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Harvest Wild Rice Salad Chock-full of all kinds of harvest veggies, you'll want to eat this hot rice salad all year-round! Perfect side dish for an elegant dinner or Thanksgiving. Serves 8 3 cups cubed butternut squash 6 beets 3/4 cup baby carrots 1 cup cooked brown rice 2 cups cooked wild rice 2 tablespoons parsley 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon onion powder Salt and pepper to taste

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Chock-full of all kinds of harvest veggies, you’ll want to eat this hot rice salad all year-round! Perfect side dish for an elegant dinner or Thanksgiving.

Harvest Wild Rice Salad -- Chock-full of every kind of harvest veggie you can imagine!

With roasted butternut squash, beets and carrots, OH MY.

Oh, my….

Harvest Wild Rice Salad -- Chock-full of every kind of harvest veggie you can imagine!

I gave you guys a fair warning back in this post, that my salad-binging doesn’t stop once we hit fall. This is only the beginning of the awesome things to come. 😀

And on a sidenote here, GUYS. I had my first pumpkin spice latte the other day! I know. ME, Sarah the certified pumpkin-aholic waited until smack in the middle of October to order pumpkin in my coffee.

Harvest Wild Rice Salad -- Chock-full of every kind of harvest veggie you can imagine!

I made up for my lack of support toward my love, Miss Libby’s Pumpkin by having ANOTHER latte the next day.

Ooh. That was a tough decision. Not.

Moderation is key. *cough cough* HA.

Harvest Wild Rice Salad -- Chock-full of every kind of harvest veggie you can imagine!

For real though, the biggest decisions I’ve been making lately have been whether to combine bananas with pumpkin, or in this case do I really need to add butternut squash AND beets to the same salad?

There’s just SO many cozy and comforting fall recipe twists out there and not enough time in the WORLD to make ’em all.

Lucky for you, I’m always up for adventure so into this salad those bee-yoo-tiful squash and beets went.

Harvest Wild Rice Salad -- Chock-full of every kind of harvest veggie you can imagine!

Nestled alongside fluffy wild rice, roasty-toasty winter veggies, and pretty much everything else swoon-worthy.

And swoon I did. But only after devouring two bowlfuls of this rice.

And it was purely from happiness, I assure you.

Harvest Wild Rice Salad -- Chock-full of every kind of harvest veggie you can imagine!

Gahhh! Just the title of this salad makes me happy. Lately, it seems anything with the words “harvest” or “apples” or “pumpkin spice” makes me giddy with joy.

As in, my family gives me weird, “you’re-cray” looks when I’m cooking with a huge corny smile on my face.

Fall brings out the best in me fo’ sure. 😀

But this salad? Guys, I’m BEGGING you: MAKE IT.

Caps required. The only way possible to describe how epic this salad is.

Harvest Wild Rice Salad -- Chock-full of every kind of harvest veggie you can imagine!

And it’s a WARM salad too. I mean, I love cold salads as much as the next guy, but the middle-of-October freezing cold weather definitely calls for something warm and cozy.

It whips up in minutes so in no time at all you’ve got a cozy rice side dish to serve alongside that roast chicken, beef, or oh my gawsh, TURKEY.

Can you tell I’m already starting to think about Thanksgiving? Shameful. 😉

Harvest Wild Rice Salad -- Chock-full of every kind of harvest veggie you can imagine!

Let’s just stop talking and start stuffing our faces shall we? â™¥

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Harvest Wild Rice Salad

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 8 servings

Ingredients

  • 3 cups cubed butternut squash
  • 6 medium beets peeled and sliced
  • 3/4 cup baby carrots
  • 2 cups cooked wild rice warm
  • 1 cup cooked brown rice warm
  • 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400F. Place squash, beets, and carrots in a single layer on a greased baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven 20-25 minutes or until vegetables are soft and tender.
  • Combine veggies with warm rice, parsley and seasonings. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve salad warm.

Notes

Store salad in refrigerator up to 3 days.
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Comments

  3. Jen @ Baked by an Introvert says

    I am a huge salad fan as well. There’s nothing better than a plate full of your favorite veggies. And who says it has to be summer to enjoy one? There are plenty of tasty winter veggies. I’m loving the butternut squash in this salad. And those beets, so healthy. Pinning!

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    • Sarah says

      Sounds like we’re both on the same salad/veggie train, Jen! I donno about you but I don’t ever want to get off. 😀 Thanks for pinning friend!

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  13. Kristi @ Inspiration Kitchen says

    Ok, a couple things (ok, lots of things). 1. I love beets and seeing them in this salad makes me want it right now. 2. Pumpkin Spice Lattes are the bomb, and I’m so glad they are back. 3. I am loving your new profile picture – you’re looking FABulous darling! Pinned! (p.s. not your profile picture, the salad!) 🙂

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  15. Isadora says

    I love your fall salad, sarah!! I was just thinking that i’ve been a total slacker on salads these days and I need to fix that asap!! I love that you combined butternut squash and beets together, it doesn’t get much better! Also, I’m way behind you and still have never had a pumpkin spiced latte, ooppps!

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    • Sarah says

      This salad is a good way to get ‘ya outta a salad rut. Promise! And what?! You’ve never had a PSL?? You need to fix that and fast! 😉

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  19. Joanne says

    Salads like this make me smile like a fool also, so I totally get where you’re coming from! Love that you went with butternut AND beets. Good life choice.

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  20. Kelly - Life Made Sweeter says

    Yay for more salads and trying your first pumpkin spice latte 🙂 I love salads all year too and this one is just gorgeous! The beets, butternut squash and wild rice sound amazing together and make such a perfect fall salad! So pretty and delicious! Pinning 🙂

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