Roasted Vegetable Salad with Macadamia Nut Vinaigrette
Fall can be beautiful. Brilliant leaves, colorful pumpkins, fire-lit nights. But after four days straight of rain, my fall is downright dreary. So I am making a lunch that brings out some warmth–a roasted vegetable salad with macadamia nut oil dressing.
The initial inspiration for this came from Alysha of She’s on the Run who made a roasted vegetable salad for a blogger getaway. The recipe itself was prompted by Emile Noel, a maker of high end, organic, fair trade oils who sent me a bottle of Macadamia Nut Oil in celebration of non-GMO month. What perfect timing!
If you’ never ventured beyond extra virgin olive oil, you should know that there is a world full of unique and flavorful oils awaiting your dining pleasure. Walnut oil, hazelnut oil, and pumpkin seed oil are just a few of the other “exotic” oils that Emile Noel produces. Need your own fine oil pick-me-up? See the giveaway at the end of this post!
Established in France in 1920 as a family-run mill, Emile Noel grew into a successful artisanal oil producer that now makes over 20 organic virgin vegetable oils. Their oils are Organic, Fair Trade, and non-GMO, representing the best of nature and sustainability.
Sources I consulted say you can tell a really good macadamia nut oil by the nutty flavor–and this oil clearly tastes of macadamia nuts. Utterly delicious, I went beyond salad and sprinkled some over scrambled eggs with spinach (amazing!). Tonight I’ll be drizzling it over soup…
Besides providing great flavor, macadamia nut oil packs a substantial health punch. According to Superhuman Coach, macadamia nut oil is rich in heart healthy monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids while low in saturated fatty acids. Macadamia nut oil has balanced omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids–at a perfect 1-to-1 ratio (while unfortunately our diets are more like 15-1 weighted toward pro-inflammatory omega-6). Macadamia nut oil is also rich in antioxidants like squalene and tocotrienols.
And now for the giveaway. This giveaway for a sample bottle of oil, is sponsored by Emile Noel and open to US residents. It closes at midnight CST Oct 26, 2014. The winner will need to provide a first and second choice oil from the following list: Sesame, Sunflower, Mild Olive, Toasted Sesame, Pumpkin Seed, Walnut, Sweet Almond, Robust Olive, Hazelnut, Macadamia Nut. To enter, leave a comment letting me know your favorite oil. For a second entry, follow Art of Natural Living on twitter (@iwilkerson) and leave a second comment (or let me know if you are already a twitter follower). The winner will be picked randomly, contacted by email and have 24 hours to get back to me with confirming information or a new winner will be chosen.
Ready for some salad?
Roasted Vegetable Salad with Macadamia Nut Vinaigrette
Ingredients
Salad
- 4 cups root vegetables cut in 3/4 inch pieces see note
- 1 T macadamia nut oil or other oil
- 1/2 t salt
- dash pepper
- 6 cups lettuce
- 4 ounces of goat cheese I used a 3.5 oz crotin - optional
Dressing
- 3 T macadamia nut oil
- 1 1/2 T red wine vinegar
- 1 t chopped shallots
- 1/4 t salt
- dash pepper
Instructions
- Combine 1 T oil, salt & pepper in a large mixing bowl. Add chopped vegetables and toss to coat
- Place on large flat pan lined with parchment or foil and bake at 425F for about 45 minutes until turning golden brown and tender.
- While vegetables are cooking, prepare salad dressing by mixing ingredients in shaker or with a small whisk.
- Divide lettuce among 4 plates. Top with dressing, then add cooked vegetables and crumbled goat cheese.
Notes
Nutrition
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the oil sounds amazing. I have really been enjoying the addition of roasted vegetables (mainly squashes and carrots) to salads.
Robust Olive and Macadamia Nut.
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Macadamia Oil would be my first choice but it would be a close call because I’d also love to try the Pumpkin Seed as well. They all sound terrific.
My favorites are the Walnut Oil and the Macadamia Oil.
I like olive oil
favorite oil is Toasted Sesame. I
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My first choice would be the sweet almond oil, second choice would be the walnut oil. Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂
My first choice is macadamia nut oil and my second is sweet almond oil.
I would love sesame and sweet almond
Wow, so many different oils. I would like to try the walnut oil!
I’m following on twitter. @meatkills
My first choice is macadamia and the second is hazelnut.
I followed you on Twitter (@ThatTuxedoCat).
My favorite oil is Toasted Sesame. I use it on fish and it’s delicious.
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I would like to try the sunflower & pumpkin seed oil.
Toasted sesame is my favorite!
My favorite is macadamia nut oil.
I love Emile Noel’s sunflower oil, that I use to make my nutritional yeast & garlic salad dressing. A passionate macadamia nut fan, I am eager to try their oil. This time of year, with everything pumpkin, the pumpkin seed oil would be fun to work with, both flavor and texture with roasting seasonal squash and maybe garlic or go the other way, with apples & pears. I am a Twitter follower.
My favorite is macadamia nut oil.
My favorite new oil would be the sunflower oil.
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sweet almond is my favorite oil to use
Ohh the toasted sesame and robust olive oils sound delicious! Thanks for the giveaway!
They all look wonderful but I choose Pumpkin as my Fav 🙂
I am all about olive oil!
The hazelnut and the macadamia nut sound good
i love olive oil! i followed via twitter @3024_jenkins
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I would love to try the Walnut or Sweet Almond oils.
I would say Mild Olive and Robust olive.
macadamia nut oil! while i’ve never tasted it and didn’t know it existed, i can almost guarantee it would be my favorite. 🙂
my first choice would be robust olive second choice macadamia nut oil
The Macadamia Nut oil would be good!
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I like the Macadamia nut oil. Second choice would be Robust Olive.
I’d love the robust olive oil as my first choice and toasted sesame as my second!
Thank you for the wonderful recipe! I am always looking for something new to add into our dinner rotation! My 1st choice of oils would be Mild Olive 2nd choice would be robust olive.
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I like making salads with walnut oil.
I started following @iwilkerson!
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My favorite type of oil to use is Sunflower. However, I would love to try the Macadamia Nut oil!
Roasted vegetables are the best – I just love them!
Since I live in Canada, I can’t enter the contest, but you’ve definitely inspired me to try flavoured oils.
I already follow you on twitter. 🙂
The pumpkin seed oil sounds amazing! They all sound delicious though, it’s hard to choose.
The salad sounds delicious. My favorite oils are macadamia and sunflower.