spinach and top with butternut squash, apples, raisins, and Hemp Hearts. Just before serving, drizzle on desired amount of dressing (whisk again before adding) and lightly toss.
  6. Makes 2 small salads or 1 large serving.
  7. Enjoy!

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More than a little into running and paleo recipes (yoga now too!) but I'm not here to rain on your grains (or anything else) so come along for the ride! I do a little too much of everything (except cleaning), and I enjoy laughing at myself. As long as I'm the one making the jokes, that is. Just kidding. So bring me your angst, your appetite and your frying pan and climb aboard!

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  1. Megan @ Skinny Fitalicious says

    October 27, 2015 at 6:54 am

    Yum! Butternut & apple are some of my favorite flavors. The hemp seeds are just the icing on the cake. P.S. pictures are looking good!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 27, 2015 at 7:36 pm

      Thanks! I’m working on it but have tons to learn!

      Reply
  2. cottercrunch says

    October 27, 2015 at 7:07 am

    love those hearts! so great in baking too! although you know me, i adore a good fall salad!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 27, 2015 at 7:37 pm

      I’m a salad lover year round – roasted veggies and potatoes on a salad are so good! I’ll have to try baking with the seeds.

      Reply
  3. The Cookie ChRUNicles says

    October 27, 2015 at 7:20 am

    You had to know I would love this recipe!! I love roasted butternut squash, especially with apples.

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 27, 2015 at 7:37 pm

      Might be the best combo ever!

      Reply
  4. Amanda @ .running with spoons. says

    October 27, 2015 at 7:39 am

    Apples and squash are such an amazing combo, and the Canadian in me loves that you added maple syrup as well 😀 I don’t make nearly enough roasted salads, and I really need to start — SO good!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 27, 2015 at 7:38 pm

      The maple adds to the sweetness and I’ve been craving sweets lately 🙂 I love roasted veggies and potatoes on salad year round, but really good for fall and winter.

      Reply
  5. emjoseph94 says

    October 27, 2015 at 8:09 am

    I think anything roasted is a fall favorite for me! Add some fall spices and I’m good to go. I should probably treat myself to a new pair of sweatpants considering the ones I LIVE in are like 5 years old.

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 27, 2015 at 7:39 pm

      Sweatpants are my lifeline all fall and winter and I’m pretty serious when I shop for them!

      Reply
  6. Margaret @ youngandrungry says

    October 27, 2015 at 8:25 am

    This looks like a dream. I’ve never tried Hemp Hearts, but I feel like I see them everywhere. I’m with you on Butternut Squash and I think it’s my favorite because of the texture!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 27, 2015 at 7:40 pm

      That texture is so fabulous when roasted! And the sweet/salty flavor, I’m craving it again!

      Reply
  7. renaissancerunnergirl says

    October 27, 2015 at 8:58 am

    Hemp is on my still-to-try list, but I already love the spinach, butternut squash, and apple combo!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 27, 2015 at 7:40 pm

      It adds a bit of nuttiness and crunch – so good!

      Reply
  8. suzysuzyheather says

    October 27, 2015 at 10:31 am

    I never think to add roasted veggies to a salad. I always seem to forget about that. I love hemp seeds, as I love pretty much anything that has fat in it. Fat tastes good, period. And they’re crunchy too. Yum. And I totally need sweatpants. My teenagers keep stealing mine!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 27, 2015 at 7:41 pm

      I love roasted veggies and potatoes on salad – year round actually!

      Reply
  9. Sheena @ Paws and Pavement says

    October 27, 2015 at 10:52 am

    That salad looks really tasty! I haven’t tried hemp hearts before but think I will.

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 27, 2015 at 7:42 pm

      They’re nutty and a little crunchy – really good and so healthy 🙂

      Reply
  10. danielle saucy smith says

    October 27, 2015 at 11:17 am

    Wow! Can you just make this for me? I’ll cover costs and shipping and labor. Lol I wish I was kidding. This looks superbly delightful!!!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 27, 2015 at 7:43 pm

      Lol, I’d be happy to!

      Reply
  11. thisrunnersrecipes says

    October 27, 2015 at 1:17 pm

    I love butternut squash (really, any type of winter squash!) and apples so much – they’re my favorite fall foods. I’ve never tried hemp hearts but I would probably love them since I’m practically addicted to chia seeds and they seem similar.

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 27, 2015 at 7:45 pm

      I’m the same with winter squash – give me all of them (roasted of course!) And I definitely think you’d like hemp hearts!

      Reply
  12. Strength and Sunshine says

    October 27, 2015 at 4:22 pm

    I just love that nutty hemp taste! When hemp is in something, you can tell!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 27, 2015 at 7:46 pm

      That really is the best way to describe it – one of a kind!

      Reply
  13. Lisa @ Running Out Of Wine says

    October 27, 2015 at 8:09 pm

    I love the idea of treating yourself to a new pair of sweatpants every November…I basically live in them for the winter months but never invest in new ones…it would probably make sense since I wear them so much:) Ive never tried hemp hearts, but this recipe looks delicious!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 28, 2015 at 4:14 pm

      I know, I figure they’re the item I wear the most so new ones are okay!

      Reply
  14. jillconyers says

    October 28, 2015 at 6:04 am

    So many wonderful flavors in one bowl. This looks delicious Michele.

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 28, 2015 at 4:16 pm

      The best flavors, thanks!

      Reply

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