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Sweet Potato Grape Salad with Goats Cheese

Sweet Potato Grape Salad


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5 from 32 reviews

  • Author: Sonja Goeden
  • Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Diet: Low Calorie

Description

A colourful, fibre packed bowl full of autumn flavours, this salad is a fantastic way to get all of your 5-a-day and then some in one delicious meal. Perfect to surprise your family and friends with a beautiful meal, all while staying on path to weight loss. If you want to.

Don’t let the long instructions scare you. Most work is done by the oven, after a tiny bit of chopping and seasoning.


Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 2 cups grapes
  • 4 cooked beets (cut into 1in/ 2cm pieces.)
  • 1 sweet potato (large. Cut into 1in/2cm pieces.)
  • 1 can chickpeas (drained.)
  • 1 pack goat's cheese
  • 2 romaine lettuce (chopped or ripped into bite sized pieces.)
  • 1/2 sweetheart cabbage (or white cabbage. Chopped or ripped into bite sized pieces.)
  • 1/2 cucumber (cubed.)
  • 2 tbsp olive oil (for roasting)
  • 1 tbsp Za’atar
  • 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 orange (Juice and zest )
  • 4 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Orange Thyme Tahini Dressing

  • 1/3 cup Tahini
  • 2 tbsp Balsamic vinegar
  • 2 tsp honey
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1 tbsp Fresh Thyme chopped. Or Za'atar
  • 1 Orange (Juice and zest)
  • 1/2 lemon (juiced)
  • Salt and Pepper ( to taste)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).

Thyme Roasted Grapes:

  1. In a bowl, combine the grapes, thyme, 1 tsp olive oil, salt, and pepper. Toss to coat the grapes evenly.
  2. Spread the grapes on a baking sheet and roast in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes, or until the grapes are slightly softened and caramelized. Set aside.
  3. I had mine in the oven for a little longer, so they basically fell apart. They were just as delicious though and the juices mix perfectly with the dressing.

Za’atar Chickpeas:

  1. Rinse the chickpeas. Pat them dry using a clean kitchen towel.
  2. In a bowl add 1 tbsp olive oil, sprinkle the Za’atar, salt, and pepper over the chickpeas. Toss to coat evenly and spread on a parchment covered baking sheet.
  3. Bake for 20-30min, turning them every 10 minutes, until crispy.
  4. Remove from the oven to cool.

Thyme Roasted Sweet Potatoes:

  1. In a bowl, toss the sweet potato cubes with thyme, 1 tbsp olive oil, salt, and pepper until evenly coated.
  2. Spread the sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and roast in the preheated oven for about 20-25 minutes, turning them or until they are golden brown and tender. Set aside.
  3. If some of your pieces are smaller (always the case for me, considering plants aren’t square), you may want to take those out earlier, so they don’t burn.

Balsamic Thyme Marinated Beets:

  1. In a bowl the fits the beets, whisk together the Balsamic vinegar, orange juice and zest, chopped thyme, salt, and pepper.
  2. Add the beets to the bowl and toss gently to coat. Allow the beets to marinate for at least 30 minutes to enhance the flavours.

Salad Assembly:

  1. Add the romaine lettuce and cabbage to a large bowl. Drizzle over part of the dressing and toss until every leaf is coated.
  2. Top with the cucumber, marinated beets, thyme roasted grapes, Za’atar chickpeas, and thyme roasted sweet potatoes.
  3. Crumble over the goat’s cheese.
  4. Drizzle a little more of the Orange Thyme Honey Tahini Sauce over the salad and serve the rest on the side.

Notes

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The 4 portions given here are, as with pretty much all my large salads, thought as a very filling main meal, which I used to lose weight. In “normal” portions this would probably be more 6. Or more as a side dish. But then…this salad is far to addictive to be a side. 

If you are like me and like to food prep, keep all the ingredients in separate glass containers with lids in the fridge. This way they will keep for several days, and you can throw together a bowl of salad whenever you are hungry.
Personally I tend to crisp up the sweet potatoes and chickpeas quickly in the air fryer before adding them.

A note on Olive Oil: I use a pump spray bottle that I fill with my favourite olive oil, so I use less oil. In which case you can disregard the below measures and just spray the vegetables until you feel they are evenly coated, while tossing them a few times.

  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour
  • Category: Main Course, Salad
  • Method: Roast
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Calories: 418
  • Sugar: 35
  • Sodium: 132
  • Fat: 18
  • Saturated Fat: 3
  • Carbohydrates: 61
  • Fiber: 12
  • Protein: 9
  • Cholesterol: 0.1