Company worthy salads are one of my favorite recipes to bring to potlucks. Some of our favorites include: Pear Salad, Apple Salad, Fall Salad, Beet Salad, Mandarin Orange Salad and Roasted Butternut Squash Salad.
WATCH: How to Make Sweet Potato Salad
Sweet Potato Salad Ingredients
In this easy fall salad recipe, sweet potatoes are roasted until tender, then combined with arugula, caramelized pecans, goat cheese and apples, then drizzled with homemade Orange Pomegranate Vinaigrette. It will look like a lot of ingredients, but most of them are just tossed together, so it’s very straightforward to make.
Let’s take a closer look at what you’ll need to make this Sweet Potato Salad recipe (full measurements in the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post):
For the Roasted Sweet Potatoes:
For the Salad:
For the Sweet Potato Salad Dressing
How to Make Sweet Potato Salad
This Sweet Potato Salad recipe is easy to prepare! While the sweet potatoes are roasting, begin chopping the salad ingredients and caramelizing the nuts, then, toss everything together when the sweet potatoes come out of the oven.
Step 1: Make the vinaigrette. Whisk all of the ingredients together in a bowl, or shake in a jar. Step 2: Roast the sweet potatoes. Toss the cubed potatoes with olive oil, maple syrup and spices, then roast until the sweet potatoes are tender, about 25 minutes. Step 3: Caramelize the Nuts. Stir the nuts, sugar, and butter together in a nonstick skillet until the sugar melts and completely coats the nuts, about 5 minutes, then turn out onto parchment paper. Chop the nuts once cooled. Step 4: Serve. Toss all of the salad ingredients together in a large bowl, including the roasted sweet potatoes. If serving right away and you don’t expect leftovers, drizzle the salad with the desired amount of dressing and toss to combine. If you expect leftovers, serve dressing on the side.
This Sweet Potato Salad makes a superb addition to all your holiday festivities! Serve it with Herb Butter Turkey, Brown Sugar Glazed Ham, Honey Baked Ham, Garlic Herb Butter Pork Tenderloin, Pot Roast, Beef Tips and Gravy, or Slow Cooker Honey Balsamic Roast Beef. It also is wonderful with practically EVERYTHING else that graces your table from Garlic Butter Salmon, to Chicken Divan, to Bolognese, to Crockpot Chili to Million Dollar Mac & Cheese to Oven Fried Chicken.
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