Happy Food Trip Friday! We made it to Friday! 🙂
Not only once, but many times, I’ve mentioned in my previous posts how good a cook my sister-in-law is. She is always the one who hosts family gatherings, and I believe I am not the only one who always looks forward to the food that she is going to prepare. My husband does too as well as my son and the rest of the clan. She always prepares a lot of food and new dishes every time. One time, she prepared a butternut squash salad. It had Brussels sprouts and walnuts in it and was really delicious. So I looked for a recipe online and came across the recipe for this roasted butternut squash salad with pearl couscous. I thought, “Why not try this because it does sound delish!”
And it was absolutely delicious! The taste was really interesting because of the combination of mustard, honey and vinegar in the dressing – something that I haven’t tried before.
The recipe called for kale and chickpeas, but other than using the kale in a different dish, both the hubs and I totally forgot about the chickpeas. Next time I prepare this dish, I’m definitely not going to forget what I forgot the first time. 😉 I also used the red onion rather than sweet onion because it was what I had available.
Have you tried preparing this salad before? You can get the recipe for this roasted butternut squash salad with pearl couscous here if you want to give it a try. I think this would be perfect with anything and it’s such a colorful salad too with the kale and chickpeas in it which would be totally perfect for either spring or summer. Do you agree? 🙂
Hope you all have a great weekend!
This sounds so yummy! Roasted butternut squash has such a deep, rich flavor. It’s one of my faves.
Mustard, honey and vinegar sounds like a great dressing for anything. I’m sure it is particularly interesting paired with the sweet taste of butternut squash.
This looks really yummy and healthy. I will have to make it as a side dish soon.
This is so pretty, I had to pin it! I love roasted butternut squash and need to incorporate ways to use couscous – I bet I could use quinoa too. Thank you for the inspiration.
I have been cooking up sweet potato like it’s nobody’s business lately, lol! I’ve never had it with couscous but I mix it with quinoa all the time!
I love butternut squash. I might have to give this one a try. I too would leave out the kale and chickpeas(never tried them). I would only drizzle the salad with a bit of honey too. Cranberries would be a good addition too.
That looks really good. I actually really love squash. It tastes great. I’ll make sure to try this soon. I’m sure my girls would love it too. They love their veggies.
Honey mustard is my favorite dressing. This one looks so delicious. I can’t wait to try this.
Squash is one of my favorite veggies. I will have to try this recipe this week. It looks so delicious and easy to make.
I was in the grocery and they had some butternut squash on clearance but I didn’t know what to cook with or how to cook it. Definitely bookmarking this recipe. Thank you. – Yolo
Looks delicious! I never thought of mixing couscous with butternut squash before!
This looks like a great way to get my family to eat butternut squash. We have been trying a lot of different things lately, this will be added to the list.
Roasted butternut squash is one of my favorite seasonal foods. It can be made so many different ways.
I love roasted butternut squash! I haven’t tried pearl couscous before but it sounds an delicious addition. I’m going to try this recipe this week!