Roasted Acorn Squash & Pear Quinoa Salad

• 1 cupquinoa
• 1½ cupsboiling water
• 1medium acorn squash
• 1Bosc pear
• 2 tbspolive oil
• —Salt
• —Fresh cracked black pepper
• ¼ tspcinnamon
• ¼ tspground ginger
• ¼ cupdried cranberries
• ¼ cupchopped pecans — or walnuts or slivered almonds
• ⅓ cupgoat cheese — crumbled
• 1 cuparugula

For Vinaigrette

• ¼ cupolive oil
• 1 tbspapple cider vinegar
• ¼ tspvanilla extract
• ⅛ tspcinnamon
• —salt