HONEYED WINTER SALAD

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Bring summer to winter with this fresh salad - it contains 3 of your 5-a-day too

Provided by CJ Jackson

Categories Dinner, Lunch, Side dish, Snack, Starter, Supper

Time 40m

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 butternut squash , cut into thin wedges
2 red onions , halved and cut into wedges
4 parsnips , cut into wedges
3 tbsp olive oil (try garlic or basil infused)
1-2 tbsp clear honey
1 small ciabatta , roughly torn into pieces (tomato and olive ciabatta works well)
1 tbsp sunflower seeds , optional
225g bag leaf spinach
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tsp Dijon mustard

Steps:

Heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Put the vegetables into a large roasting tin, drizzle with half the oil and season to taste. Roast for 20 mins, turning once in a while until softened. Drizzle with the honey. Scatter the torn ciabatta and sunfl ower seeds over the top and return to the oven for a further 5 mins or until toasted.
Put the spinach into a large bowl and tip in the vegetables and ciabatta. Whisk the vinegar, mustard and remaining oil together, season to taste and toss into the salad until the spinach wilts slightly. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 414 calories, Fat 13 grams fat, SaturatedFat 1 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 66 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 26 grams sugar, Fiber 13 grams fiber, Protein 12 grams protein, Sodium 1.3 milligram of sodium