Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Cranberries and Goat Cheese

Your new favorite fall harvest salad is here! This Roasted Butternut Squash Harvest Salad is delicious, super easy to make, and it looks amazing!

Serve it for a delicious fall dinner, for Thanksgiving dinner or even for Christmas! This versatile Roasted Squash Salad will impress everyone and add lots of color to your table!

What Is Roasted Butternut Squash Salad?

Roasted Butternut Squash Salad is a salad made with delicious butternut squash and other ingredients. In this case, the butternut squash is mixed with goat cheese, mixed greens, red onions and pecans, and dressed with a delicious fall salad vinaigrette.

The autumn ingredients is what makes this salad delicious, and perfect for summer to fall transition, as well as for fall.

What Are The Ingredients For Baked Butternut Squash Salad?

Here is what you need to make this delicious fall salad:

– Butternut Squash, the quintessential fall squash that everyone likes.

– Mixed Greens, we liked mixed baby greens for colorful salads, since baby greens are mixed together to make a dramatic mix. However, you can use other baby greens, such as baby spinach, arugula or kale.

– Pecans, you can’t have fall without pecans, so you have to use them in this salad. Walnuts will work great as well.

– Dry Cranberries, another fall ingredient that you have to use in the salad.

– Red Onion, we like onions in salads, as they add a bit of a zing and texture. You can use white onion as well, however red onions add another fun fall color.

– Goat Cheese, mild flavored cheese is super delicious in this salad.

How to Dress Butternut Squash Harvest Salad?

We make a very simple salad dressing for this delicious baked squash salad recipe, with just Apple Cider Vinegar and Olive Oil:

– Apple Cider Vinegar is a very typical fall vinegar. You can use other vinegar, such as pear infused vinegar or even lemon juice.

– Olive Oil, olive oil is perfect for salad dressings.

Tools You Need to Make Butternut Squash Salad?

– Cutting Board, for cutting onions and pecans.

– Kitchen Knife, for cutting all the ingredients for the butternut squash salad with cranberries.

– Mason Jar, for mixing together quick apple cider vinaigrette.

– Salad Bowl, for mixing all of the ingredients of the baked squash with goat cheese salad.

– Dinner Plates, for serving the squash and cranberries salad and the rest of dinner.

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How to Make Harvest Salad with Cranberries and Goat Cheese

How do you make Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Cranberries and Goat Cheese? Here is the simple recipe for making it:

The recipe uses roasted butternut squash. You can use this recipe: How to Make Roasted Butternut Squash Cubes to make them. Or, make Instant Pot Butternut Squash and then cut it into cubes.

Wash and dry mixed greens.

Toast and chop pecan nuts.

Peel, wash and chop red onion.

Make the salad dressing by combining Apple Cider Vinegar and Olive Oil in a mason jar, close the lid and shake to combine.

In a salad bowl combine baked butternut squash, mixed greens, red onions, pecans, dry cranberries and goat cheese.

Add the dressing a carefully mix everything together.

Serve with Garlic Butter Chicken Breast in Creamy Sauce, Pear Cranberry Mocktail and Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries.

Roasted Butternut Squash Salad Substitutions

A lot of times when you find a delicious recipe, but you may be missing one or two ingredients. Here is information on how to substitute different ingredients in the Butternut Squash Salad Recipe to use up what you already have, and still make a delicious fall salad.

– Don’t have Dry Cranberries? You can substitute dry cherries or similar dry berries. You can leave this ingredient out as well, and slightly increase the amounts of other ingredients to compensate.

– If you don’t have Pecans, use chopped walnuts of slivered almonds.

– Instead of lettuce mix, you can use baby spinach, baby arugula or baby kale. You can also use a different baby greens mix.

– Instead of Roasted Butternut Squash Cubes, you can make Instant Pot Butternut Squash, then peel it and chop it into cubes.

– You can also use acorn squash instead of butternut squash. Make Instant Pot Acorn Squash and chop it into cubes. Or make Air Fryer Baked Acorn Squash and chop it into cubes.

– Instead of red onion, you can use white or yellow onion.

– You can use plain goat cheese or you can used a flavored herb goat cheese, if you have it on hand. Feta would work fine in this salad, but it will give the salad a different flavor profile.

Roasted Butternut Squash Salad Variations

There are lots of delicious variations on this simple fall salad! Here are a few different spins to put on it:

– Roasted Brussel Sprouts and Butternut Squash Salad. Add Roasted Brussel sprouts to this delicious salad. I would probably skip goat cheese, but it will be great if you leave it in as well.

– Arugula Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad. To make quinoa salad with butternut squash, swap greens for arugula and add some cooked quinoa to make this salad a complete meal.

– Maple Butternut Squash and Quinoa Salad, use some maple syrup when making Roasted Butternut Squash Cubes. Then, add quinoa to the salad along with other ingredients.

– Kale Butternut Squash Salad, swap baby kale for baby greens in the recipe. Don’t have baby kale? Use regular kale and cut it into small pieces.

– Spinach Salad with Butternut Squash. Looking for recipe for spinach salad with butternut squash? Use baby spinach instead of mixed greens to make Butternut Squash Cranberry Spinach Salad.

– Farro Butternut Squash Salad. Add some cooked farro to this salad to make a perfect lunch entree.

Frequently Asked Questions About Roasted Butternut Squash Salad Variations

What is Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Cranberries and Goat Cheese?
Roasted Butternut Squash Salad is made with baked butternut squash and other ingredients. For this recipe butternut squash is mixed with goat cheese, mixed greens, red onions and pecans.

How do you make Roasted Butternut Squash Salad?
To make Butternut Squash Salad, combine the ingredients together and dress with a simple vinaigrette.

How to make Butternut Squash for this recipe?
Use this recipe: Roasted Butternut Squash Cubes for making roasted squash.

How do you make Butternut Squash Kale Salad?
Use the same recipe, and replace mixed greens with baby kale.

How do you make Roasted Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad?
Cooked quinoa first, then make the salad and add quinoa to it.

How do you make Roasted Butternut Squash and Pomegranite Salad?
Add some pomegranate seeds to the salad.

How do you make Roasted Butternut Squash Feta Salad?
Make the salad and use feta instead of goat cheese.

How To Store Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Cranberries and Goat Cheese

Store the mouthwatering fall salad in an air tight container in the refrigerator. You can store it for 1-2 days.

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Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Cranberries and Goat Cheese

Easy butternut squash salad recipe with cranberries and goat cheese is super savory and delicious! You will love this fall salad, great for a fall lunch or Thanksgiving dinner.

Prep Time12 mins

Cook Time3 mins

Course: Salad

Cuisine: American

Keyword: butternut squash salad, thanksgiving salad, Thanksgiving side dishes

Servings: 4

Author: TastyGalaxy.com

Equipment

• Cutting Board
• Knife
• Mixing Bowl
• Measuring Spoons
• Mason Jar

Ingredients

• 1/4 Butternut Squash medium, roasted
• 1.5 cups Mixed Greens
• 2 tbsp Pecans
• 2 tbsp No sugar dried cranberries
• 1/4 Red Onion small
• 4 oz Goat Cheese plain, or use herb
• 1 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
• 2 tbsp Olive Oil

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Instructions

• Wash and dry greens. Toast and chop pecans. Peel and wash red onion. Cut the red onion into thin slices.
• Make the salad dressing. To a mason jar add Apple Cider Vinegar and Olive Oil. Close with a lid and shake to combine.
• Combine lettuce greens, baked butternut squash, cut red onions, pecans, dry cranberries and goat cheese. Add the dressing a carefully mix everything together.

  You can serve the salad immediately as a part of a delicious dinner with Air Fryer Chicken Legs, Air Fryer French Fries and Caramel Apple Poke Cake.

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Notes

Make sure to roast the pecans, as roasting adds a lot more flavor.

- Don't have Dry Cranberries? You can substitute dry cherries or similar dry berries. You can leave this ingredient out as well, and slightly increase the amounts of other ingredients to compensate.

- If you don't have Pecans, use chopped walnuts of slivered almonds.

- Instead of lettuce mix, you can use baby spinach, baby arugula or baby kale. You can also use a different baby greens mix.

- Instead of Roasted Butternut Squash Cubes, you can make Instant Pot Butternut Squash, then peel it and chop it into cubes.

- You can also use acorn squash instead of butternut squash. Make Instant Pot Acorn Squash and chop it into cubes. Or make Air Fryer Baked Acorn Squash and chop it into cubes.

- Instead of red onion, you can use white or yellow onion.