Roasted Sweet Potato Salad
Cold roasted sweet potato salad with pomegranate arils and sunflower seeds with easy to make homemade dressing. This sweet potato salad will be your favorite lunch.
Are you tired of the same old boring salad options? Look no further! Introducing: Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with lettuce, pomegranate, and sunflower seeds. This vibrant dish combines the earthy sweetness of roasted sweet potatoes with the refreshing crunch of lettuce, complemented by bursts of juicy pomegranate arils and nutty sunflower seeds. And as if that wasn’t enough to entice your palate, it is topped off with a luscious honey and Dijon mustard dressing that adds a perfect balance of tanginess and sweet indulgence. Get ready to revolutionize your salad game with this extraordinary creation!
Quick and easy to make for lunch lettuce salad with baked sweet potato cubes, pomegranate and sunflower seeds. Topped with honey and dijon mustard dressing made with only 5 ingredients.
Roasted Sweet Potato Salad Recipe
Texture: crunchy.
Taste: sour/sweet with mustard flavor.
Simplicity: easy to make, bake sweet potato & make the dressing.
Meal Type: brunch, salads, lunch.
Ingredients Needed
- Sweet Potato – peeled, cubed and roasted.
- Oil – olive oil is needed for roasting cubed sweet potato.
- Lettuce – fresh lettuce.
- Pomegranate Arils – to add extra crunchiness to salad.
- Sunflower Seeds – add extra nutrients to the salad.
How to Make the Dressing
- Dijon Mustard – this mustard will add spicy flavor.
- Olive Oil – extra virgin or any other type of olive oil.
- Apple Cider Vinegar – to add a little sour flavor.
- Honey – liquid honey to make the dressing sweet.
- Salt – any salt can be used: Himalayan, sea salt or regular table salt.
Make the dressing in a small bowl by mixing dijon mustard, apple cider vinegar, oil, honey and salt.
How to make Sweet Potato Salad
- (Full recipe and video below). Gather all ingredients: sweet potato, pomegranate seeds, lettuce, sunflower seeds, dijon mustard, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, honey and salt.
- Peel and dice sweet potato, mix with oil, lay on baking sheet.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes at 350 F.
Roasted Sweet Potato Salad Tips
- After roasting the potatoes, it’s essential to let them cool completely before incorporating them into the salad. This precaution is particularly important when combining them with fresh lettuce, as you wouldn’t want to introduce hot cubed potatoes to crisp, delicate lettuce.
- (For the dressing, you have two options): In a Jar:
- Combine all dressing ingredients in a jar.
- Seal the jar tightly with the lid and shake it vigorously to ensure thorough mixing.
- or In a Small Bowl:
- In case you prefer using a bowl:
- Add Dijon mustard, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, honey, and salt to the bowl.
- Utilize a spoon to blend all the ingredients together until a well-combined dressing is achieved.
- In case you prefer using a bowl:
- Additionally, if you opt not to make the dressing from scratch, you have the convenience of using store-bought varieties like Italian, Balsamic, Honey Mustard, etc. This provides a time-saving alternative without compromising flavor.
Salad Faq’s
What are good toppings for sweet potato salad? You can add crispy onions, nuts or fruits like strawberries or blueberries. Feel free to mix and match these toppings based on your taste preferences, creating a sweet potato salad that’s not only flavorful but visually appealing as well.
Do you eat the skin of sweet potatoes? Yes, it’s okay to eat sweet potato skin, and you do not have to peel them before roasting. However, for this recipe, we are peeling the skin off, but it is not necessary.
What is honey mustard dressing made of? You can make the dressing with few simple ingredients but main ingredients are: mustard and honey, add oil as a base, then add a little bit of apple cider vinegar to add additional flavor and salt.
Other Salads
- No Mayo Easy Broccoli Salad
- Cucumber Watermelon Feta Salad
- Quick Dill Creamy Cucumber Salad
- Sunflower Seeds Pomegranate Salad
- Corn and Kale Salad
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Roasted Sweet Potato Salad
Ingredients
Salad
- 1 sweet potato peeled & cubed
- 1 tsp. oil
- 3 cups lettuce chopped
- 1/2 cup pomegranate arils
- 3 Tbsp. sunflower seeds
Dressing
- 3 Tbsp. dijon mustard
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. honey
- 1/8 tsp. salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 360 F, prepare baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place cubed sweet potato on baking sheet, add oil and mix it.1 sweet potato, 1 tsp. oil
- Bake for 15-20 minutes until sweet potato is soft, cool off before adding to the salad.
- Arrange salad in a large bowl: add lettuce, sweet potato, pomegranate arils and sunflower seeds, set aside.3 cups lettuce, 1/2 cup pomegranate arils, 3 Tbsp. sunflower seeds
- Make dressing in a small bowl or jar, add: dijon mustard, olive oil, apple cider vinegar, honey and salt, mix it.3 Tbsp. dijon mustard, 2 Tbsp. olive oil, 1 1/2 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar, 1 1/2 Tbsp. honey, 1/8 tsp. salt
- Add dressing to the salad, toss it.
Video
Notes
- After roasting the potatoes, it’s essential to let them cool completely before incorporating them into the salad. This precaution is particularly important when combining them with fresh lettuce, as you wouldn’t want to introduce hot cubed potatoes to crisp, delicate lettuce.
- Mix dressing in jar or small bowl, to do it in a jar add all ingredients, close tightly with the top and shake it. If you want to use a small bowl, add dijon mustard, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, honey and salt to the bowl, you can use a spoon to mix all ingredients together until well combined.
- Additionally, if you opt not to make the dressing from scratch, you have the convenience of using store-bought varieties like Italian, Balsamic, Honey Mustard, etc. This provides a time-saving alternative without compromising flavor.
