Kale sweet potato salad-perfect for Sydney winter. Warm, full of flavour, an awesome Tahini dressing, with some chickpeas croutons, this is perfect 🙂 I had some Lebanese 7-spice mix, (I pestered my colleague to give me some – When I go out of stock, I ask him and he gets me small sachets full of these amazing spice mix). And, I make Kale chips all the time. First time, I used them in salads. Why didn’t I think about it all these days? I LOVED it. Guess what the dressing for this salad is ‘Tahini Dressing’. Complements the salad really well.
You need:
For the salad and chickpea croutons
- Kale-3 stalks-tear into leaves
- Sweet Potato-2 medium-cut into wedges
- Cooked Chickpeas-200 grams / Use 1 can of chickpeas-pat them dry on paper towels.
- Salt-to taste
- Olive oil-drizzle per taste (could skip this)
- Lebanese 7-spice-1 Tbsp + 1 tsp
- Rice bran oil -1.5 tsp
For the dressing
- Tahini-2 Tbsp
- Lemon juice-1 Tbsp
- Garlic cloves -2 [I roast them with chickpeas and use roasted garlic ones]
- Balsamic Vinegar-1/2 tsp
- Agave nectar-1/2 tsp
- Salt-to taste
- Water-2 Tbsp
Method:
- Preheat oven to 170 deg.
- In a pan, heat 1.5 tsp oil, add 1 Tbsp of Lebanese spice mix, let it roast on low flame for a minute. To this, add cooked/canned chickpeas, some salt and roast for one more minute.
- Transfer to one tray. Add couple of garlic cloves. Keep aside.
- In another tray, add sweet potatoes, sprinkle 1tsp of Lebanese spice on top, salt, olive oil.
- Transfer both trays into the oven and at each 12 minute mark (take garlic out now), take the chickpea tray out and shake once and back into the oven.
- Both chickpeas and sweet potatoes cook around the same time. Ensure sweet potatoes are roasted.
- Meanwhile, add all the dressing elements to a food processor and process until creamy. Set aside.
- You could add raw kale to your salad or saute them a bit, so they wilt but retain their crunch. [This is what I do: In the pan you roasted chickpeas, add kale leaves, 1 cup at a time, cover and let it steam for a minute. Transfer to a bowl. Repeat for all kale leaves. They turn beautiful lush green when done]
- Toss them all together in a bowl and serve warm.
Taking them to FF#69
Kale sweet potato salad
Kale sweet potato salad
Ingredients
- Kale-3 stalks-tear into leaves
- Sweet Potato-2 medium-cut into wedges
- Cooked Chickpeas-200 grams / Use 1 can of chickpeas-pat them dry on paper towels.
- Salt-to taste
- Olive oil-drizzle per taste (could skip this)
- Lebanese 7-spice-1 Tbsp + 1 tsp
- Rice bran oil -1.5 tsp
For the salad:
- Tahini-2 Tbsp
- Lemon juice-1 Tbsp
- Garlic cloves -2
- Balsamic Vinegar-1/2 tsp
- Agave nectar-1/2 tsp
- Salt-to taste
- Water-2 Tbsp
For the dressing:
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 170 deg.
- In a pan, heat 1.5 tsp oil, add 1 Tbsp of Lebanese spice mix, let it roast on low flame for a minute. To this, add cooked/canned chickpeas, some salt and roast for one more minute.
- Transfer to one tray. Add couple of garlic cloves. Keep aside.
- In another tray, add sweet potatoes, sprinkle 1tsp of Lebanese spice on top, salt, olive oil.
- Transfer both trays into the oven and at each 12 minute mark (take garlic out now), take the chickpea tray out and shake once and back into the oven.
- Both chickpeas and sweet potatoes cook around the same time. Ensure sweet potatoes are roasted.
- Meanwhile, add all the dressing elements to a food processor and process until creamy. Set aside.
- You could add raw kale to your salad or saute them a bit, so they wilt but retain their crunch. [This is what I do: In the pan you roasted chickpeas, add kale leaves, 1 cup at a time, cover and let it steam for a minute. Transfer to a bowl. Repeat for all kale leaves. They turn beautiful lush green when done]
- Toss them together in a bowl and serve warm
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Colorful and yummy salad:-)
Thanks Vidz <3
What a healthy and colorful salad! Never thought of chickpeas as “croutons” but what a great ingredient to add. Happy Fiesta Friday #69 🙂
This is such a hearty meal, and features some of my favorite ingredients- kale and sweet potatoes. Thank you so much for sharing! Happy FF, and have a fabulous weekend! 🙂
Thanks for passing by Kaila 🙂
I love sweet potato but don’t fancy that kale…perhaps this will convince me to fall in love with kale as with the rest of the world right now! Thank you for the inspiration and happy FF! Thanks for joining us this week!
Thanks Cynthia <3 Hope you fall in love with Kale
Colourful and healthy salad….
Thanks Chitz <3
Healthy and delicious- so perfect! Happy FF. 🙂 xx
This is such a hearty salad. Chickpeas are my favorite way of adding crunch too 🙂 BTW Happy FF!