I seem to be eating a whole lotta pumpkin at the moment, but really, that’s a-ok with me! Anything with pumpkin in it seems to not only be delicious, but comforting as well, so I’ve been chopping and roasting it pretty much non-stop! That’s where this salad came from – hearty enough for me to take to work thanks to the base of both brown rice and lentils, plus with the flavour of the spiced pumpkin, it really is a winner! So here we go, my spiced pumpkin lentil salad!
My love of israeli couscous is well documented, and this roast vegetable israeli couscous salad is the perfect way to keep eating it all through autumn and winter! Packed with delicious roasted root vegetables this salad is simple but hearty enough to make both an excellent lunch or a side for dinner.
Whenever I make a salad with brown rice as the base I always feel like it needs lots of seeds and nuts to match the nutty flavour of the rice, and this brown rice pumpkin salad is no exception! Jam packed with walnuts, pepitas and sunflower seeds this salad is high on the crunch factor as well as full of flavour!
Happy Meatless Monday everyone! Hope you all had lovely weekends and were able to stay warm and dry no matter what you were up to! I wasn’t feeling the best, so in between catchups with friends I had a lot of down time, watching the footy and pottering around at home. No matter how I’m feeling I always enjoy some time in the kitchen, particularly when it involves pumpkin!
Pasta salad is something I usually associate with summer picnics, but I think it can work equally as well with autumn and winter flavours like pumpkin and I thought it would make a nice change for work lunches from soups!