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Warm roasted butternut and halloumi salad with sundried tomato yoghurt and fresh basil
This hearty salad brought to you by My Food Bag combines the sweetness of roasted butternut squash with the salty tang of halloumi cheese. Topped with a flavourful sundried tomato yoghurt sauce and fresh basil, this dish is perfect for a warm and satisfying meal.

SERVES4
TIME TO MAKE30 - 45 mins
MEAL TYPEDinner
TIME TO MAKE30 - 45 mins
MEAL TYPEDinner
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Method
Roast it
- Preheat oven to 230°C (or 210°C fan bake).
- Cut butternut in half lengthways, scoop out seeds with a spoon and discard.
- Cut butternut, onion, and beetroot into wedges.
- Toss on two lined oven trays with 2 tsp oil. Season lightly with salt and pepper and roast for about 25 minutes, until tender.
- Add sunflower seeds to tray for the final 5 minutes of cook time.
Make it
- Combine vinegar, mustard, honey in a bowl.
- Once veggies have roasted, drizzle over dressing.
Prep it
- Combine yoghurt and 2 tbsp of sundried tomato pesto in a second bowl.
- Pick basil leaves and set both aside to serve.
Cook it
- Slice halloumi 1cm.
- When veggies have 10 minutes cook time remaining, cook halloumi.
- Heat 2 tsp oil in a non-stick fry pan on medium-high heat.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes each side, until golden.
- Remove from heat, drizzle over 2 tbsp of sundried tomato pesto and turn to coat slices of halloumi.
Eat it
- Top mesclun and roasted veggies with halloumi, sundried tomato yoghurt and basil.
- 1butternut pumpkin
- 1red onion
- 2beetroots
- 4 tspoil
- 2 tbspsunflower seeds
- 2 tbspred wine vinegar
- 2 tspDijon mustard
- 1 tsphoney
- 4 tbspyoghurt
- 4 tbspsundried tomato pesto
- Handfulbasil
- 300 ghalloumi cheese
- 2 cupsmesclun
Per serve
- Energy2193kJ
- Total Fat31.4g
- Saturated Fat15.1g
- Total Carbohydrate31.5g
- Sugars18.9g
- Protein25.2g
- Sodium1165mg
Method
Roast it
- Preheat oven to 230°C (or 210°C fan bake).
- Cut butternut in half lengthways, scoop out seeds with a spoon and discard.
- Cut butternut, onion, and beetroot into wedges.
- Toss on two lined oven trays with 2 tsp oil. Season lightly with salt and pepper and roast for about 25 minutes, until tender.
- Add sunflower seeds to tray for the final 5 minutes of cook time.
Make it
- Combine vinegar, mustard, honey in a bowl.
- Once veggies have roasted, drizzle over dressing.
Prep it
- Combine yoghurt and 2 tbsp of sundried tomato pesto in a second bowl.
- Pick basil leaves and set both aside to serve.
Cook it
- Slice halloumi 1cm.
- When veggies have 10 minutes cook time remaining, cook halloumi.
- Heat 2 tsp oil in a non-stick fry pan on medium-high heat.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes each side, until golden.
- Remove from heat, drizzle over 2 tbsp of sundried tomato pesto and turn to coat slices of halloumi.
Eat it
- Top mesclun and roasted veggies with halloumi, sundried tomato yoghurt and basil.
Ingredients
- 1butternut pumpkin
- 1red onion
- 2beetroots
- 4 tspoil
- 2 tbspsunflower seeds
- 2 tbspred wine vinegar
- 2 tspDijon mustard
- 1 tsphoney
- 4 tbspyoghurt
- 4 tbspsundried tomato pesto
- Handfulbasil
- 300 ghalloumi cheese
- 2 cupsmesclun
Ingredients
- 1butternut pumpkin
- 1red onion
- 2beetroots
- 4 tspoil
- 2 tbspsunflower seeds
- 2 tbspred wine vinegar
- 2 tspDijon mustard
- 1 tsphoney
- 4 tbspyoghurt
- 4 tbspsundried tomato pesto
- Handfulbasil
- 300 ghalloumi cheese
- 2 cupsmesclun
Nutrition Facts
Per serve
- Energy2193kJ
- Total Fat31.4g
- Saturated Fat15.1g
- Total Carbohydrate31.5g
- Sugars18.9g
- Protein25.2g
- Sodium1165mg
Method
Roast it
- Preheat oven to 230°C (or 210°C fan bake).
- Cut butternut in half lengthways, scoop out seeds with a spoon and discard.
- Cut butternut, onion, and beetroot into wedges.
- Toss on two lined oven trays with 2 tsp oil. Season lightly with salt and pepper and roast for about 25 minutes, until tender.
- Add sunflower seeds to tray for the final 5 minutes of cook time.
Make it
- Combine vinegar, mustard, honey in a bowl.
- Once veggies have roasted, drizzle over dressing.
Prep it
- Combine yoghurt and 2 tbsp of sundried tomato pesto in a second bowl.
- Pick basil leaves and set both aside to serve.
Cook it
- Slice halloumi 1cm.
- When veggies have 10 minutes cook time remaining, cook halloumi.
- Heat 2 tsp oil in a non-stick fry pan on medium-high heat.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes each side, until golden.
- Remove from heat, drizzle over 2 tbsp of sundried tomato pesto and turn to coat slices of halloumi.
Eat it
- Top mesclun and roasted veggies with halloumi, sundried tomato yoghurt and basil.
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