Maple Red Wine Vinaigrette

And why don't we come on down here and get your salad done

Mama, while you're doing that, I'm doing a butternut squash. We're going to roast some butternut squash today

This has been one of the most favorite foods at our house. Really

Jackie ate a ton of it, and Matthew loves roasted butternut squash. I didn't realize that, son

We're going to roast this off, and I'm going to put it in a salad. So I'm just going to peel it and get it cubed while you're doing that, okay

All right. I squash on this pan, Mom, with a little bit of salt and pepper and some oil. Okay

Yeah. I'm just going to put a little bit of oil on these, Mom. Yum, yum. And some salt and pepper

Mom, I got this all ready. I'm going to put it in the oven, okay? This is at 400, y'all, for about 30 minutes

Okay. I want you to do the lettuce. I'm going to mix up a jar dressing, y'all

You know, I love the jar dressings. Mom, I kind of got this from you because it's such an easy way to mix

So I'm going to start with a shallot, then I'm going to mix. What would you do without a mason jar, Jamie

I know that great has kept hers in mason jars my whole life Yes Now when he talks about great y that Aunt Peggy So Mom I going to add this shallot here to this jar Mom I going to start with Dijon mustard

About a teaspoon in there. I'm going to put one tablespoon of maple syrup

two tablespoons, Mom, of red wine. Okay. Vinegar, and three tablespoons of oil

Okay. Do you want me to put some of these in here

and I see grapes? Yeah, if you want to cut those grapes. So tell me. We're going to add the grapes, y'all, because the lettuce that we're using is just a little bit bitter, so that adds a little bit of sweetness to it

So you want these grapes just cut in two? Yes, ma'am. I've got a spring mix, and I've also got some feta cheese, and like Mama said, we're going to put roasted salted pistachios

And I love feta. That's one of Brooke's favorites. So this is a really good salad, and this dressing, I think you're going to like it

Love the spring mix. And look at the radicchio. Isn't that pretty

All right. So that looks pretty good doesn it son How your dressing I going to add a little bit of salt Okay And lastly we got our butternut squash Mom that we going to put in there

I'm going to get two towels. By George, I think he's got it

I don't need but one, but I'm just going to carry two. He don't want to hear no trash talking from his mama, y'all

We're past that. Mom, we're going to let these sit and cool just a little bit

I'm going to chop these nuts. Okay. I'm just going to rough chop these, maybe try to get them all in half

I'm like you. I love a crunchy nut in a salad. I do. Ooh, son, speaking of nuts, I think I'm going to do a few more while you're playing with your squash

I really love pistachios. And you know what? It's one of the few nuts that I like in the shell because you suck off that salt from those shells

Tastes like candy. Oh, Jamie. Isn't that so good? You didn put anything on there but a little olive oil and salt and pepper Yum Simple is always the winner We going to get the feta in here

Wow. And let's get our dressing in. Get that little black pepper

Wow, son. Well, I'm going to start plating this up a little something-something

Mmm, mmm, mmm. We wind up eating like kings and queens. Mmm

A little of that salad. Son. You know what? I have tried to reconstruct my plate, y'all

My plate now has more greens on it. Moderation. That old nasty M word

Don't you just hate that word? Mom, you said a bad word

We don't say hate. No. Every time I say, oh, gosh, I just hated to see that happen

Jack will go, Guinea, bad word. Mm-mm. Mm

That's so good