Baked Salad

Baked salad is salad’s cozier, cardigan-wearing cousin. I could never give up the crunch and variety of flavors and textures in salad. When it’s cold though, digging into a refreshing salad doesn’t have quite the same feels. Enter: baked salad. Just what is baked salad, you ask? Read on, my friend, and I’ll tell you everything you need to know.

Ingredients:

• 1-2 small delicata squash seeded and chopped
• 2 bunches kale dinosaur/lacinato preferred, thinly shredded, about 8 cups
• 1 lb Brussels sprouts shredded, about 6 cups
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp mirin
• 2 tbsp neutral oil
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
• 1 cucumber sliced
• 1 apple fuji preferred, cut into matchsticks
• 1 carrot shredded
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds