This Sweet Potato Chickpea Salad makes a deliciously healthy side dish or fabulous vegetarian main course salad.
When things get crazy around our house, it can be easy to let sitting down for dinner together as a family slide. With kids activities and work obligations, I have been guilty of this myself.
One of my goals for the New Year is to make sure that we sit down together as a family for dinner every night. I love the time to connect with the kids device-free. In my opinion, it is one of the best ways to stay in touch with what is going on with them.
As it turns out, my desire for family meal time is supported by research.
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Studies indicate that children who have regular family meals not only have healthier diets but they also do better in school.
It is good for the grown ups too! Adults with demanding jobs feel less stress when they eat with their families. (And I don’t know about you, but I need all of the help managing stress that I can get.)
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Although the cookbook doesn’t cater to dietary restrictions, I didn’t feel like there was anything there that couldn’t be easily adjusted. It is always easy to sub-in gluten free pasta or breadcrumbs. It is also easy to choose organics if you choose. (That is the best thing about cooking at home!)
It was hard to decide which recipe to try, but I settled on this Sweet Potato Chickpea Salad. It was so easy to make, but the flavors were spot-on. I used it as a side dish, but I would be happy to have it for lunch or dinner by itself too!
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Recipe reprinted from Taste of Home with permission. You can see the original recipe here.
Sweet Potato & Chickpea Salad
Ingredients
- 2 medium sweet potatoes about 1 lb., peeled and cubed
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 1/2 cups cooked garbanzo beans or chickpeas 1 can
- Dressing
- 2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
- 4 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Salad
- 4 cups spring mix salad greens
- 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine the sweet potatoes, oil, salt and pepper; toss to coat. Transfer to a 15x10x1-in baking pan coated with cooking spray. Roast at 425 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until tender, stirring once.
- In a large bowl, combine the garbanzo beans and sweet potatoes. In a small bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients. Add to the sweet potato mixture, toss to coat. Serve over salad greens, top with cheese.
Jeanette
January 11, 2017 at 4:40 PMThat looks absolutely delicious! I have been trying to find new healthy ways to eat a salad. Sometimes you just want to couple different ways of eating a salad then just your regular old way. This looks amazing.
Wendy Polisi
July 12, 2017 at 9:02 PMI agree! I am all about variety with salads!
Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle
January 11, 2017 at 6:30 PMThat looks so good! Chickpea and sweet potato are regular super foods, and I love the way they taste. I really need to give this a try.
Paula Schuck
January 11, 2017 at 6:53 PMThat sounds really yummy! I love sweet potato, and I can see how that flavor would pair really well with the earthiness of chickpeas. Thanks for sharing this one!
WhispersInspire
January 11, 2017 at 7:26 PMThis looks so good! We love chick peas in this house, we are gonna give this a go.
Eloise Maoudj Riley
January 11, 2017 at 9:09 PMWell that looks like a delicious salad to have for a lunch some day soon : ) thanks for the idea, yum!
Eileen @ YesMissy
January 11, 2017 at 9:11 PMThis look like a delicious and healthy meal. I love chickpeas but I never though to have them with sweet potatoes.
WithOurBest
January 11, 2017 at 11:29 PMYum! I want to make this without the feta! I can have everything else on the list!
Wildish Jess
January 11, 2017 at 11:47 PMMy husband isn’t big on salads but I bet he’d try this. He loves sweet potatoes!
My teen guide
January 12, 2017 at 3:42 AMOh my goodness this is really looks good. Its tempting and fantastic.
Esme Sy
January 12, 2017 at 9:19 AMThe salad looks amazing. I love chick peas and sweet potatoes. I have to give this a try.
Run For Life
January 12, 2017 at 4:38 PMYum, this salad sounds delicious. I haven’t had chick peas yet so I don’t know if I would like them. I love sweet potatoes though.
Shannon Graham
January 13, 2017 at 1:50 AMI would substitute the potatoes for cauliflower and I would be set. Love chickpeas on my salad!
Lisa Marie Heath
January 13, 2017 at 4:51 AMWhat! I have never thought to add sweet potato to a salad! That sounds delicious
chubskulit
January 13, 2017 at 1:12 PMI love sweet potato and chick peas so I would sure enjoy this salad. I will try to make this, thank you!
Lynn Dee
January 13, 2017 at 2:08 PMThat looks and sounds super delicious! I love sweet potatoes, but haven’t tried mixing them with chickpeas. Going to make this soon!
Tessa Lynn
January 14, 2017 at 6:42 AMI just completely flipped my eating lifestyle to become very healthy and this recipe (along with a lot of others I’m seeing) is right up my alley! Pinning this.