Making Friends In the Salad Bowl

No matter if it's in the sandbox, at the workplace or in the salad bowl, people and ingredients need to make friends with each other and sometimes it's the unlikely combinations that can get along best. Who knew that it would be the parmesan cheese and cumin who were responsible for pumping this salad bowl party into gear? And that when avocados and almonds get together and chit chat that you lose inches from your waist line? Like any good hostess knows, mixing makes for interesting, so I send out the invites to a few different bins in the fridge and the guests turned out to be perfectly matched.

Waist Slimmer Fall Party Salad

Slice in half 1 butternut squash - dribble with olive oil, dash of salt, chopped basil and a healthy dusting of nutmeg - bake in the oven until soft. When finished chop half into bite size cubes.

Add it to the mix:

Chopped romaine lettuce, a handful of rocket lettuce, 1/2 avocado diced, parmesan chunks and about a handful of chopped almonds.

Dressing

Olive oil, lemon, splash of soy sauce and a generous sprinkling of cumin powder.