Warm Greens, Sweet Potato & Cherry Tomatoes Salad – #WOYP?

Mike has Type 2 Diabetes and we both have diagnosed high Cholesterol so it is imperative that we try to maintain a healthy diet to control our health issues. However, eating healthy can become mundane and then it becomes more difficult not to ‘fall off the healthy eating wagon’.

I was making a roast chicken in the air fryer which I shared last month for #WOYP? and wanted a tasty but healthy side dish. After researching several recipes for ideas, I came up with my own recipe and it is one I will definitely make again. It is nutritious yet delicious and Mike gave it a thumbs up.

It wasn’t too difficult to make which is always a bonus in my book.

Warm Greens, Sweet Potato and Cherry Tomatoes Salad with Mustard Dressing

Ingredients

I’m a rustic cook that doesn’t really measure, unless I’m baking, so I’ve approximated amounts and times in the recipe for you.

• Bunch of Broccolini
• Baby Spinach – a couple of handfuls
• Sweet Potato
• Cherry Tomatoes
• Red Onion
• Wholegrain Mustard – to taste I used a heaped teaspoon
• Lemon Juice – about one tablespoon or to your taste
• Olive Oil (extra virgin if possible) about 3 tablespoons – I added more if the dressing wasn’t liquid enough

Method

• Preheat oven at 180℃ (360℃)
• Dice Sweet Potato and Onion and roast in oven until tender – about 20 minutes
• Add cherry tomatoes to cook with sweet potato and onion for the last 10 minutes
• Trim and cut Broccolini then steam until just tender – don’t overcook as you lose the nutrients
• When Broccolini cooked, add the Baby Spinach to Broccolini and let it wilt. The Baby Spinach doesn’t need more than a few moments in the steamer.

Dressing

Mix mustard, lemon juice and olive oil together with a whisk

Putting it all together

Combine, greens, roasted sweet potato, cherry tomatoes and onion into a salad bowl. Drizzle the mustard dressing over the salad and lightly toss.

Serve as a side dish or even as a main on a bed of rice.

Buon Appetito!

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