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vegan sweet potato salad
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Healthy pan-roasted sweet potato salad

Deliciously & creamy, this healthy pan roasted sweet potato salad is vegan with very few ingredients at hand. It's not just another lettuce salad but a soft and yummy salad to enjoy with your family
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: dinner, Salad
Cuisine: anti-inflammatory, healing, Vegan, vegetarian, weight loss
Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Keyword: butter lettuce salad, healthy sweet potato salad, pan roasted sweet potato, sweet potato cold salad, sweet potato salad, vegan salad dressing, vegan sweet potato salad
Servings: 2 servings
Calories:
Author: Githu
Cost: 3€

Equipment

  • A large pan
  • A large bowl
  • A knife
  • A chopping board
  • 2 salad spoons
  • A spatula
  • A Blender

Ingredients

pan-roasted sweet potato

  • 1 small-medium size sweet potato
  • pinch of salt and pepper
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

lettuce

  • 1 clove garlic
  • thumb ginger
  • 1 red onion or pickled onions
  • 1 medium butter lettuce or any other kind of lettuce
  • some fresh chives

Vegan salad dressing

  • 100 grams silken soft tofu
  • 2 tablespoons cold-pressed olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon coconut or apple cider vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons plant-based yogurt
  • 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon unprocessed salt

Instructions

pan roasting sweet potato

  • Heat a large pan
  • Clean and tap dry your sweet potato
  • Cut it into halves then into quarters, don't peel it. Now slice thin slices about ½ a centimeter
  • Spread the cubes in the hot pan, be careful on to burn yourself
  • Cover the pan and let the sweet potatoes roast till they have some brown parts
  • Using a spatula, flip the roasting slices of sweet potatoes on the other side to roast
  • Once roasted add salt, pepper and 1 tablespoon of olive oil and mix
  • Let them cool down before serving with lettuce
  • You can pan-roast your sweet potato the day before

Vegan salad dressing

  • Bring all the ingredients in the blender and blend till smooth
  • Pour the vegan dressing into an air-tight jar and keep it in your fridge for it to cool

Butter lettuce

  • Wash and prepare your lettuce as you do normally. Put the leaves in a large bowl
  • Dice the garlic, onion, and ginger thinly. (You can also grate them using a vegetable grater)
  • Instead of fresh onions you can use pickled onions
  • Mix well
  • Chop the chives or herbs of your choice
  • If your sweet potatoes are cold already add them in the bowl with salad, bring in the herbs
  • Add the vegan salad dressing and mix well but gently.
  • Serve and enjoy your roasted sweet potato salad
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Notes

I don't weigh or measure my lettuce because I eat a lot of it, so feel free to make this salad with a lot of lettuce...