Autumn Salad – Vegan and Healthy

Seasonal autumn salad made with hearty whole foods plant based ingredients over a base of kale, spinach, and arugula. This warming autumn salad is the perfect healthy meal all season long.

Hearty Autumn Salad

I love roasted vegetables in a salad. Here they are incredibly easy as you can cook them all at the same time. Here’s the order I used:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Keep covered to speed up the process.
• Chop your acorn squash in half, scoop out the middle, drizzle with avocado oil, and sprinkle with sea salt, pepper, and rosemary. Arrange on a parchment lined baking tray.
• Chop the cauliflower into florets. I like to just chop up an entire head of cauliflower and keep the leftovers stored in the fridge. Add to a mixing bowl and toss with avocado oil, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt, and pepper. Arrange on a parchment lined baking tray.
• Add both baking trays to the oven. Add the farro to the pot of boiling water. Cook until tender. Bake the acorn squash for 50 minutes. Bake the cauliflower for 40 minutes, stir and add in the sliced almonds, then bake for another 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• Divide the lettuce between 2 bowls. Wait for the vegetables to cool before adding to the lettuce, or it will wilt.
• Score your acorn squash and scoop out the cubes. Add to the lettuce along with the farro, dried cherries, and cauliflower.
• Mix the tahini, sea salt, lemon juice, and garlic powder with filtered water. Start with a couple tbsp of water and increase depending on how thick or thin you want the consistency.

Seasonal Autumn Ingredients

All of the ingredients are in season both fall and winter. Eating seasonal produce is preferred as it’s more nutritious than food harvested out of season. Seasonal foods are able to harvest naturally without rush allowing for freshness and ample nutrients.

• Acorn squash.
• Cauliflower.
• Farro.
• Dried Cherries.
• Kale.
• Arugula.
• Spinach.

{If you like this recipe, you’ll love my SWEETGREEN INSPIRED HARVEST BOWL and my LEMON PEPPER TOFU BOWL.}