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Healthy Glow Broccoli & Lemon Winter Salad

January 4, 2018   /   By Debs   /   2 Comments

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This healthy glow broccoli and lemon winter salad is the perfect mid winter vegetarian nourish bowl. Roasted broccoli and cauliflower drizzled with a lemon garlic dressing and topped with all the winter essentials. Pomegranate, toasted almonds and goat’s cheese.

Happy mid winter and happy Thursday! I’ve got nourishment on my mind today. I don’t know about you, but it’s this time of year that old man winter really starts to affect me. Dry skin, dull hair and a lack of sunshine. These are the symptoms. Usually tonnes of vegetables and salads are a great way to get extra nutrients into your system.

But, bowls of cold lettuce and out of season veg make me shudder. So, we’re going big with a warm winter salad. Because they are not just one thing. Salads don’t have to be relegated to summer and fair weather. Winter salads are such a great way to get a nutrition kick and to use up some veggies you probably already have in your crisper drawer anyway.

Because most of us are also just getting back into our rhythm after the holidays, I’ve made sure that our winter salad situation is super easy. Like… easy. So here it goes in step by step fashion…

Step by Step Healthy Glow Broccoli & Lemon Winter Salad

  • Roast that broccoli, cauliflower and kale until it’s starting to charr around the edges. That gives this winter salad a subtle smokey flavour, which is so perfect for this time of year. Add the kale towards the end of cooking so that it just starts to burn the edges and go crispy. If you’re one of the people who doesn’t love crispy kale, just skip it. It’s not integral to the recipe, but it does boost that iron intake.

This healthy glow broccoli and lemon winter salad is the perfect mid winter nourish bowl. Roasted broccoli and cauliflower drizzled with a lemon garlic dressing and topped with all the winter essentials. Pomegranate, toasted almonds and goat's cheese. #veggie #plantbased #salad #wintersalad

  • Now let’s talk ancient grains. Says the food nerd pushing her glasses back up her nose… But seriously. Ancient grains are where it’s at for getting tons of slow release energy and protein that makes you feel nourished. For this winter salad I used faro, but please feel free to use anything that you love. Personally, I don’t eat quinoa very much because I kinda think it tastes like dirt. But freekeh, faro, and barley are all awesome choices. They tend to have a nutty, malted flavour which goes so well with the toasted cauliflower, the creamy goat’s cheese and the tart burst of pomegranate.

Can you tell this winter salad has me super excited? Yep. flavours and textures are my language.

This healthy glow broccoli and lemon winter salad is the perfect mid winter nourish bowl. Roasted broccoli and cauliflower drizzled with a lemon garlic dressing and topped with all the winter essentials. Pomegranate, toasted almonds and goat's cheese. #veggie #plantbased #salad #wintersalad

Once you’ve cooked your faro, piled on all those smokey, crispy roasted veggies we can talk toppings. Everyone’s favourite part right? On this one I use pomegranate, goat’s cheese, toasted almonds and avocado. I also took the opportunity to toss on some hemp seeds and I used black lava sea salt on the avocado. But regular sea salt is just fine too. And that dressing… yeah. It’s 3 ingredients. Done. How’s that for simple?

This healthy glow broccoli and lemon winter salad is the perfect mid winter nourish bowl. Roasted broccoli and cauliflower drizzled with a lemon garlic dressing and topped with all the winter essentials. Pomegranate, toasted almonds and goat's cheese. #veggie #plantbased #salad #wintersalad

And that’s it. Super simple winter salad nourish bowls are what this week and maybe even this month is about. I dunno, I think new year’s resolutions, especially around food, have kinda had their day. It’s not about cutting gluten( when you don’t need to), or giving up chocolate or coffee or any of the other things that humans derive joy from. Food is not and never has been an enemy.

With that being said, this salad proves that eating healthy is anything but strict, or boring, or just not delicious. It’a a bowl full of texture, colour and flavour that is gonna see you through the day. Healthy fats, proteins and vitamins is what this salad is about secondly. Firstly it’s about flavour. This winter salad just makes them the same thing.

Healthy Glow Broccoli & Lemon Winter Salad

Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 salads
Calories: 448 kcal
Author: Debs
This healthy glow broccoli and lemon winter salad is the perfect mid winter vegetarian nourish bowl. Roasted broccoli and cauliflower drizzled with a lemon garlic dressing and topped with all the winter essentials. Pomegranate, toasted almonds and goat's cheese.
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Ingredients

  • 1 head broccoli cut into florets
  • 1 head cauliflower cut into florets
  • 1 cup kale packed
  • 1 1/2 cups faro cooked
  • 6 Tablespoons garlic olive oil divided
  • 2 Tablespoons of za’atar middle easter herb blend
  • 2 Tablespoon white balsamic vinegar
  • 1 lemon zest only
  • 2 teaspoons honey
  • 1 teaspoon chilli pepper flakes
  • 2 Tablespoons flaked almonds toasted

Garnishes

  • 2 Tablespoons Goat’s cheese
  • 2 Tablespoons pomegranate arils
  • 2 Tablespoons toasted almonds
  • 2 Tablespoons hemp seeds
  • 1 avocado
  • Microgreens.

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 and toss the cauliflower and broccoli in 2 Tablespoons of garlic olive oil. Sprinkle with the za’atar and season with salt and pepper.
  2. Roast on baking tray for about 20 minutes, or until the cauliflower and broccoli are just starting to char. Add the kale to the tray and roast for a further 5 minutes, or until the kale is just crispy.
  3. Meanwhile make the dressing. Whisk the olive oil, balsamic, lemon juice, honey and chilli flakes together. Season according to taste.
  4. Place the faro into a serving bowl and top with the roasted vegetables. Drizzle the dressing over the salad and top some (or all) of the garnishes listed below.

Garnishes

  1. 2 Tablespoons Goat’s cheese
  2. 2 Tablespoons pomegranate arils
  3. 2 Tablespoons toasted almonds
  4. 2 Tablespoons hemp seeds
  5. 1 avocado
  6. Microgreens.
Nutrition Facts
Healthy Glow Broccoli & Lemon Winter Salad
Amount Per Serving
Calories 448 Calories from Fat 342
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 38g 58%
Saturated Fat 5g 25%
Cholesterol 3mg 1%
Sodium 62mg 3%
Potassium 681mg 19%
Total Carbohydrates 20g 7%
Dietary Fiber 7g 28%
Sugars 7g
Protein 10g 20%
Vitamin A 42.8%
Vitamin C 113.5%
Calcium 11.1%
Iron 15.7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

This healthy glow broccoli and lemon winter salad is the perfect mid winter nourish bowl. Roasted broccoli and cauliflower drizzled with a lemon garlic dressing and topped with all the winter essentials. Pomegranate, toasted almonds and goat's cheese. #veggie #plantbased #salad #wintersalad

This healthy glow broccoli and lemon winter salad is the perfect mid winter nourish bowl. Roasted broccoli and cauliflower drizzled with a lemon garlic dressing and topped with all the winter essentials. Pomegranate, toasted almonds and goat's cheese. #veggie #plantbased #salad #wintersalad
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  1. Amy

    January 5, 2018 at 4:33 pm

    Beautiful! Roasted veggies are one of my favs. This looks delicious!

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    • Debs

      January 5, 2018 at 10:30 pm

      Thanks Amy! This salad was a hit with my husband too! So it’s definitely staying!

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