Tuesday, October 28, 2008

VeganMoFo – Roasted Sweet Potato Salad

Instead of the usual sweet potato fries to go with my Monster Burger for Halloween dinner, I made a Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette. This is so yummy and reminds me a little of a salad recipe Bryanna posted during Canadian Thanksgiving. My recipe is certainly very adaptable and would be a great Thanksgiving or Christmas salad as well.



Roasted Sweet Potato Salad

Ingredients:
1 medium sweet potato, peeled and diced
1/2 t. salt, kosher or sea salt
1/2 t. black pepper
1 T. olive oil
3 ounces fresh baby spinach
2 T. chopped purple onion
1 T. chopped green onion
2 T. dried cranberries
¼ cup Apple Cider Vinaigrette (recipe below)

Directions:
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Toss sweet potatoes with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Spread on baking and sheet and bake for 20 minutes or until fork tender. Set aside to cool.

In a medium bowl, toss together the sweet potatoes, spinach, onions, cranberries, and vinaigrette. Serve extra dressing on the side.

Apple Cider Vinaigrette
(inspired by Taste of the South)

Whisk together:
¼ cup olive oil
¼ cup apple cider
1 T. apple cider vinegar
2 teaspoons agave nectar
1 t. dried thyme
1 t. minced green onion
S&P to taste

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A couple of notes:
I posted some snacks awhile back and mentioned the Cherry Pie Oohmega Bar.


It’s very very good and I can’t wait to try some other flavors.

I really do love Celine’s Pumpkin Bread. I have three huge buns left over. How awesome would it be if you toasted it, then used it for Hannah’s Pumpkin Bread Pudding??!!! If you haven't seen Hannah's recipe, go look now!

I’m so tired from my workout tonight, but 3 more posts and I will have posted EVERY DAY of MoFo! It was nice to see that the ppk blog noted this along with a picture of my Halloween Black Bean Soup, as well as an entrée from River and cookies from Shellyfish, on Isa’s Halloween Roundup.

3-2-1.....

17 comments:

River (Wing-It Vegan) said...

YAY for being on the PPK blog!! It's so very exciting! You are a true MoFo hero for not missing one single MoFo day!
Your salads are the best! You really are the salad queen!

Anonymous said...

I'm not surprised your recipes were featured on the ppk blog! you truly did an amazing job for VeMoFo. well, you actually always do an amazing job, but you know what I mean.

Anonymous said...

I so wanted to start with pumpkin bread to make that pudding, too! I just ran out of time, and then that stale bread came my way... But if I ever got enough time, I'd love to try that idea.

Sheree' said...

I love sweet potatoes. This is dinner on Saturday!

A.M. said...

The salad looks yummy. And you totally deserve Isa's shout-out!

LizNoVeggieGirl said...

Love salad; HELL YES for the PPK shout-out!!

Anonymous said...

Congrats on both counts--every day posting and the PPK mention! This salad is stunning--just look at those colors! I love pairing the sweet potato with the raw greens and other goodies. Thanksgiving has passed over here, but I think I'll make this anyway! :)

Meg Wolff said...

Your salad recipe entices me! I love the addition of cranberries to any dish. Preferably organic and apple juice sweetened.

jessy said...

cranberries & sweet potatoes sound like a wonderful combination! and the dressing sounds just perfect! hooray for posting every day for MoFo - that's so awesome, and i'm right there with ya! it's fuuuun, but it gets a little challenging! wheeeeeeeeeeeee! glad the oohmega bar was tasty! hooray!

Bex said...

mmmm cranberries. That is one gorgeous salad.

Anonymous said...

I wish I could get baby spinach. The salad is a real beauty!

bazu said...

oh that looks SO good! I've been craving sweet potatoes like mad lately- I'm going to search for some!

Lisa (Show Me Vegan) said...

the colors in this salad are so pretty, and I like the contrast of fresh and cooked.

allularpunk said...

i never would have thought of sweet potatoes on a salad! this looks yummy :)

Jenni (aka Vegyogini) said...

I absolutely love sweet potatoes! What a great side for your burger. I know Chase is going to rock that Halloween show!

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