Roasted Pumpkin Feta Salad Food

ROAST PUMPKIN AND FETA SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 220°C (430°F). Toss the pumpkin in some olive oil and salt and pepper. Bake for around 20 minutes or until browned and cooked through, tossing once during cooking. Set aside to cool.
• Lightly toast pine nuts or nuts of choice in a dry pan over medium heat and set aside.
• Wash and prepare salad leaves, drying them well.
• Build your salad by tossing a little dressing with the greens. Add the pumpkin, feta and onion if using, tossing slightly. Sprinkle with the pine nuts.
• Drizzle with a little more dressing and serve immediately.

ROAST PUMPKIN AND FETA SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200C / 390F. Place pumpkin pieces on baking tray lined with baking paper and drizzle olive oil on top. Mix with your hands to ensure all pieces are coated and arrange in a single layer on the tray. Cook for 20 minutes, flipping once halfway, until golden and tender but not mushy! (see note 1)
• Place dressing ingredients in a jar, loosen honey with a spoon then secure the lid and shake vigorously until combined.
• Arrange salad ingredients in a bowl, drizzle with dressing and lightly toss.

ROAST PUMPKIN, SPINACH AND FETA SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 220C/430F (standard) or 200C/390F (fan/convection).
• Toss pumpkin with olive oil, salt and pepper. Spread on baking tray, bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, flip, then bake for a further 7 - 10 minutes until golden but not mushy. (Note 3) Loosen pumpkin with egg flip (it can adhere as it cools), then if serving salad at room temperature, leave to cool.
• Shake Dressing in a jar. Taste and adjust to taste. I like it a bit sharp because it balances out the flavours in this salad.
• Toast pine nuts in a dry skillet over medium heat until light golden and it smells nutty. Remove pine nuts from skillet as soon as it's ready.
• Place Spinach in a bowl. Drizzle with a bit of dressing then toss.
• Add pumpkin, just a bit of feta and pine nuts, then GENTLY BRIEFLY toss just to disperse the feta. (If you toss vigorously, the feta can make it look messy).
• Transfer to serving plate. Sprinkle over remaining feta and pine nuts. Just before serving, drizzle with remaining dressing (dressing doesn't stay on baby spinach well, so worth drizzling at end). Serve!

ROAST BUTTERNUT PUMPKIN & FETA SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C Mix pumpkin, oil and cinnamon then place on a cookie tray. Bake 15 minutes. Add red capsicum and garlic cook a further 10 or until cooked.
• Meanwhile, lightly toast pumpkin seeds in a fry pan.
• Place in salad bowl and with with feta, onion, basil and parsley.
• Mix together dressing ingredients and pour over salad. Sprinkle over pumpkin seeds and serve warm.