Sweet Potato and Chickpea Salad

What you need

• sweet potato
• chickpeas
• cumin
• chilli
• paprika
• olive oil
• spinach
• rocket
• pumpkin seeds

Dressing

• tahini
• lemon
• maple syrup
• hot water

How to make sweet potato and chickpea salad

Preheat oven to 200C or 350F.

Chop the sweet potato into cubes, drain and rinse the chickpeas, and add to a mixing bowl together with the spices and olive oil. Toss and mix through.Pour onto a lined baking tray and bake in oven for 30 mins. Take out and turn midway through.

Meanwhile, make your dressing by mixing the ingredients together in a bowl.

When the sweet potatoes and chickpeas are cooked, take out of the oven. Add a handful of rocket and spinach as the base to your salad, adding around a third to half of the sweet potato and chickpea mixture on top.

Sprinkle over some pumpkin seeds and drizzle over the dressing.

Try adding a dash of hot sauce to the dressing for some added spice.

This is a great food to meal prep for your week. Bake the sweet potatoes and chickpeas, prepare the dressing, and add to a salad or wrap during the week.

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Sweet Potato & Chickpea Salad

A warming and spicy salad full of health and flavour.

Print Recipe

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Servings 2

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Ingredients

• 2 medium sweet potato (peeled and chopped into bite size cubes)
• 1 chickpeas (rinsed and drained )
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp chilli
• 1 tsp paprika
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 150 g baby spinach
• rocket
• Pumpkin seeds

Dressing

• 2 tbsp tahini
• lemon (juice of)
• 1 tbsp maple syrup
• 1 tbsp hot water

Instructions 

• Preheat oven to 200C or 350F.
• Add the sweet potato and the chickpeas to a mixing bowl together with the spices and olive oil. Toss and mix through.
• Pour onto a lined baking tray and bake in oven for 30 mins. Take out and turn midway through.
• Meanwhile, make your dressing by mixing the ingredients together in a bowl.
• When the sweet potatoes and chickpeas are cooked, take out of the oven. Add a handful of rocket and spinach as the base to your salad, adding around a third to half of the sweet potato and chickpea mixture on top.
• Sprinkle over some pumpkin seeds and drizzle over the dressing.

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Notes

• Try adding a dash of hot sauce to the dressing for some added spice.
• This is a great food to meal prep for your week. Bake the sweet potatoes and chickpeas, prepare the dressing, and add to a salad or wrap during the week.

Nutrition

Calories: 481kcalCarbohydrates: 59gProtein: 9gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gSodium: 145mgPotassium: 1037mgFiber: 8gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 33597IUVitamin C: 27mgCalcium: 129mgIron: 4mg

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