Harvest Salad with Sweet Potato, Feta and Pumpkin Seeds
Enjoy sweet potatoes in a fresh new way with a light herb vinaigrette, tangy feta, and crunchy pumpkin seeds for delicious flavor and nutrition.
Course Appetizer, Salad, Side Dish
Recipe Type Fall, Maternal Health, Plant Centric
Recipe Set MHC
Diet Gluten Free, Vegetarian
Therapeutic Diet Gluten Free, Regular Diet
Servings 5(click to scale)
Calories 475kcal
Ingredients
For the Roasted Sweet Potato
5lbsweet potato
2Tbspolive/canola oilin mister bottle
1TbspMcCormick salt free seasoning blend
For the Lemon Thyme Vinaigrette
1 1/2Tbsplemon juice
1 1/2Tbspwhite balsamic vinegar
1 1/4tsphoney
1 1/4tspDijon mustard
1pinchground black pepper
1/3cupolive/canola oil
1/2tspchopped fresh thyme
For the Salad
7 1/2cupsarugula
1/2cupcrumbled feta cheese
2Tbsphulled pumpkin seeds
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Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375°F.
To Roast the Sweet Potato
Wash sweet potatoes and using a vegetable peeler, remove the skin from the sweet potato. Dice sweet potatoes into even cubes (about 1 inch. Lay the sweet potato cubes in a single layer on a parchment lined baking sheet. Spray with oil and sprinkle with McCormick salt free blend. Bake for 25 minutes or until tender.
For the Lemon Thyme Vinaigrette
Combine the lemon juice, balsamic, honey, Dijon, salt and pepper in the bowl. Slowly drizzle in oil whisking to emulsify. Finish with fresh thyme. Reserve cold until ready to use.
For Family Style
In large shallow bowl arrange the arugula on bottom, top with roasted pumpkin slices, sprinkle with feta and pumpkin seeds. Drizzle with vinaigrette.
For Individual Salad
Toss 1-1/2 cups arugula, with 1 cup of the roasted pumpkin slices, 1- 1/2 tablespoons feta crumbles, 1 teaspoon pumpkin seeds, and 2 tablespoons vinaigrette.
To Make Shaker Salad cup
In 16 oz. mason jars layer ingredients as follows: 1-1/2 cups arugula, 1 cup roasted pumpkin slices, 1-1/2 tablespoons feta crumbles, and 2 tablespoons vinaigrette. Cover the jars with lids and portion 1 tablespoon of salad dressing into small containers, store in refrigerator. To eat salad: Remove lids from the cup. Pour contents of the dressing container into the cup. Replace the lid to salad and shake the salad until ingredients are mixed.