This Roasted Sweet Potato Salad Recipe is a healthy side dish that is so easy to make. Throw in some quinoa, kale or black beans to make this a complete meal. This healthy sweet potato salad is vegan and naturally gluten free.
Skye gets up at 6:30 am seven days a week.
For many of you, I know that sounds like a terrible thing.
Surprisingly, I love it.
First of all, I get up so early. Very rarely is she waking me up when she gets up, because I am typically awake by 4:00 am.
By the time 6:30 rolls around, I’ve usually had some crazy veggie filled breakfast (like today’s Roasted Sweet Potato Salad Recipe), and am ready for snuggles and play time.
Also, I am grateful for how her sleep has progressed.
Although she was sleeping the night for a long while, sometime last fall she started getting up again. At first it was once, then it turned into a two or three times a night thing. Then she somehow ended up going to sleep in her bed but getting up around 1:30 am and pretty much keeping us up for the rest of the night. It wasn’t that she wasn’t sleeping after this, but that she was a restless sleeper and made it impossible to get any quality of sleep with her.
Finally, 1:30 am became 6:30 am and she was getting up for the day. So for now, it seems like our sleep troubles are over.
Happy days.
(It is funny to think that she may, in fact, be just like her mom – an “early to bed early to rise” person.)
I love knowing that my natural rhythm makes it easy for me to take care of her right now, while hubby, who stays up much later than I do, can sleep in a bit on the weekends.
Also, the time with her when most often the rest of the house is asleep, is priceless. Now that she is almost 5, she is quite the conversationalist, and it is so fun finally finding out what is going on in that little brain.
It seems like our biggest struggle in the morning is convincing her that we should wait until it is light to go outside. Some days we end up on the back porch where the only thing keeping it from being pitch black is the floodlight.
Because just like her Mom, she would prefer to be outside than inside.
Unfortunately, she hasn’t yet developed my love for vegetables, but there is still time.
Sweet Potato Salad
Every now and then we make some progress, and this Sweet Potato Salad is one that has helped.
This healthy sweet potato salad recipe is one that I’ve made countless times and it never gets old. It is fun to see the kids start to join in with my enthusiasm for it.
It holds up well in the fridge, so it is perfect for meal prep. I try to make a salad that holds up well like this one ever weekend. Because much as I love cooking, I am always tempted to reach for something unhealthy if I’m not prepared.
Are you a night owl or early bird? Did this transfer over to your kids?
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This Roasted Sweet Potato Salad Recipe is a healthy side dish that is so easy to make. Throw in some quinoa, kale or black beans to make this a complete meal. This healthy sweet potato salad is vegan and naturally gluten free.
- 4 medium sweet potatoes peeled and cut into ½ inch slices
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 6 scallions
- 1 red pepper diced
- 1/4 cup pine nuts toasted
- Dressing
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 ½ tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon chipotle chili powder
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place cubed sweet potatoes in a bowl and toss with olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast for 28 to 35 minutes, until tender. Transfer to a bowl.
- Meanwhile, whisk together dressing ingredients in a small bowl or process in a blender
- Toss sweet potatoes with scallions, red pepper and dressing. Top with pine nuts and serve warm or at room temperature.
If you Like this Roasted Sweet Potato Salad Recipe, You May Also Like:
- Chicken Broccoli Cauliflower Risotto
- Asian Quinoa Salad
- Pumpkin Quinoa Risotto
- Pesto Veggie Burgers
- Kale Waldorf Salad Recipe
Other Sweet Potato Recipes to Try:
- Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Honey Lemon Dressing from Recipe Tin Eats
- Creamy Dijon Sweet Potato Salad from Food52
Mmm sweet potatoes are my favorite.
this sounds so super yummy my daughter loves sweet potatoes will see how she loves this.
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How I wished that I had not had my last sweet potato last night. I really want to make this for breakfast with some eggs.
My other half isn’t really a salad person ( and hey neither am I ) but he does love sweet potatoes, so I am going to have to ask him if this is something he would like to try.
We are all about sweet potatoes in this house. I would love to give this a shot and see if the kids like it!
These potatoes look delicious. I love sweet potatoes and am always looking for new ways to make them. Thanks for sharing.
I’ve heard of potato salad of course but Sweet Potato – this is all brand new to me! It looks delicious and like something I would love to try!
This looks like a great recipe! I love sweet potato but typically like many enjoy them baked or in a pie. This gives another alternative to those. And 4 1/2 is such a sweet age. Our littlest will be turning 2 soon so right now our next to the youngest is the most talkative at 6yrs old.
I love sweet potatoes and I want to try these recipes. Iy seems fairly easy and looks so delicious.
I love sweet potatoes and I want to try these recipes. It seems fairly easy and looks so delicious.
I love traditional potato salad, so I would definitely love to try a sweet potato version.