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    Home » Recipes » Vegetarian Recipes

    Winter Sweet Potato Salad with Blood Orange Vinaigrette

    Published: Jan 27, 2013 · Modified: Feb 1, 2023 by Samantha Ferraro · This post may contain affiliate links · 7 Comments

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    A hearty winter roasted sweet potato salad with roasted tomatoes, onions and blue cheese dressed in a gorgeous blood orange vinaigrette.

    Winter Sweet Potato Salad with Blood Orange Vinaigrette via LittleFerraroKitchen.com

    I've had warm/cold salads before at restaurants and I absolutely love them. Not only are the temperatures different, obviously, but roasting and grilling changes the texture and concentrates the flavors of ingredients. I had 1 sweet potato leftover and a half box of gorgeous sweet cherry tomatoes as well as a bag of winter greens mix from a Bloggy party I went to that I've been dieing to use. I've never seen a salad bag with so much variety. It had kale, mustard greens, beet greens and some other stuff too. Not only did i get a bag of these greens, but met the people from Cut n Greens as well. They told us about their kale farm and I'm actually hoping to visit there one day...wouldn't that be great?

    Winter Sweet Potato Salad with Blood Orange Vinaigrette via LittleFerraroKitchen.com

    These greens were amazing. They were crisp and hearty and I loved feeling the different textures. To keep with the winter theme, I also had some blood oranges which are perfectly in season now and made a simple, homemade blood orange vinaigrette.

    The combination of the sweet-citrus vinaigrette was perfect for the hearty greens. The sweet potatoes and cherry tomatoes caramelized and I couldn't stop snacking on them before making the salad. Seriously...just awesome. I added a touch of blue cheese, which is salty and cut through the sweetness.

    Method:

    1) On a foil lined baking sheet, add sweet potatoes, onions and cherry tomatoes. Toss with a good drizzle of olive oil and salt and pepper. Roast at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes until everything begins to caramelize.

    2) To make the vinaigrette, add all ingredients to a mason jar and shake for a few seconds.

    3) Toss 2Tb of vinaigrette with the salad greens in a bowl and place on plate. Top with roasted sweet potatoes, cherry tomatoes and onions. * Store leftover vinaigrette in a small container and store in fridge. You will have extra.

    4) Top salad with crumbled blue cheese.

    *You can opt out of this if you want the salad vegan.

    Winter Sweet Potato Salad with Blood Orange Vinaigrette

    Samantha Ferraro

    LittleFerraroKitchen.com

    A hearty winter roasted sweet potato salad with roasted tomatoes, onions and blue cheese dressed in a gorgeous blood orange vinaigrette.
    5 from 10 votes
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 40 minutes mins
    Total Time 50 minutes mins
    Course Salad
    Cuisine American
    Servings 2 servings
    Calories 508 kcal

    Ingredients
     
     

    Salad

    • 2 cups winter greens mix kale, mustard greens, spinach, beet greens
    • 1 sweet potato peeled and cut into 1 in cubes
    • ¼ onion sliced
    • ½ lb cherry tomatoes
    • 1 oz blue cheese crumbled
    • Salt and pepper to taste
    • Olive oil for drizzling

    Blood Orange Vinaigrette

    • 1 blood orange juiced
    • 2 tangerines or 1 orange, juiced and zest
    • ¼ cup olive oil
    • 1 Tb Dijon mustard
    • 1 Tb honey
    • 2 Tb rice wine vinegar
    • Salt and pepper to taste
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    Instructions
     

    • On a foil lined baking sheet, add sweet potatoes, onions and cherry tomatoes. Toss with a good drizzle of olive oil and salt and pepper. Roast at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 minutes until everything begins to caramelize.
    • To make the vinaigrette, add all ingredients to a mason jar and shake for a few seconds.
    • Toss 2Tb of vinaigrette with the salad greens in a bowl and place on plate. Top with roasted sweet potatoes, cherry tomatoes and onions.
    • * Store leftover vinaigrette in a small container and store in fridge. You will have extra.
    • Top salad with crumbled blue cheese.
    • *You can opt out of this if you want the salad vegan.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 508kcalCarbohydrates: 51gProtein: 8gFat: 32gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 21gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 335mgPotassium: 933mgFiber: 7gSugar: 27gVitamin A: 19411IUVitamin C: 76mgCalcium: 219mgIron: 2mg
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    1. Nancy @ gottagetbaked says

      February 05, 2013 at 2:10 pm

      5 stars
      I love everything in this salad (except the blue cheese - I know, blasphemy! I totally deserve your disdain). Sweet potatoes are so yummy and nutritious.

      Reply
    2. Rachael says

      February 03, 2013 at 7:40 am

      5 stars
      Wow! This salad really calls you from across the page, doesn't it? I love those hearty salads and the mix of sweet potato, blue cheese, and onion really says my name. Thanks for the cravings! 😉

      Reply
    3. sunithi says

      January 27, 2013 at 11:46 am

      5 stars
      Yumm Sam, I am making this ! Looks & sounds so appealing. I just need to get blood oranges though. Maybe I can use grapefruit. Have lots of that !

      Reply
    4. adam @unorthodoxepicure says

      January 27, 2013 at 9:09 am

      5 stars
      Beautiful!

      Reply
    5. Judith in Ottawa says

      January 27, 2013 at 7:59 am

      5 stars
      No sweet potato in the recipe ingredients?

      Reply
      • Samantha says

        January 27, 2013 at 8:11 am

        My apologies, Judith. I just noticed that as well. I added it..should be 1 sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1in cubes.

        Reply
    6. Liz @ The Lemon Bowl says

      January 27, 2013 at 5:23 am

      5 stars
      Gorgeous recipe!

      Reply

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