A Halloween food blogger potluck meeting inspired me to make this colorful Spinach Salad with Pumpkin Seed Oil Dressing. Everyone was bringing sweets and I decided to put together a healthy salad. What made it perfect for Halloween was that I added orange bell peppers, pumpkin seeds and added pumpkin seed oil to the light and tasty dressing. I found an orange bowl at a party store and I was ready.
I hope you enjoy my Spinach Salad with Pumpkin Seed Oil Dressing.
Spinach Salad with Pumpkin Seed Oil Dressing
Looking for a healthy Halloween or anytime healthy potluck dish? Try this spinach salad.
Author: Rebecca Forstadt Olkowski
Recipe type: salad
Ingredients
Salad
- 1 bag 5 oz of Organic washed Spinach Leaves
- Baby Bell Peppers cored and cut into strips ( I used gold and orange bell peppers for color)
- 5-6 Radishes sliced into circles
- ½ Red Onion sliced in circles
- ¼ cup fresh grated Parmesan
- ¼ cup Raw pumpkin seeds
Dressing
- 2 Tbsp Pumpkin Seed Oil (which is very good for you)
- 1 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
- ¼ tsp of Dijon mustard
- 1 Tbsp honey
- ¼ tsp of dried thyme
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
Salad
- Combine or arrange all salad ingredients in a large bowl
Dressing
- Blend all Dressing ingredients
- Add to salad and toss
Pumpkin seed oil has many benefits and uses. See some of them below:
- Improve prostate function
- Lower cholesterol
- Treatment for cystitis
- Improve Kidney Function
- Ease Arthritis pain
- Prevent Diabetes
- Anti-Parasitic
- Increasing mother’s milk production
The dressing is a combination of pumpkin seed oil, apple cider vinegar, Dijon mustard, honey, and dried thyme. I love it because it’s tangy and sweet. You’ll feel “fall” in your mouth.
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