Roasted Butternut Squash, Brown Rice and Quinoa Arugula Salad
Roasted Butternut Squash, Brown Rice and Quinoa Arugula Salad
My love affair with my husband started over 36 years ago while skiing at Grand Targhee in Wyoming. We’ve been skiing on our anniversary ever since to remind ourselves of our less complicated beginnings when we didn’t have five kids, a home mortgage or busy jobs to distract us. Keeping a marriage fresh and continually full of positive emotion takes a lot of work, that’s no lie, but it’s the most important relationship in life, so it’s all worth it. I thank our mutual love of “skiing hard and fast” for reminding us of what matters most. (Now if only my aging legs would hold up.) I’ll keep this great guy around for a long time.
Like my wonderful husband, I know I’ll keep this awesome salad around for a long time. I fell in love with it many months ago and have not left it since. I’ve served it for the past major holidays much to the delight of family and friends. It’s just simple, natural, earthy, nutritious, whole food and very easy to pull together. The inspiration for the salad comes from one of my favorite food blogs, A Pinch of Yum. So many delicious recipes in this fabulous blog, (which by the way, inspired me to start food blogging.) Thanks Lindsay and Bjork. I modified the original for ease and availability by switching to butternut squash and adding quinoa. I love the changes.
You’ll love the lemon dressing simply made with fresh lemon juice, olive oil, fresh garlic, oregano and a little salt. It’s all this salad needs to avoid overpowering the delicious flavors of the main ingredients.
It’s a good thing to have love affairs with good things in life, like nutritious healthy foods or a great husband who knows how to take good care of his family. Those type of affairs are not likely to disappoint, but rather will stick around for a long time. I can attest to that.
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