This Roasted Sweet Potato and Chickpea Salad is bursting with leafy greens, roasted sweet potatoes, spiced chickpeas, and creamy feta cheese. Then it's tossed in a sweet and tangy balsamic dressing.
2cupssweet potatoespeeled, sliced into 1/2 inch rounds, then quartered
1tablespoonolive oil
1teaspoonpaprika
1/2teaspoonsalt
For the Chickpeas
1 16-ouncecan chickpeasdrained and rinsed
1tablespoonolive oil
1 1/2teaspoonscumin
1/2teaspoonsalt
For the Salad
5ouncesspring mix lettuce
8tablespoonscrumbled feta
For the Balsamic Dressing
1/4cupbalsamic vinegar
1tablespoonbrown sugar
1/2teaspoonsalt
1/4teaspoonblack pepper
1/2cupextra virgin olive oil
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Toss the sweet potato in olive oil, paprika, and salt. Place on one half of a large baking sheet making sure no pieces are touching. Roast for 20 minutes.
While the sweet potatoes are roasting, prepare the chickpeas by tossing them in olive oil, cumin, and salt.
After 20 minutes, pull the sweet potatoes from the oven and flip each piece over. Then add the chickpeas to the other half of the pan. Roast another 15 minutes.
Once the sweet potatoes and chickpeas are done roasting, allow them to cool a bit on the pan while you make the dressing.
To make the balsamic vinegarette, whisk together the balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, salt, and pepper until the sugar is fully dissolved. Then, very slowly drizzle in the extra virgin olive oil while whisking constantly. Once all the oil is poured in, continue whisking vigorously for another 30 seconds to ensure it is all well combined.
To assemble the salad, layer the spring mix, then the sweet potatoes, then the chickpeas. Top it with the feta cheese. Serve the balsamic vinaigrette on the side.
Notes
When making the dressing, it is important that you very slowly drizzle the oil in while whisking constantly. That's how you emulsify the ingredients together.
Alternatively, you could place all of the dressing ingredients into a jar with a tight-fitting lid and vigorously shake it for 1 to 2 minutes to achieve similar results.