ARUGULA SALAD WITH BACON AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH

Arugula Salad with Bacon and Butternut Squash image

This is just a quick salad I came up with from leftovers and loved! I liked the way the arugula paired with the bacon and squash. Add a baguette or a bagel, and it's a great lunch all on it's own! Dress with balsamic vinaigrette or simply oil and vinegar. Feta cheese can be used for the goat cheese, if you prefer.

Provided by sarah.antoinette

Categories Salad Green Salad Recipes Arugula Salad Recipes

Time 20m

Yield 1

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 slice bacon, cut into small pieces
2 mushrooms, sliced (or more to taste)
¼ cup cooked butternut squash cubes
2 cups arugula
1 ounce crumbled goat cheese
1 teaspoon pine nuts
¼ teaspoon cracked black pepper, or to taste

Steps:

Cook bacon in a skillet over medium-high heat until some of the fat renders into the pan, 2 to 3 minutes. Add mushrooms; cook and stir together until the mushrooms are tender, about 5 minutes. Stir squash cubes into the bacon mixture; continue cooking until the squash is hot and the bacon crisp, 3 to 5 minutes more.
Put arugula in a bowl; top with bacon, mushroom, and squash mixture. Sprinkle goat cheese over the salad and top with pine nuts. Sprinkle with cracked black pepper.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 210.8 calories, Carbohydrate 10.3 g, Cholesterol 32.3 mg, Fat 14.1 g, Fiber 2.9 g, Protein 13.1 g, SaturatedFat 7.4 g, Sodium 368 mg, Sugar 2.2 g