Roasted Vegetable & Quinoa Salad with Smoked Cheddar & Chipotle Dressing {Gluten-Free}
 
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This warming and colourful quinoa salad is filled with perfectly roasted vegetables, plump pomegranate seeds, delicious smoked cheddar from Five Brothers Artisan Cheese and a smokey chipotle dressing made with oils from O’Leva. This flavourful salad can be served as a full meal or as a side dish.
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Serves: 8 servings
Ingredients
Salad
  • 4 cups butternut squash, cubed
  • 4 cups Brussels sprouts, cut in half
  • 2 medium onions, diced
  • 5 cloves garlic, cut in half
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 cups cooked quinoa
  • 1 cup Five Brothers Cheese smoked cheddar, cubed
  • ½ cup pomegranate seeds or dried cranberries
Chipotle Dressing
  • ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • ¼ cup O’Leva Chipotle infused olive oil
  • ½ cup O’Leva peach white balsamic vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven at 400 degrees F.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine butternut squash, Brussels sprouts, onions, garlic with 4 tablespoons olive oil, sea salt and black pepper.
  3. Place vegetables on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, until soft and golden. Mix the vegetables after 15 minutes of cooking to ensure they roast evenly.
  4. Let the roasted vegetables cool for 20-30 minutes.
  5. In a small bowl, whisk together the chipotle dressing ingredients: olive oils, white balsamic vinegar, sea salt and pepper.
  6. Once the roasted vegetables have cool down, transfer them to a large salad bowl and mix in with cooked quinoa, smoked cheddar and pomegranate seeds.
  7. Pour chipotle dressing over the salad and mix well.
  8. Serve and enjoy.
Recipe by Homemade Hearts at http://homemadehearts.ca/2015/01/20/roasted-vegetable-quinoa-salad-with-smoked-cheddar-chipotle-dressing-gluten-free/