Butternut Squash Harvest Salad

This harvest salad is packed with flavor from the perfect caramelized roasted butternut squash, crispy bacon, sweet crunchy apples, toasted maple pecans, avocado, cranberries and a tangy apple cider vinaigrette. It’s perfect as a side salad or can be served as a meal with additional protein!

• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• Sea salt and black pepper to taste

• 1 medium butternut squash peeled and cut into 1/2” cubes (about 4 cups)
• 8 slices nitrate free bacon
• 6 cups kale chopped
• 1 teaspoon olive oil + 1 tablespoon olive oil divided
• Sea salt
• 3/4 cup pecans
• 1 teaspoon ghee or coconut oil
• 1 teaspoon maple syrup
• Cayenne pepper
• Cinnamon
• Sea salt
• 1 large honeycrisp apple or 2 smaller ones, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries (juice sweetened for Whole30)
• 1 avocado peeled and thinly sliced