Holiday Kale Salad with Roasted Butternut Squash Jump to Recipe Leave a Review Pin RecipeHoliday Kale Salad with Roasted Butternut Squash- Massaged in an apple-dijon vinaigrette, and served with tart cranberries and candied maple pecans, this kale salad is bursting with texture and flavor.Perfect to serve for the holidays! I’ve got a ton of kale salad recipes on my site but this is the first one with a mustard dressing.Probably because I have a love-hate relationship with mustard.

Brandon learned this the hard way during the first year we were dating… At the time I was very hungry (read: very angry) and he was kind enough to make the trip to Publix (way back in the Florida days!) to grab us a few veggie subs while I waited at home with my blood sugar steadily dropping.As soon as he got back, I rushed to unwrap my sub and the scent of mustard hit me smack in the face.Y’all, I had a melt down.

I’m talkin’ hair growing from my face, claws coming out, screams heard from two houses down.I was so mad that he didn’t remember I don’t like mustard on my sandwich that I stormed out of the house in a fury and drove back to Publix to get myself a new one.I’m sure it was all he could do not to break-up with me right then and there.

But now he won’t forget! I do NOT do mustard on my sandwich.Holiday Kale Salad Ingredients + Substitutions Kale– Curly kale or lacinato kale will both work here.Curly kale does tend to hold up better when you m

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