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Winter Sweet Potato Salad

April 30, 2015 | Salads, Sides and Salads

Sweet potato salad

Come winter time, I love to continue to eat salads as leafy greens are in season and I believe nature has given us an abundance of them for a reason (to keep us well through the sneezing season, for more on that click here). However I always ‘warm’ them up by adding cooked vegetables, nuts, seeds and most importantly warming aromatic herbs and spices.

So I give you this Winter Potato Salad as a beautiful, nourishing addition to your winter salad list.

 

Take a look at the variations (below the main recipe) for suggestions to alter the recipe to suit many dietary requirements.

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Winter Sweet Potato Salad
Prep 15 minutes
Cook 30 minutes
Total 30 minutes
Serves: 4
 
Sweet potato salad
5 from 2 votes

One of my all time favourite salads, this Winter Sweet Potato Salad is a nourishing, filling meal. 

Ingredients
  • 60-100 g of leafy greens such as watercress (my preference), rocket or baby spinach.
  • 2 tablespoons ghee, butter or coconut oil
  • 1 tablespoon maple or rice malt syrup
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
  • Good pinch  sea salt and ground pepper, to taste
  • 1 large sweet potato, diced into approx. 1.5cm chunks (you can peel it or leave the skin on)
  • ½ cup raw almonds
  • 1 clove garlic, unpeeled
Chickpeas
  • 1 tablespoons ghee, butter or coconut oil
  • 1 x 425g can chickpeas, drained and rinsed (or 1 ½ cups  cooked chickpeas)
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon, ground
  • ½ teaspoon cumin, ground
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric, ground
  • Good pinch  sea salt, to taste
  • Zest and juice  half a lemon
Dressing
  • 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon maple or rice malt syrup
  • Flesh squeezed from the baked clove of garlic
  • Sea salt and pepper to taste
Method
  1. Preheat your oven to 180℃.
  2. In a small pot combine the ghee, butter or coconut oil, syrup, cinnamon and seasoning over a low heat unit the fat has melted and ingredients combined.
  3. Place the sweet potato, almonds and the whole garlic clove in a baking dish and pour over the above mixture, tossing to coat the sweet potato and almonds well. Arrange in a single layer and bake for 20-30 minutes until the sweet potato is just cooked through.
  4. Now prepare your chickpeas. Without rinsing the small pot, add the ghee, butter or coconut oil and heat gently to melt. Now add the chickpeas, spices and seasoning and stir over a low heat until you can start to smell the spices (just a few minutes).
  5. Remove from the heat and stir in the juice and zest. Set aside.
  6. Place you leafy greens in a serving bowl or plate.
  7. Once the potato is cooked, remove from the oven and allow to cool.
  8. Make you dressing by combining the ingredients together well.
  9. Just prior to serving, toss the dressing through the leaves to coat and top with the cooled sweet potato, almonds and chickpeas.
Variations

Nut-free

Substitute the almonds with sunflower seeds.

Legume-free

Replace the chickpeas with a cup of cooked quinoa or buckwheat.

Garlic-free

Omit the garlic, there are enough lovely flavours so you won't miss it. 

Fructose-friendly

Choose rice malt syrup as your sweetener.

Make it go further

Add a cup of cooked quinoa, diced or shredded chicken or a can of tuna.

 

I'd love to hear if you like this recipe as much as I do. Post a comment or rate this recipe (which really helps it to reach more people). 

Course: Salad

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Category: Salads, Sides and Salads Tags: chickpeas, coconutfree, cornfree, dairyfree, eggfree, familyfood, garlicfree, glutenfree, grainfree, kumera, legumefree, lowfructose, nutfree, onionfree, salad, seafoodfree, sesamefree, sidedish, soyfree, sweetpotato, vegan, vegetarian, watercress, wheatfree, yeastfree

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11 Comments

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  1. Cherrylussh says

    Looks great, but I can’t eat Chick Peas cooked like that (hummus, etc is fine). Do you have any substitute that would work equally well? Many thanks.

    May 1, 2015
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Check out the legume-free variation above, either would be great G x

      May 1, 2015
      Reply
      • Cherrylussh says

        Many thanks. … Should have read it better, sorry!

        May 1, 2015
        Reply
  2. Ilka Mills says

    I made your salad tonight with spinach and served it with BBQ marinated chicken(coconut milk, coconut oil, coriander, chilli, garlic, cumin, lime juice and rapadura sugar) . The flavours in your salad were delicious. Definitely make this again. Thank you so much Georgia.

    May 1, 2015
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Thanks for taking the time to post me feedback Ilka. I make a very similar chicken marinade and the flavours are just perfect for this salad, I’m glad you enjoyed it G x

      May 5, 2015
      Reply
  3. Jackie Tracy says

    I made this on the weekend and it was great. Had the leftovers the next day for lunch and they were amazing! Definitely worth making extra for the next day!

    May 7, 2015
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Glad you enjoyed it for dinner and lunch Jackie- Yes chickpeas are best the next day (they take on loads more flavour). Thanks for the feedback G x

      May 8, 2015
      Reply
  4. Rikki says


    OMG best looking and tasting salad I have ever made. Can’t wait to impress some guests now I’ve tried it out on hubby and got the tick of approval.

    March 20, 2018
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      This has been popular – one of my personal favourites. So glad you both enjoyed it Rikki G x

      March 25, 2018
      Reply
  5. Penny says


    I made this for the first time this week n finished it off for lunch today….so so good!!! I thought the amount of chick peas would turn me off as sometimes I find them really dry but they were really, really good in this salad! Thanks Georgia, another great recipe of yours added to my family table!

    July 12, 2018
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      You’re very welcome Penny – so glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the 5 stars too G x

      July 22, 2018
      Reply

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