A warm winter grain salad recipe

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: goat cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta

Goat cheese offers a tangy flavor with fewer calories.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: pumpkin seeds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Pumpkin seeds provide a similar crunch with lower costs.

Preheat the oven to 425°F.

Cube butternut squash into half-inch pieces, toss with olive oil, salt, and pepper.

Spread the squash on a baking sheet and roast for 15-20 minutes, keeping an eye on them to avoid burning.

Cook quinoa in vegetable broth instead of water for extra flavor, then cool it so it's warm, not hot.

Add the roasted squash to the cooked quinoa.

Stir in chopped green onions, crumbled feta cheese, and pomegranate.

Make a dressing with olive oil, white balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, dijon mustard, salt, pepper, and grated orange zest.

Drizzle the dressing over the salad and mix thoroughly.

Serve the salad warm or at room temperature.

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