Name: Roasted sweet potato salad with feta
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 3 medium sweet potatoes (cut into 1 centimeter cubes); 3 cups baby spinach (or any leafy greens); ¼ cup walnuts; ¼ cup feta cheese (crumbled); ¼ cup olive oil; 1 tbsp Mediterranean dried herbs; 1 tbsp chili flakes; 1 tsp sea salt

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How can you say no to a salad that looks this good and tastes even more amazing! Technically this roasted sweet potato salad with feta is a fall recipe, but I love it so much that I can have it all year round. This delicious salad gives an enjoyable mouthfeel with the array of textures that it has. The freshness from the baby spinach, the soft and roasted sweet potatoes, the melt-in-the-mouth feta and the crunch from the walnuts! And because all these elements come together so seamlessly to create such deliciousness, that you won’t need an epic salad dressing. That is why while I have seasoned and spiced the sweet potatoes well, I’ve left the spinach as is.

On another note, you could use other leafy greens too. Lettuce, rocket leaves, arugula, watercress also work very well. They all will also add freshness and crunch in the salad. Likewise, you could also add cucumbers, red onions etc in it. However, I have kept my roasted sweet potato salad very basic. I do, vary it time to time, but this one is more or less my base. So, you could also build it up from here. You also need to be mindful of the fact that feta cheese is already salted. So, that’s another reason why I do not season my baby spinach leaves. In fact, what I do is, toss them around in the mixing bowl in which I coat the sweet potatoes with spices. And just that much is enough. When you are going to have the salad finally, the cheese, the spinach, the nuts and the potatoes will come together perfectly.

Roasting the sweet potatoes

My roasted sweet potato salad with feta, does not fall under the quick meals category, sadly! That is because, even though it is very easy to put together, these veggies take time to cook. You will need to give them about 30-40 minutes to roast completely. And it is actually not very easy. The sweet potatoes while roasting will already start smelling so good that you wouldn’t have the patience to wait. But don’t worry, that will be all the waiting that you will need to do. Because, thereafter it is only about mixing the salad dressing together and building the salad.

I have used some Mediterranean dried herbs to flavour the sweet potatoes. However, you could use even Italian mixed and dried herbs, or even simply rubbing them with salt and chilli flakes will be good enough. The point is, you could flavour the roasted potatoes with your choice of herbs/spices. It is that versatile a salad recipe. In fact, in place of the walnuts you could also add pistachios, pine nuts and/or even peanuts. Moreover, to make this vegan you could do away with the cheese as well. No matter what variation you give this salad, it is going to taste yummy. That is the magic that roasted sweet potatoes brings to the table.

Serving suggestions

Keep your baby spinach, walnuts and cheese ready. Once your sweet potatoes are roasted, layer them and serve. This salad tastes great with the potatoes warm as well as at room temperature. You can serve them along side a roast or simply as a meal. I love this salad when I am busy to whip up a full meal or I wish to eat something light. Additionally, even though light on the tummy this will fill you up, very well.

So, no matter what season, if you have some sweet potatoes make this salad right away. And if you don’t have some, please get them and make it. This salad is so good that you need to make it real soon to know what I am talking about. Also, when you make this one, I’d love to see how it turned out for you. You could share your pictures with me on Instagram and also drop a line with your feedback in the comments section below.

Eat hearty!