Have you ever been at a restaurant and ordered what they deemed to be a “salad” but turned out to be a few pieces of limp lettuce, tomato and if you were lucky ONE slice of cucumber? Yeh - I’m not about that. Life is too short for boring salads! And if there’s one thing that has made me thoroughly enjoy eating salads over the years it’s combining my favourite foods in a bowl and calling it a salad. Like this Roasted Sweet Potato and Feta Salad. It’s a salad I can really get behind. Filled with ingredients that are not only good for you but also taste great and fill you up. Trust me - you won’t be starving in an hour after eating a bowl of this. There are so many delicious elements to this salad. Some highlights for me are:
The Light and Zesty Honey Lemon Vinaigrette.The Crumbled Salty and Tangy Feta Cheese.The Caramelised and Crispy Red Onion Wedges.The Crunchy Almond Bits.The Combination of Sweet Potato and Avocado. These two are made for each other.
Yep - you need this salad in your life.
🥘 INGREDIENTS
Sweet PotatoOlive OilAvocadoFeta CheeseRed OnionAlmondsSpinachHoneyLemonExtra Virgin Olive Oil
SUBSTITUTION SUGGESTIONS AND NOTES
Greens: I’ve used spinach in this recipe, but I’ve also made it with a mixed lettuce leaf blend and it tasted great too. Feel free to make it with your favourite green. Oil: I use two different types of oil in this recipe - Olive Oil and Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO). I generally use Olive Oil for roasting and EVOO for dressings. EVOO has a lower smoke point and I find it generally has a nicer and lighter taste, which is why I save it for dressings. Nuts: I almost always have almonds in my cupboard, and find they are the perfect versatile crunch in salads. Having said that, so many nuts would work well in this recipe. If you don’t have almonds on hand (or just don’t like them), try pine nuts, walnuts or pecans instead. Dressing: I’ve made a simple honey lemon vinaigrette for the dressing. If honey isn’t your thing, you can substitute for maple syrup or brown rice / rice malt syrup OR simply omit altogether if you don’t want a sweetener.
💭 CAN I MAKE THIS SALAD AHEAD?
Roasted vegetable salads do take a little longer to prepare than those made with more traditional salad ingredients, but there are a few ways to plan ahead to cut down prep time on the day and make this an easy work lunch. You can roast a few sweet potatoes at the start of the week and use these to make up the salad each day as you go. This is a great option if you want to have this salad as a quick weeknight dinner. It’ll be on the table in 5 minutes. Roasted sweet potato will last in the fridge in an airtight container for 5 days. OR you can prep the salad minus the dressing, nuts and avocado and portion out for a day or two. Then when the time comes simply add in some chopped avocado and dressing. I don’t recommend prepping salads too far in advance, as I find the ingredients don’t tend to hold up that well. But prepping this for a work lunch the night before is absolutely fine.
🥗 MORE SCRUMPTIOUS SALAD RECIPES:
Roast Pumpkin, Spinach and Feta SaladMiddle Eastern Bean SaladCabbage and Crunchy Noodle SaladCrunchy Kale Salad with Lemon Tamari DressingRoast Pumpkin and Chickpea Salad35 Easy and Yummy Salad RecipesOR see all Salad Recipes
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Updated: January 7, 2019
