Sweet Potato Salad with Baby Spinach and Feta

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Nothing tastes fresher, happier and better than a spring salad just picked from your own garden or windowsill. Besides that, salad is a great way to increase your fruit and vegetable consumption.

Baby spinach is amazingly easy to grow, as seeds germinate in cool weather. I started mine outdoors in containers around the mid-April and 3-4 weeks later, they were ready for harvest.

The flavour of this salad sparkles with the subtle depth and bright note of acidity from Balsamic vinegar, its tartness tempered by the natural sweetness of tasty, low-calorie roasted orange sweet potatoes.

Salad	Dressing
700 g Orange sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into slices 2 tbsp Olive oil Salt and black pepper 100 g Baby spinach 1 handful Almonds, toasted and chopped 1 Small red onions, cut into thin wedges 100 g Feta, crumbled	3 tbsp Balsamic 1 tbsp Olive oil 2 tbsp Clear honey 1 tbsp Wholegrain mustard Salt and pepper

1. Preheat a grill or broiler to medium-high. Place the potato slices, 2 tbsp olive oil, salt and pepper in a bowl. Toss well. Place them in a single layer on a baking sheet, and broil until they are nicely caramelised, 5 minutes on each side. Adjust the oven to the bake setting at the temperature 180C/350F. Cook for 15 minutes until they are fork tender.
   
2. Toss baby spinach, toasted almonds, and red onions together and divide the mixture into two serving plates. Top with crumbled feta.
   
3. Whisk the balsamic, olive oil, honey and mustard together. Season well. Pile sweet potato slices on top of the salad and drizzle with the dressing.

http://schneiderchen.de | © 2011 | http://angiesrecipes.blogspot.com

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